Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

value upon eternal things. It is of the greatest
importance that mankind should not be ignorant in
regard to the consequences of excess. Temperance
in all things is necessary to health and the
development and growth of a good Christian
character.
Those who transgress the laws of God in their
physical organism will not be less slow to violate
the law of God spoken from Sinai. Those who will
not, after the light has come to them, eat and drink
from principle instead of being controlled by
appetite, will not be tenacious in regard to being
governed by principle in other things. The agitation
of the subject of reform in eating and drinking will
develop character and will unerringly bring to light
those who make a “god of their bellies.”
Responsibility of Parents
Parents should arouse and in the fear of God
inquire, What is truth? A tremendous responsibility
rests upon them. They should be practical
physiologists, that they may know what are and
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