Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

they feel so weary that they become demoralized.
This should not be. The soul can be rich in grace
only as it shall abide in the presence of God. God is
the great proprietor of the sanitarium, of the
Review and Herald office, of the Pacific Press, of
our colleges. In all these institutions the managers
must receive their directions from above. And
wherever the temptations that come through
association with the ungodly are strongest, there
the greatest care must be exercised to place the
workers in close connection with Christ and the
influences proceeding from Him. His word must be
our guide in all things; and if poverty comes
because we abide by a plain “Thus saith the Lord,”
we must abide by it, even at the loss of all things
else. Better have poverty in temporal things, and
abide in Christ and be nourished by His word,
which is spirit and life. “Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4. The world
may smile as we repeat this to them, but it is the
word of the Son of God. He says, “Whoso eateth
My flesh [the word that Christ speaks to us] ... hath
eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
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