Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

emotion are taxed, while the nerves of motion are
inactive. The wear being all upon the mental
organs, they become overworked and enfeebled,
while the muscles lose their vigor for want of
employment. There is no inclination to exercise the
muscles by engaging in physical labor, because
exertion seems to be irksome.
Ministers of Christ, professing to be His
representatives, should follow His example, and
above all others should form habits of strictest
temperance. They should keep the life and example
of Christ before the people by their own lives of
self-denial, self-sacrifice, and active benevolence.
Christ overcame appetite in man’s behalf; and in
His stead they are to set others an example worthy
of imitation. Those who do not feel the necessity of
engaging in the work of overcoming upon the point
of appetite will fail to secure precious victories
which they might have gained and will become
slaves to appetite and lust, which are filling the cup
of iniquity of those who dwell upon the earth.
Self-Denial and Efficiency
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