Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

invalid the satisfaction of knowing that he is not
wholly useless in this busy world. He may be able
to do but little at first, but he will soon find his
strength increasing and the amount of work done
can be increased accordingly.—The Ministry of
Healing, 240 (1905).
Control the Imagination
[Testimonies for the Church 2:522-525,
(1870).] In the creation of man, the Lord designed
that he should be active and useful. Yet many live
in this world as useless machines, as though they
hardly existed. They brighten the path of none,
they are a blessing to none. They live only to
burden others. So far as their influence on the side
of right is concerned, they are mere ciphers; but
they tell with weight upon the wrong side. Search
the lives of such closely, and scarcely an act of
disinterested benevolence can be found. When they
die, their memory dies with them. Their names
soon perish; for they cannot live, even in the
affections of their friends, by means of true
goodness and virtuous acts. With such persons, life
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