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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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the purpose of God that a health instituti<strong>on</strong> should<br />

be organized and c<strong>on</strong>trolled exclusively by<br />

Seventh-day Adventists; and when unbelievers are<br />

brought in to occupy resp<strong>on</strong>sible positi<strong>on</strong>s, an<br />

influence is presiding there that will tell with great<br />

weight against the sanitarium. God did not intend<br />

that this instituti<strong>on</strong> should be carried <strong>on</strong> after the<br />

order of any other health institute in the land, but<br />

that it should be <strong>on</strong>e of the most effectual<br />

instrumentalities in His hands of giving light to the<br />

world. It should stand forth with scientific ability,<br />

with moral and spiritual power, and as a faithful<br />

sentinel of reform in all its bearings; and all who<br />

act a part in it should be reformers, having respect<br />

to its rules, and heeding the light of health reform<br />

now shining up<strong>on</strong> us as a people.<br />

All can be a blessing to others, if they will<br />

place themselves where they will correctly<br />

represent the religi<strong>on</strong> of Jesus Christ. But there has<br />

been greater anxiety to make the outward<br />

appearance in every way presentable, that it may<br />

meet the minds of worldly patients, than to<br />

maintain a living c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> with Heaven, to watch<br />

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