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will misrepresent the cause. Neither are they to make this knowledge
public. Let the churches take hold of this, and show these brethren that
such a course is a betrayal of trust, and that it will bring reproach on
the cause.
Let not those who have been and are employed in the work of
making the health foods first prepared by Dr. Kellogg, or any other
pioneer in this work, disclose to others the secrets of the manufacture
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of the special foods; for thus they defraud the cause of that which
should be used for its advancement. I beseech you, my brethren, to
make straight paths for your feet, lest the lame be turned out of the
way. Do not place information in the hands of those, who, from lack
of conscientious regard for health reform, may place impure articles
on the market as health foods.
Stand on the side of righteousness in all your transactions; then
you will not appear to disadvantage before God or man. Do not enter
into any dishonest practices. Those who take up the manufacture of
sanitarium health foods for personal profit are taking a liberty to which
they have no right. Thus great confusion is caused. Some are now
manufacturing and selling goods that profess to be health foods, but
that contain unwholesome ingredients. Again, the foods are often of
so inferior a quality that much harm is done to the cause by their sale,
those who buy them supposing that all health foods are similar.
No one has any right to take advantage of the business arrange-
ments that have been made in regard to sanitarium health foods. Those
who handle the foods devised by Dr. Kellogg at large expense should
first come to an understanding with him, or others who are working
in harmony with him, and learn the best methods of handling these
foods. He who enters selfishly into this work, at the same time giving
his customers the impression that the profits on the goods he sells
are used to aid benevolent enterprises, while in reality they are used
for personal interest, is under the displeasure of God. By and by, his
business will fail, and he will get things into such a tangle that his
brethren will have to buy him out to save the cause from disgrace.
The Lord is greatly displeased when His service is dishonored by
the selfishness of those engaged in it. He wills that every part of His
work shall be in harmony with every other part, joint connecting with
joint.