Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

establishment, and will be much more easily
managed. We are not commissioned to feed the
world, but we are instructed to educate the people.
In the smaller restaurants there will not be so much
work to do, and the helpers will have more time to
devote to the study of the word, more time to learn
how to do their work well, and more time to
answer the inquiries of the patrons who are
desirous of learning about the principles of health
reform.
If we fulfill the purpose of God in this work,
the righteousness of Christ will go before us, and
the glory of the Lord will be our rearward. But if
there is no ingathering of souls, if the helpers
themselves are not spiritually benefited, if they are
not glorifying God in word and deed, why should
we open and maintain such establishments? If we
cannot conduct our restaurants to God’s glory, if
we cannot exert through them a strong religious
influence, it would be better for us to close them up
and use the talents of our youth in other lines of
work. But our restaurants can be so conducted that
they will be the means of saving souls. Let us seek
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