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of endurance is alarming. It demands the attention of all who have at
heart the well-being of their fellow men.
Our artificial civilization is encouraging evils destructive of sound
principles. Custom and fashion are at war with nature. The practices
they enjoin, and the indulgences they foster, are steadily lessening
both physical and mental strength, and bringing upon the race an
intolerable burden. Intemperance and crime, disease and wretchedness,
are everywhere.
Many transgress the laws of health through ignorance, and they
need instruction. But the greater number know better than they do.
They need to be impressed with the importance of making their knowl-
edge a guide of life. The physician has many opportunities both of
imparting a knowledge of health principles, and of showing the impor-
tance of putting them in practice. By right instruction he can do much
to correct evils that are working untold harm.
The Ministry of Healing, 176-177
Those who are struggling against the power of appetite should be
instructed in the principles of healthful living. They should be shown
that violation of the laws of health, by creating diseased conditions and
unnatural cravings, lays the foundation of the liquor habit. Only by
living in obedience to the principles of health can they hope to be freed
from the craving or unnatural stimulants. While they depend upon
divine strength to break the bonds of appetite, they are to co-operate
with God by obedience to His laws, both moral and physical.
The Ministry of Healing, 227-278
It is labor lost to teach people to look to God as a healer of their in-
firmities, unless they are taught also to lay aside unhealthful practices.
In order to receive His blessing in answer to prayer, they must cease
to do evil and learn to do well. Their surroundings must be sanitary,
their habits of life correct. They must live in harmony with the law of
God, both natural and spiritual.
Testimonies for the Church 9:112-113
As a people we have been given the work of making known the
principles of health reform. There are some who think that the question