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Letter K 45, 1903
I eat but two meals a day, and still follow the light given me thirty-
five years ago. I use no meat. As for myself, I have settled the butter
question. I do not use it. This question should easily be settled in
every place where the purest article can not be obtained. We have two
good milch cows, a Jersey and a Holstein. We use cream, and all are
satisfied with this.
Testimonies for the Church 2:371
I have not changed my course a particle since I adopted the health
reform. I have not taken one step back since the light from heaven
upon this subject first shone upon my pathway. I broke away from
everything at once—from meat and butter and from three meals—
and that while engaged in exhaustive brain labor, writing from early
morning till sundown.
Testimonies for the Church 2:487
I have a well-set table on all occasions. I make no change for
visitors, whether believers or unbelievers. I intend never to be surprised
by an unreadiness to entertain at my table from one to half a dozen
extra who may chance to come in. I have enough simple, healthful
food ready to satisfy hunger and nourish the system. If any want more
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than this, they are at liberty to find it elsewhere. No butter or flesh-
meats of any kind come on my table. Cake is seldom found there. I
generally have an ample supply of fruits, good bread, and vegetables.
Our table is always well patronized, and all who partake of the food
do well, and improve upon it. All sit down with no epicurean appetite,
and eat with a relish the bounties supplied by our Creator.
Letter B 62, 1903
Our fare is simple and wholesome. We have on our table no butter,
no meat, no cheese, no greasy mixtures of food. For some months a
young man who was an unbeliever, and who had eaten meat all his
life, boarded with us. We made no change in our diet on his account;
and while he stayed with us he gained about twenty pounds. The food
which we provided for him was far better for him than that to which