How to Present the Principles of Health Reform
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cream, or butter, because disease in animals is increasing in proportion
to the increase of wickedness among men. The time is near when,
because of iniquity of the fallen race, the whole animal creation will
groan under the diseases that curse our earth.
God will give His people ability and tact to prepare wholesome
food without these things. Let our people discard all unwholesome
recipes. Let them learn how to live healthfully, teaching to others what
they have learned. Let them impart this knowledge as they would
Bible instruction. Let them teach the people to preserve the health and
increase the strength by avoiding the large amount of cooking that has
filled the world with chronic invalids. By precept and example make
it plain that the food which God gave Adam in his sinless state is the
best for man’s use as he seeks to regain that sinless state.
Those who teach the principles of health reform should be intelli-
gent in regard to disease and its causes, understanding that every action
of the human agent should be in perfect harmony with the laws of life.
The light God has given on health reform is for our salvation and the
salvation of the world. Men and women should be informed in regard
to the human habitation, fitted up by our Creator as His dwelling-place,
and over which He desires us to be faithful stewards. “For ye are the
temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
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Corinthians 6:16
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Hold up the principles of health reform, and let the Lord lead the
honest in heart. Present the principles of temperance in their most
attractive form. Circulate the books that give instruction in regard to
healthful living.
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Testimonies for the Church 1:514
Let several families living in a city or village unite and leave the
occupations which have taxed them physically and mentally, and make
an excursion into the country, to the side of a fine lake, or to a nice
grove, where the scenery of nature is beautiful. They should provide
themselves with plain, hygienic food, the very best fruits and grains,
and spread their table under the shade of some tree or under the canopy