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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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the strength of the vital powers, and the result is a<br />

deadening of the sensibilities of the mind. In<br />

c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> of these facts, how important that<br />

ministers and people who profess godliness should<br />

stand forth clear and untainted from this souldebasing<br />

vice!<br />

My soul has been bowed down with anguish as<br />

I have been shown the weak c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> of God’s<br />

professed people. Iniquity abounds, and the love of<br />

many waxes cold. There are but few professed<br />

Christians who regard this matter in the right light<br />

and who hold proper government over themselves<br />

when public opini<strong>on</strong> and custom do not c<strong>on</strong>demn<br />

them. How few restrain their passi<strong>on</strong>s because they<br />

feel under moral obligati<strong>on</strong> to do so, and because<br />

the fear of God is before their eyes! The higher<br />

faculties of man are enslaved by appetite and<br />

corrupt passi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

Some will acknowledge the evil of sinful<br />

indulgences, yet will excuse themselves by saying<br />

that they cannot overcome their passi<strong>on</strong>s. This is a<br />

terrible admissi<strong>on</strong> for any pers<strong>on</strong> to make who<br />

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