Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

woman of strong will).—Dear _____, you have a
diseased imagination; and you dishonor God by
allowing your feelings to have complete control of
your reason and judgment. You have a determined
will, which causes the mind to react upon the body,
unbalancing the circulation and producing
congestion in certain organs; and you are
sacrificing health to your feelings.—Testimonies
for the Church 5:310 (1873).
Mental Illness Produced by Unsanctified
Tongues (comments on the death of the wife of an
executive).—Sister _____ was so weighted down
with sorrow that she lost her reason. I ask, Who, in
the day of judgment, will be held responsible for
putting out the light of that mind that should be
shining today? Who will be accountable in the day
of God for the work that caused the distress which
brought on this sickness? She suffered for months,
and the husband suffered with her. And now the
poor woman has gone, leaving two motherless
children. All this because of the work done by
unsanctified tongues.—MS 54, 1904.
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