Mind, Character, and Personality Vol. 2 - Second Advent Revival

piece of machinery, but it can be abused.... The transformation of food into good blood
is a wonderful process, and all human beings should be intelligent upon this subject....
{2MCP 385.2}
Each organ of the body gathers its nutrition to keep its different parts in action. The
brain must be supplied with its share, the bone with its portion. The great Master Builder
is at work every moment, supplying every muscle and tissue, from the brain to the ends
of the fingers and toes, with life and strength.--Lt 17, 1895. {2MCP 385.3}
Results of Flaunting Nature's Laws.--God has granted to this people great light,
yet we are not placed beyond
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the reach of temptation.... An invalid--apparently very conscientious, yet bigoted and
self-sufficient--freely avows his contempt for the laws of health and life, which divine
mercy has led us as a people to accept. His food must be prepared in a manner to
satisfy his morbid cravings. Rather than sit at a table where wholesome food is
provided, he will patronize restaurants, because he can there indulge appetite without
restraint. A fluent advocate of temperance, he disregards its foundation principles. He
wants relief but refuses to obtain it at the price of self-denial. {2MCP 385.4}
That man is worshiping at the shrine of perverted appetite. He is an idolater. The
powers which, sanctified and ennobled, might be employed to honor God, are
weakened and rendered of little service. An irritable temper, a confused brain, and
unstrung nerves are among the results of his disregard of nature's laws. He is
inefficient, unreliable.--5T 196, 197 (1882). {2MCP 386.1}
Close Relation Between Eating and Mind.--In connection with the injunction of
Peter that we are to add "to temperance patience," I referred [in an address] to the
blessings of health reform, and the advantages to be gained by the use of proper
combinations of simple, nourishing foods. The close relationship that eating and
drinking sustain to the state of one's mind and temper was dwelt upon. We cannot
afford to develop a bad temper through wrong habits of living.--RH, July 12, 1906.
{2MCP 386.2}
Indulgence Greatest Cause of Mental Debility.--Indulgence of appetite is the
greatest cause of physical and mental debility and lies at the foundation of the
feebleness which is apparent everywhere.--3T 487 (1875). {2MCP 386.3}
Mind Confused by Improper Diet.--We should not provide for the Sabbath a more
liberal supply or a greater variety of food than for other days. Instead of this, the food
should be more simple, and less should be eaten, in
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order that the mind may be clear and vigorous to comprehend spiritual things.
Overeating befogs the brain. The most precious words may be heard and not