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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods
as does Dr.-----. It will lead to the restoration of both physical and
spiritual health. When you place yourselves in right relation to God,
you will accept the medical missionary work as a work to which you
have been appointed by the great Master-Worker.
Those who live in the last days of this earth’s history need to be
fully established in the principles of health reform. They need to rec-
ognize that the medical missionary work is ordained of God. Because
the avenues of the soul have been sealed by the tyrant, Prejudice, many
are painfully ignorant of the principles of healthful living. In their reli-
gious life they have become sour and uncongenial. May God forgive
them.
God approves of the work that has been done in behalf of suffering
humanity. Those who have stood opposed to the principles of health
reform have stood where the Lord could not fulfil His purpose to work
for them or through them. God says, “That servant which knew his
Lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will,
shall be beaten with many stripes.” It is intemperance in eating that
causes so much invalidism, and robs the Lord of the glory due Him.
Because of a failure to deny self, many of God’s people are unable to
reach the high standard of spirituality He has set for them, and though
they repent and are converted, all eternity will testify to the loss they
have sustained by yielding to selfishness.
The Lord calls for volunteers to enter His army. Sickly men and
sickly women need to become health reformers. God will co-operate
with His children in preserving their health, if they eat with care,
refusing to put unnecessary burdens on the stomach. He has graciously
made the path of nature sure and safe, wide enough for all who walk in
it. He has given for our sustenance the wholesome and health-giving
productions of the earth.
He who does not heed the instruction God has given in His word
and in His works, he who does not obey the divine commands has
a defective experience. He is a sickly Christian. His spiritual life is
feeble. He lives, but his life is devoid of fragrance. He fritters away
precious moments of grace.
Many have done the body much injury by a disregard of the laws
of life, and they may never recover from the effects of their neglect;
but even now they may repent and be converted. Man has tried to be
wiser than God. He has become a law unto himself. God calls upon