Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene - Ellen G. White

control of enlightened conscience, feeling it a duty
they owe to God and to their neighbor to obey the
laws which govern life and health, they would have
the blessing of physical and mental vigor; they
would have moral power to engage in the warfare
against Satan; and in the name of Him who
conquered in their behalf, they might be more than
conquerors on their own account.
All around us are the victims of depraved
appetite, and what are you going to do for them?
Can you not, by your example, help them to place
their feet in the path of temperance? Can you have
a sense of the temptations that are coming upon the
youth who are growing up around us, and not seek
to warn and save them? Who will stand on the
Lord’s side? Who will help to press back this tide
of immorality, of woe and wretchedness, that is
filling the world? We entreat of you to turn your
attention to the work of overcoming. Those who
shall at last have a right to the tree of life, will be
those who have kept God’s commandments.
It is not an easy matter to overcome the appetite
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