Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

intelligence, and who are in positions of sacred
trust, be true to follow intelligent reason? Will
these responsible men, having under their care
persons whom their influence will lead in a right or
a wrong direction, be pattern men? Will they, by
precept and example, teach obedience to the laws
which govern the physical system? If they do not
put to a practical use the knowledge they have of
the laws that govern their own being, if they prefer
present gratification to soundness of mind and
body, they are not fit to be entrusted with the lives
of others. They are in duty bound to stand in the
dignity of their God-given manhood, free from the
bondage of any appetite or passion.
The man who chews and smokes is doing
injury, not only to himself, but to all who come
within the sphere of his influence. If a physician
must be called, the tobacco devotee should be
passed by. He will not be a safe counselor. If the
disease has its origin in the use of tobacco, he will
be tempted to prevaricate and assign some other
than the true cause, for how can he condemn
himself in his own daily practice?
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