Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

of any kind; for, in the first place, in eating these
things between meals, as is generally done, they
are injuring the digestive organs. No food should
pass the lips between the regular meals. Again,
those who partake of these things are taking that
which is not theirs. Temptation is continually
before them to taste the food which they are
handling; and here is an excellent opportunity for
them to gain control of the appetite. But food
seems to be very abundant, and they forget that it
all represents so much money value. One and
another thoughtlessly indulge the habit of tasting
and helping themselves, until they fancy that there
is no real sin in the practice.
All should beware of cherishing this view of
the matter, for conscience is thus losing its
sensitiveness. One may reason, “The little I have
taken does not amount to much;” but the question
comes home, Did the smallness of the amount
lessen the sin of the act? Again, the little which one
person takes may not amount to much, but when
five act on the same plan, five littles are taken.
Then ten, twenty, or even more, may presume in
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