Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

ight, our mental and moral powers cannot be
strong; for great sympathy exists between the
physical and the moral. The apostle Peter
understood this and raised his voice of warning to
his brethren: “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul.” 1 Peter 2:11....
Those who have had the light upon the subjects
of eating and dressing with simplicity, in obedience
to physical and moral laws, and who turn from the
light which points out their duty, will shun duty in
other things. If they blunt their consciences to
avoid the cross which they will have to take up to
be in harmony with natural law, they will, in order
to shun reproach, violate the Ten Commandments.
There is a decided unwillingness with some to
endure the cross and despise the shame. Some will
be laughed out of their principles. Conformity to
the world is gaining ground among God’s people,
who profess to be pilgrims and strangers, waiting
and watching for the Lord’s appearing. There are
many among professed Sabbathkeepers in—who
are more firmly wedded to worldly fashions and
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