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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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principles of Christianity open before all a source<br />

of inestimable happiness. Religi<strong>on</strong> is a c<strong>on</strong>tinual<br />

wellspring, from which the Christian can drink at<br />

will and never exhaust the fountain.<br />

The relati<strong>on</strong> which exists between the mind and<br />

the body is very intimate. When <strong>on</strong>e is affected, the<br />

other sympathizes. The c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> of the mind<br />

affects the health of the physical system. If the<br />

mind is free and happy, from a c<strong>on</strong>sciousness of<br />

rightdoing and a sense of satisfacti<strong>on</strong> in causing<br />

happiness to others, it creates a cheerfulness that<br />

will react up<strong>on</strong> the whole system, causing a freer<br />

circulati<strong>on</strong> of the blood and a t<strong>on</strong>ing up of the<br />

entire body. The blessing of God is a healing<br />

power, and those who are abundant in benefiting<br />

others will realize that w<strong>on</strong>drous blessing in both<br />

heart and life.<br />

When men who have indulged in wr<strong>on</strong>g habits<br />

and sinful practices yield to the power of divine<br />

truth, the applicati<strong>on</strong> of that truth to the heart<br />

revives the moral powers, which had seemed to be<br />

paralyzed. The receiver possesses str<strong>on</strong>ger, clearer<br />

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