Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

eceive that education which it is essential they
should have in order that they may form correct
characters. The anxiety of the Christian mother
should not be in regard to the external merely, but
that her children may have healthy constitutions
and good morals.
Many mothers who deplore the intemperance
which exists everywhere do not look deep enough
to see the cause. They are daily preparing a variety
of dishes and highly seasoned food which tempt
the appetite and encourage overeating. The tables
of our American people are generally prepared in a
manner to make drunkards. Appetite is the ruling
principle with a large class. Whoever will indulge
appetite in eating too often, and food not of a
healthful quality, is weakening his power to resist
the clamors of appetite and passion in other
respects in proportion as he has strengthened the
propensity to incorrect habits of eating. Mothers
need to be impressed with their obligation to God
and to the world to furnish society with children
having well-developed characters. Men and women
who come upon the stage of action with firm
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