Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Missionary Work, 46, 47 (1888).
Adherence to Principle
[Testimonies for the Church 4:576, 577
(1881).] The temptations by which Christ was
beset in the wilderness—appetite, love of the
world, and presumption—are the three great
leading allurements by which men are most
frequently overcome. The managers of the
sanitarium will often be tempted to depart from the
principles which should govern such an institution.
But they should not vary from the right course to
gratify the inclinations or minister to the depraved
appetites of wealthy patients or friends. The
influence of such a course is only evil. Deviations
from the teachings given in the lectures or through
the press have a most unfavorable effect upon the
influence and morals of the institution and will, to
a great extent, counteract all efforts to instruct and
reform the victims of depraved appetites and
passions and to lead them to Christ, the only safe
refuge.
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