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caused to dishonor his profession while contending with unreasonable
men? Viewing matters from a high religious standpoint, we must be
thorough reformers in order to be Christ-like.
I saw that our Heavenly Father has bestowed upon us the great
blessing of light upon the health reform, that we may obey the claims
which He has upon us, and glorify Him in our bodies and spirits which
are His, and finally stand without fault before the throne of God. Our
faith requires us to elevate the standard, and take advance steps. While
many question the course pursued by other health reformers, they,
as reasonable men, should do something themselves. Our race is in
a deplorable condition, suffering from disease of every description.
Many have inherited disease, and are great sufferers because of the
wrong habits of their parents; and yet they pursue the same wrong
course in regard to themselves and their children which was pursued
toward them. They are ignorant in regard to themselves. They are
sick and do not know that their own wrong habits are causing them
immense suffering.
There are but few as yet who are aroused sufficiently to under-
stand how much their habits of diet have to do with their health, their
characters, their usefulness in this world, and their eternal destiny.
I saw that it is the duty of those who have received the light from
heaven, and have realized the benefit of walking in it, to manifest a
greater interest for those who are still suffering for want of knowl-
edge. Sabbath-keepers who are looking for the soon appearing of their
Saviour should be the last to manifest a lack of interest in this great
work of reform. Men and women must be instructed, and ministers
and people should feel that the burden of the work rests upon them to
agitate the subject, and urge it home upon others.
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Said the angel, “Abstain from fleshy lusts which war against the
soul.” You have stumbled at the health reform. It appears to you to
be a needless appendix to the truth. It is not so; it is a part of the
truth. Here is a work before you which will come closer and be more
trying than anything which has yet been brought to bear upon you.
While you hesitate and stand back, failing to lay hold upon the blessing
which it is your privilege to receive, you suffer loss. You are stumbling