Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene - Ellen G. White

and help which they should have received from us,
and rob God of the service he claims of us to
advance his glory. Then are we not, in a high sense,
transgressors of God’s law?
But God is compassionate and tender, and
when light comes to those who have injured
themselves by sinful indulgence, if they repent and
seek pardon, he mercifully accepts them. But what
an inferior, pitiful offering at best, to present to a
pure and holy God! O, what tender mercy, that he
does not refuse the poor remnant of the life of the
suffering, repenting sinner! Praise be to God, who
saves such souls as by fire!
The view held by some that spirituality is a
detriment to health, is the sophistry of Satan. The
religion of the Bible is not detrimental to the health
of either body or mind. The influence of the Spirit
of God is the very best medicine for disease.
Heaven is all health; and the more deeply heavenly
influences are realized, the more sure will be the
recovery of the believing invalid. The true
principles of Christianity open before all a source
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