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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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what is the work that we are to undertake here just<br />

previous to receiving immortality? It is to preserve<br />

our bodies holy, our spirits pure, that we may stand<br />

forth unstained amid the corrupti<strong>on</strong>s teeming<br />

around us in these last days. And if this work is<br />

accomplished, we need to engage in it at <strong>on</strong>ce,<br />

heartily and understandingly. Selfishness should<br />

not come in here to influence us. The Spirit of God<br />

should have perfect c<strong>on</strong>trol of us, influencing us in<br />

all our acti<strong>on</strong>s. If we have a right hold <strong>on</strong> Heaven,<br />

a right hold of the power that is from above, we<br />

shall feel the sanctifying influence of the Spirit of<br />

God up<strong>on</strong> our hearts.<br />

When we have tried to present the health<br />

reform to our brethren and sisters, and have spoken<br />

to them of the importance of eating and drinking<br />

and doing all that they do to the glory of God,<br />

many by their acti<strong>on</strong>s have said, “It is nobody’s<br />

business whether I eat this or that. Whatever we do,<br />

we are to bear the c<strong>on</strong>sequences ourselves.” Dear<br />

friends, you are greatly mistaken. You are not the<br />

<strong>on</strong>ly sufferers from a wr<strong>on</strong>g course. The society<br />

you are in bears the c<strong>on</strong>sequences of your wr<strong>on</strong>gs,<br />

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