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Bible believers, we need to take our position for righteousness and
truth.
As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those
who would stand for freedom of conscience will be placed in unfa-
vorable positions. For their own sake, they should, while they have
the opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes,
prevention and cure. And those who do this will find a field of labor
anywhere. There will be suffering ones, plenty of them, who will need
help, not only among those of our own faith, but largely among those
who know not the truth.
Letter F 3, 1884
We have been going back to Egypt rather than to Canaan. Shall we
not reverse the order of things? Shall we not have plain, wholesome
food on our tables? Shall we not dispense with hot biscuits, which
only cause dyspepsia?
Those who elevate the standard as nearly as they can to the order
of God, according to the light God has given them through His word
and the testimonies of His Spirit, will not change their course of action
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to meet the wishes of their friends or relatives, be they one or two or a
host, who are living contrary to God’s wise arrangement. If we move
from principle in these things, if we observe strict rules of diet, if as
Christians, we educate our tastes after God’s plan, we shall exert an
influence which will meet the mind of God. The question is, “Are we
willing to be true health reformers?”
Manuscript 48, 1902
We have been given the work of advancing health reform. The
Lord desires His people to be in harmony with one another. As you
must know, we shall not leave the position in which, for the last thirty-
five years, the Lord has been bidding us stand. Beware how you place
yourself in opposition to the work of health reform. It will go forward;
for it is the Lord’s means of lessening the suffering in our world, and
of purifying His people.
Be careful what attitude you assume, lest you be found causing
division. My brother, even while you fail to bring into your life and
into your family the blessing that comes from following the principles