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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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In some cases it is as difficult to break up this<br />

tea-and- coffee habit as it is for the inebriate to<br />

disc<strong>on</strong>tinue the use of liquor. The m<strong>on</strong>ey used for<br />

tea and coffee as a comm<strong>on</strong> drink is worse than<br />

wasted. It does the user, be it man or woman, harm,<br />

and that c<strong>on</strong>tinually.<br />

All these nerve irritants are wearing away the<br />

life forces, and the restlessness, the impatience, the<br />

mental feebleness caused by shattered nerves<br />

become a warring element, ever working against<br />

spiritual progress. Shall Christians bring their<br />

appetite under the c<strong>on</strong>trol of reas<strong>on</strong>, or will they<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tinue its indulgence because they feel so “let<br />

down” without it, like the drunkard without his<br />

stimulant? Shall not those who advocate<br />

temperance reform awake in regard to these<br />

injurious things also? And shall not the pledge<br />

embrace coffee and tea as hurtful stimulants?<br />

Premature Tests<br />

The Lord desires our ministers, physicians, and<br />

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