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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods
Had he been suitably cared for, his table spread at the right time with
food of a nourishing quality, all the demands of nature would have
been abundantly supplied. The butter and meat stimulate. These have
injured the stomach and perverted the taste. The sensitive nerves of
the brain have been benumbed, and the animal appetite strengthened at
the expense of the moral and intellectual faculties. These higher pow-
ers, which should control, have been growing weaker, so that eternal
things have not been discerned. Paralysis has benumbed the spiritual
and devotional. Satan has triumphed to see how easily he can come
in through the appetite and control men and women of intelligence,
calculated by the Creator to do a good and great work.
Testimonies for the Church 1:488-489
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....
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.
Testimonies for the Church 1:693-694
The health reform is essential for you both. Sister B has been
backward in this good work, and has suffered opposition to arise,
when she knew not what she was opposing. She has resisted the
counsel of God against her own soul. Intemperate appetite has brought
debility and disease, weakening the moral powers, and unfitting her
to appreciate the sacred truth, the value of the atonement, which is
essential to salvation. Sister B loves this world. She has not separated,
in her affections, from the world, and given herself unreservedly to
God, as He requires.
Testimonies for the Church 3:161
Men and women can not violate natural law by indulging depraved
appetite and lustful passions, and not violate the law of God. Therefore
He has permitted the light of health reform to shine upon us, that we