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women must be taught to take a careful view of every habit and every
practice, and at once put away those things that cause an unhealthy
condition of the body, and thus cast a dark shadow over the mind. God
desires His light-bearers ever to keep a high standard before them.
By precept and example they must hold their perfect standard high
above Satan’s false standard, which, if followed, will lead to misery,
degradation, disease, and death for both body and soul. Let those who
have obtained a knowledge of how to eat, and drink, and dress so as
to preserve health, impart this knowledge to others. Let the poor have
the gospel of health preached unto them from a practical point of view,
that they may know how to care properly for the body, which is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896 (Healthful Living, 77)
It is the positive duty of physicians to educate, educate, educate,
by pen and voice, all who have the responsibility of preparing food for
the table.
Testimonies for the Church 7:112
Every hygienic restaurant should be a school. The workers con-
nected with it should be constantly studying and experimenting, that
they may make improvement in the preparation of healthful foods. In
the cities this work of instruction may be carried forward on a much
larger scale than in smaller places. But in every place where there is a
church, instruction should be given in regard to the preparation of sim-
ple, healthful foods for the use of those who wish to live in accordance
with the principles of health reform. And the church-members should
impart to the people of their neighborhood the light they receive on
this subject.
Testimonies for the Church 8:148
It is the positive duty of God’s people to go into the regions beyond.
Let forces be set at work to clear new ground, to establish new centers
of influence wherever an opening can be found. Rally workers who
possess true missionary zeal, and let them go forth to diffuse light and
knowledge far and near. Let them take the living principles of health
reform into the communities that to a large degree are ignorant of these