Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

sins into which persons of respectability are in
danger of falling. It is transgression in the little
things that first leads the soul away from God. By
their one sin in partaking of the forbidden fruit,
Adam and Eve opened the floodgates of woe upon
the world. Some may regard that transgression as a
very little thing; but we see that its consequences
were anything but small. The angels in heaven
have a wider and more elevated sphere of action
than we; but right with them and right with us are
one and the same thing.
The managers of the sanitarium are not
actuated by a mean, penurious spirit in reproving
the wrongs that have been mentioned, and
requiring what is due to such an institution. It is no
stepping down from proper dignity to guard the
interests of the sanitarium in these matters. Officers
who are faithful themselves, naturally look for
faithfulness in others. Strict integrity should govern
the dealings of the managers and should be
enforced upon all who labor under their direction.
Men of principle need not the restriction of
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