Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

and preserve health. The great object to be kept in view by the publication of sucha journal should be the good of the suffering people of God. The common people,especially those too poor to attend the Institute, must be reached and instructed by theHealth Reformer.*****Chap. 99 - The Health InstituteIn the vision given me December 25, 1865, I saw that the health reform was a greatenterprise, closely connected with the present truth, and that Seventh-day Adventistsshould have a home for the sick where they could be treated for their diseases and alsolearn how to take care of themselves so as to prevent sickness. I saw that our peopleshould not remain indifferent upon this subject and leave the rich among us to go tothe popular water cure institutions of the country for the recovery of health, wherethey would find opposition to, rather than sympathy with, their views of religiousfaith. Those who are reduced by disease suffer not only for want of physical butalso of mental and moral strength; and afflicted, conscientious Sabbathkeepers cannotreceive as much benefit where they feel that they must be constantly guarded lestthey compromise their faith and dishonor their profession, as at an institution whosephysicians and conductors are in sympathy with the truths connected with the thirdangel’s message.When persons who have suffered much from disease are relieved by an intelligentsystem of treatment, consisting of baths, healthful diet, proper periods of rest andexercise, and the beneficial effects of pure air, they are often led to conclude that thosewho successfully treat them are right in matters of religious faith, or, at least, cannotgreatly err from the truth. Thus if our people are left to go to those institutions whosephysicians are corrupt in religious faith, they are in danger of553