Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

The work of educating in medical missionary
lines is an advance step of great importance in
awakening man to his moral responsibilities. Had
the ministers taken hold of this work in its various
departments in accordance with the light which
God has given, there would have been a most
decided reformation in eating, drinking, and
dressing. But some have stood directly in the way
of the advance of health reform. They have held
the people back by their indifferent or
condemnatory remarks, or by pleasantries and
jokes. They themselves and a large number of
others have been sufferers unto death, but all have
not yet learned wisdom.—Testimonies for the
Church 6:377 (1900).
Religion and Contentment
[Testimonies for the Church 1:565, 566
(1867).] Satan found his way into Eden and made
Eve believe that she needed something more than
that which God had given for her happiness, that
the forbidden fruit would have a special
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