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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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Men who are engaged in giving the last<br />

message of warning to the world, a message which<br />

is to decide the destiny of souls, should make a<br />

practical applicati<strong>on</strong> in their own lives of the truths<br />

they preach to others. They should be examples to<br />

the people in their eating, in their drinking, and in<br />

their chaste c<strong>on</strong>versati<strong>on</strong> and deportment.<br />

Glutt<strong>on</strong>y, indulgence of the baser passi<strong>on</strong>s, and<br />

grievous sins are hidden under the garb of sanctity<br />

by many professed representatives of Christ<br />

throughout our world. There are men of excellent<br />

natural ability whose labor does not accomplish<br />

half what it might if they were temperate in all<br />

things. Indulgence of appetite and passi<strong>on</strong> beclouds<br />

the mind, lessens physical strength, and weakens<br />

moral power. Their thoughts are not clear. Their<br />

words are not spoken in power, are not vitalized by<br />

the Spirit of God so as to reach the hearts of the<br />

hearers.<br />

As our first parents lost Eden through the<br />

indulgence of appetite, our <strong>on</strong>ly hope of regaining<br />

Eden is through the firm denial of appetite and<br />

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