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Temperance
reverence. Instead of marring God’s handiwork, they will have an
ambition to make all that is possible of themselves, in order to fulfill
the Creator’s glorious plan. Thus they will come to regard obedience
to the laws of health, not as a matter of sacrifice or self-denial, but as
it really is, an inestimable privilege and blessing.—
Education, 201
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A Great Victory if Seen From the Moral Standpoint
—If we
can arouse the moral sensibilities of our people on the subject of
temperance, a great victory will be gained. Temperance in all things
of this life is to be taught and practiced.—
The Signs of the Times,
October 2, 1907
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Each to Answer to God Personally
—Obedience to the laws
of life must be made a matter of personal duty. We must answer
to God for our habits and practices. The question for us to answer
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is not, What will the world say? but, How shall I, claiming to be
a Christian, treat the habitation God has given me? Shall I work
for my highest temporal and spiritual good by keeping my body as
a temple for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, or shall I sacrifice
myself to the world’s ideas and practices?—
Manuscript 86, 1897
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More Than Conquerors
—If Christians will keep the body in
subjection and bring all their appetites and passions under the control
of enlightened conscience, feeling it a duty that they owe to God and
to their neighbor to obey the laws which govern health and life, they
will have the blessing of physical and mental vigor. They will have
moral power to engage in the warfare against Satan; and in the name
of Him who conquered appetite in their behalf, they may be more
than conquerors on their own account.—
The Review and Herald,
November 21, 1882
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