Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

adical, let them pursue ever so consistent a course.
But no one should permit opposition or ridicule
to turn him from the work of reform or cause him
to lightly regard it. He who is imbued with the
spirit which actuated Daniel, will not be narrow or
conceited, but he will be firm and decided in
standing for the right. In all his associations,
whether with his brethren or with others, he will
not swerve from principle, while at the same time
he will not fail to manifest a noble Christlike
patience. When those who advocate hygienic
reform carry the matter to extremes, people are not
to blame if they become disgusted. Too often our
religious faith is thus brought into disrepute, and in
many cases those who witness such exhibitions of
inconsistency can never afterward be brought to
think that there is anything good in the reform.
These extremists do more harm in a few months
than they can undo in a lifetime. They are engaged
in a work which Satan loves to see go on....
Because we, from principle, discard the use of
those things which irritate the stomach and destroy
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