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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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divine nature will escape the corrupti<strong>on</strong> that is in<br />

the world through lust. It is impossible for those<br />

who indulge the appetite to attain to Christian<br />

perfecti<strong>on</strong>. You cannot arouse the moral<br />

sensibilities of your children while you are not<br />

careful in the selecti<strong>on</strong> of their food.—Testim<strong>on</strong>ies<br />

for the Church 2:339, 400 (1870).<br />

This world is a training school for the higher<br />

school, this life a preparati<strong>on</strong> for the life to come.<br />

Here we are to be prepared for entrance into the<br />

heavenly courts. Here we are to receive and believe<br />

and practice the truth, until we are made ready for a<br />

home with the saints in light.—Testim<strong>on</strong>ies for the<br />

Church 8:200 (1904).<br />

A Less<strong>on</strong> From Solom<strong>on</strong>’s Fall<br />

[Testim<strong>on</strong>ies for the Church 2:305-307 (1868).]<br />

The life of Solom<strong>on</strong> might have been remarkable<br />

until its close, if virtue had been preserved. But he<br />

surrendered this special grace to lustful passi<strong>on</strong>. In<br />

his youth he looked to God for guidance and<br />

trusted in Him, and God chose for him and gave<br />

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