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property of God, and is not to be made a financial speculation for
personal gain. The light that God has given and will continue to give
on the food question is to be to His people today what the manna was
to the children of Israel. The manna fell from heaven, and the people
were told to gather it, and prepare it to be eaten. So in the different
countries of the world, light will be given to the Lord’s people, and
health foods suited to these countries will be prepared.
The members of every church are to cultivate the tact and ingenuity
that God will give them. The Lord has skill and understanding for
all who will use their ability in striving to learn how to combine the
productions of the earth so as to make simple, easily-prepared healthful
foods, which will take the place of flesh-meats, so that people will
have no excuse for eating flesh-meat.
Those who are given a knowledge of how to prepare such foods
must use their knowledge unselfishly. They are to help their poor
brethren. They are to be producers as well as consumers.
It is God’s purpose that health foods shall be manufactured in many
places. Those who accept the truth are to learn how to prepare these
simple foods. It is not the Lord’s plan that the poor shall suffer for the
necessaries of life. The Lord calls upon His people in the different
countries to ask Him for wisdom, and then to use aright the wisdom He
gives. We are not to settle down in hopelessness and discouragement.
We are to do our best to enlighten others.
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When conducted in such a manner that the gospel of Christ is
brought to the attention of the people, the health food work can be
profitably engaged in. But I lift my voice in warning against efforts that
accomplish nothing more than the production of foods to supply the
physical needs. It is a serious mistake to employ so much time, and so
much of the talents of men and women, in manufacturing foods, while
no special effort is made at the same time to supply the multitudes
with the bread of life. Great dangers attend a work that has not for its
object the revelation of the way of eternal life.