Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene - Ellen G. White

Chapter 11
General Hygiene
God designed that man should be active and
useful; yet the life of many is little more than mere
existence. They never brighten the path of others,
never bless those around them; on the contrary,
they are only a burden. On the side of right their
influence is little more than a cipher. Scarcely an
instance of disinterested benevolence brightens
their life record. No pleasant memory survives
them at their death; for there was no true goodness
to leave a loving impress, even on the hearts of
their friends. Such a life is a sad failure. It is the
life of an unfaithful steward, who forgets that his
Creator has claims upon him. Selfish interests
attract his mind, and lead to forgetfulness of God,
and of his purpose in the creation of man.
God placed Adam and Eve in Paradise, and
surrounded them with everything that was useful
and lovely. He planted for them a beautiful garden,
in which no herb or flower or tree was lacking that
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