Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

far higher than it is at the present time. Sin and
sinners in the church must be promptly dealt with,
that others may not be contaminated. Truth and
purity require that we make more thorough work to
cleanse the camp from Achans. Let those in
responsible positions not suffer sin in a brother.
Show him that he must either put away his sins or
be separated from the church.
Godliness and Health
[The Signs of the Times, October 23, 1884.]
The wise man says that wisdom’s “ways are ways
of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”
Proverbs 3:17. Many cherish the impression that
devotion to God is detrimental to health and to
cheerful happiness in the social relations of life.
But those who walk in the path of wisdom and
holiness find that “godliness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that now is, and
of that which is to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8. They are
alive to the enjoyment of life’s real pleasures,
while they are not troubled with vain regrets over
misspent hours, nor with gloom or horror of mind,
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