I am instructed to bear a message to all
our people on the subject of health reform, for many have backslidden
from their former loyalty to health reform principles.
God's purpose for His children is that
they shall grow up to the full stature of men and women in Christ.
In order to do this, they must use aright every power of mind,
soul, and body. They cannot afford to waste any mental or physical
strength.
The question of how to preserve the health
is one of primary importance. When we study this question in
the fear of God we shall learn that it is best, for both our
physical and our spiritual advancement, to observe simplicity
in diet. Let us patiently study this question. We need knowledge
and judgment in order to move wisely in this matter. Nature's
laws are not to be resisted, but obeyed.
Those who have received instruction regarding
the evils of the use of flesh foods, tea and coffee, and rich
and unhealthful food preparations, and who are determined to
make a covenant with God by sacrifice, will not continue to indulge
their appetite for food that they know to be unhealthful. God
demands that the appetites be cleansed, and that self-denial
be practiced in regard to those
things which are not good. This is a work that will have to be
done before His people can stand before Him a perfected people.