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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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in giving the last warning message to the world. In<br />

this work we are to preserve our individuality. We<br />

are not to unite with secret societies or with trades<br />

uni<strong>on</strong>s. We are to stand free in God, looking<br />

c<strong>on</strong>stantly to Christ for instructi<strong>on</strong>. All our<br />

movements are to be made with a realizati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />

importance of the work to be accomplished for<br />

God.—Testim<strong>on</strong>ies for the Church 7:84 (1902).<br />

Ec<strong>on</strong>omy in Establishing Sanitariums<br />

[Testim<strong>on</strong>ies for the Church 7:90-94 (1902).]<br />

As the chosen people of God, we cannot copy the<br />

habits, aims, practices, or fashi<strong>on</strong>s of the world.<br />

We are not left in darkness, to pattern after worldly<br />

models and to depend <strong>on</strong> outward appearance for<br />

success. The Lord has told us whence comes our<br />

strength. “This is the word of the Lord unto<br />

Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power,<br />

but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.”<br />

Zechariah 4:6. As the Lord sees fit He imparts, to<br />

those who keep His way, power that enables them<br />

to exert a str<strong>on</strong>g influence for good. On God they<br />

are dependent, and to Him they must give an<br />

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