Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene - Ellen G. White

habits and character of their children, a thousandfold
more good might have resulted. The unnatural
appetite for spirituous liquors is often created at
home, in many cases at the tables of the very ones
who are most zealous to lead out in the temperance
work. We bid all workers Godspeed; but we invite
them to look more deeply into the cause of the evil
they war against, and to be more thorough and
consistent in reform.
Through the intemperance begun at home, the
digestive organs first become weakened, and soon
ordinary food does not satisfy the appetite.
Unhealthy conditions are established, and there is a
craving for more stimulating food. Tea and coffee
produce an immediate effect. Under the influence
of these poisons the nervous system is excited, and
in some cases, for the time being, the intellect
seems to be invigorated, the imagination more
vivid. Because these stimulants produce such
agreeable results, many conclude that they really
need them; but there is always a reaction. The
nervous system has borrowed power from its future
resources for present use, and all this temporary
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