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Temperance
ordered life and a mind clear and untainted before God.—
The Signs
of the Times, January 6, 1876
.
Reform as the New Convert Sees It
—When the message
comes to those who have not heard the truth for this time, they
see that a great reformation must take place in their diet. They see
that they must put away flesh food, because it creates an appetite
for liquor, and fills the system with disease. By meat eating, the
physical, mental, and moral powers are weakened. Man is built up
from that which he eats. Animal passions bear sway as the result of
meat eating, tobacco using, and liquor drinking.—
Counsels on Diet
and Foods, 268, 269
.
Intemperance in Variety of Dishes
—I go farther. Temperance
should be practiced in the cooking of the food and in the variety of
dishes provided, that the mother may be spared all the labor possible.
A great variety of food is not essential for the sustenance of life;
instead, it injures the digestive organs, causing a war in the stomach.
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With the blessing of God, plain, simple food will sustain life, and be
the best for the entire being.
Few realize that generally more food than necessary is placed in
the stomach. But the extra food eaten is a tax on the stomach, and
injures the whole human structure.—
Manuscript 50, 1893
.
Overeating Is Intemperance
—Intemperance is seen in the
quantity as well as in the quality of food eaten.—
Counsels on Health,
576
.
Intemperance embraces much. With some it consists of eating
too largely of food which, if taken in proper quantities, would not
be objectionable. All that is taken into the stomach above the actual
need of the system becomes a dangerous element. It decays in
the stomach, and causes dyspepsia. Continual overeating uses up
the vital forces, and deprives the brain of power to do its work.—
Manuscript 155, 1899
.
One who indulges freely in eating, who overloads the digestive
organs until they are unable properly to care for the food eaten, is
also an intemperate man, and he will find it impossible to discern
clearly spiritual things.—
Manuscript 41, 1908
.
Our heavenly Father would have us use with discretion the good
things He has provided for us.—
The Signs of the Times, January 27,
1909
.