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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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The presidents of our c<strong>on</strong>ferences need to<br />

realize that it is high time they were placing<br />

themselves <strong>on</strong> the right side of this questi<strong>on</strong>.<br />

Ministers and teachers are to give to others the<br />

light they have received. Their work in every line<br />

is needed. God will help them; He will strengthen<br />

His servants who stand firmly, and will not be<br />

swayed from truth and righteousness in order to<br />

accommodate self-indulgence.—Testim<strong>on</strong>ies for<br />

the Church 6:376, 377 (1900).<br />

The Temperance Reform<br />

There needs to be a great reformati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the<br />

subject of temperance. The world is filled with<br />

self-indulgence of every kind. Because of the<br />

benumbing influence of stimulants and narcotics<br />

the minds of many are unable to discern between<br />

the sacred and the comm<strong>on</strong>. Their mental powers<br />

are weakened, and they cannot discern the deep<br />

spiritual things of the word of God.<br />

The Christian will be temperate in all things—<br />

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