Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

minds are thus drawn away from their own selfish
interests, many will be led to surrender themselves
to Christ. With their talents of influence and means
they will gladly unite in the work of beneficence
with the humble missionary who was God’s agent
in their conversion. By a right use of their earthly
treasure they will lay up “a treasure in the heavens
that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither
moth corrupteth.” They will secure for themselves
the treasure that wisdom offers, even “durable
riches and righteousness.”
A Degenerate Race
The present enfeebled condition of the human
family was presented before me. Every generation
has been growing weaker, and disease of every
form afflicts the race. Thousands of poor mortals
with deformed, sickly bodies, shattered nerves, and
gloomy minds are dragging out a miserable
existence. Satan’s power upon the human family
increases. If the Lord should not soon come and
destroy his power, the earth would erelong be
depopulated.
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