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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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and death.<br />

Disease is sometimes produced, and is often<br />

greatly aggravated, by the imaginati<strong>on</strong>. Many are<br />

lifel<strong>on</strong>g invalids who might be well if they <strong>on</strong>ly<br />

thought so. Many imagine that every slight<br />

exposure will cause illness, and the evil effect is<br />

produced because it is expected. Many die from<br />

disease, the cause of which is wholly imaginary.<br />

Courage, hope, faith, sympathy, love, promote<br />

health and prol<strong>on</strong>g life. A c<strong>on</strong>tented mind, a<br />

cheerful spirit, is health to the body and strength to<br />

the soul. “A merry [rejoicing] heart doeth good like<br />

a medicine.” Proverbs 17:22.<br />

In the treatment of the sick, the effect of mental<br />

influence should not be overlooked. Rightly used,<br />

this influence affords <strong>on</strong>e of the most effective<br />

agencies for combating disease.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>trol of Mind Over Mind<br />

There is, however, a form of mind cure that is<br />

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