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

of acquisitiveness, has made him insane upon this subject. The higher, nobler powers
of his being have been brought very much into subjection to this close, selfish
propensity. {2MCP 594.1}
His only hope is in breaking the bands of Satan and overcoming this evil in his
character. He has tried to do this by undoing something after his conscience has been
wrought upon, but this is not sufficient. This merely making a mighty effort and parting
with a little of his mammon, feeling all the time that he is parting with his soul, is not the
fruit of true religion. {2MCP 594.2}
He must train his mind to good works. He must brace against his propensity to
acquire. He must weave good works into all his life. He must cultivate a love for doing
good and get above the little, penurious spirit which he has fostered.--2T 237, 238
(1869). {2MCP 594.3}
Superstition Arising Out of Imagination.--Your experience was shown to me as
not reliable because opposed to natural law. It is in conflict with the unchangeable
principles of nature. Superstition, my dear sister, arising from a diseased imagination,
arrays you in conflict with science and principle. Which shall be yielded? Your strong
prejudices and very set ideas in regard to what course is best to be pursued relative to
yourself have long held you from good. I have understood your case for years but have
felt incompetent to present the matter in so clear a manner that you could see and
comprehend it and put to a practical use the light given you.--3T 69 (1872). {2MCP 594.4}
Mothers and Imagination.--I have been shown mothers who are governed by a
diseased imagination,
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the influence of which is felt upon husband and children. The windows must be kept
closed because the mother feels the air. If she is at all chilly, and a change is made in
her clothing, she thinks her children must be treated in the same manner, and thus the
entire family are robbed of physical stamina. All are affected by one mind, physically
and mentally injured through the diseased imagination of one woman, who considers
herself a criterion for the whole family. . . . {2MCP 594.5}
Persons bring disease upon themselves by their wrong habits; yet in the face of light
and knowledge, they will adhere to their own course. They reason thus: "Have we not
tried the matter? and do we not understand it by experience?" But the experience of a
person whose imagination is at fault should not have much weight with anyone.--2T 524
(1870). {2MCP 595.1}
Harnessing the Mind.--All are free moral agents, and as such they must bring their
thoughts to run in the right channel. Here is a wide field in which the mind can safely
range. If Satan seeks to divert the mind to low and sensual things, bring it back again
and place it on eternal things; and when the Lord sees the determined effort made to
retain only pure thoughts, He will attract the mind, like the magnet, purify the thoughts,
and enable them to cleanse themselves from every secret sin. "Casting down