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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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heart was in their work. The c<strong>on</strong>victi<strong>on</strong> that they<br />

must cease their labor in the cause they loved was<br />

far more painful to them than their sufferings from<br />

disease, or even death itself.<br />

Is it not time for us to understand that nature<br />

will not l<strong>on</strong>g suffer abuse without protesting? Our<br />

heavenly Father does not willingly afflict or grieve<br />

the children of men. He is not the author of<br />

sickness and death. He is the source of life; He<br />

would have men live, and He desires them to be<br />

obedient to the laws of life and health, that they<br />

may live.<br />

Those who accept the present truth and are<br />

sanctified through it have an intense desire to<br />

represent the truth in their life and character. They<br />

have a deep yearning of soul that others may see<br />

the light and rejoice in it. As the true watchman<br />

goes forth, bearing precious seed, sowing beside all<br />

waters, weeping and praying, the burden of labor is<br />

very taxing to mind and heart. He cannot keep up<br />

the strain c<strong>on</strong>tinuously, his soul stirred to the very<br />

depths, without wearing out prematurely. Strength<br />

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