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

made worse if they labor or exercise, when this is
just the change they need to make them well.
Without this they never can improve. They should
exercise the power of the will, rise above their
aches and debility, engage in useful employment,
and forget that they have aching backs, sides,
lungs, and heads. Neglecting to exercise the entire
body, or a portion of it, will bring on morbid
conditions. Inaction of any of the organs of the
body will be followed by a decrease in size and
strength of the muscles and will cause the blood to
flow sluggishly through the blood vessels.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:76 (1872).
Imagination Can Control Parts of the
Body.—It is the lack of harmonious action in the
human organism that brings disease. The
imagination may control the other parts of the body
to their injury. All parts of the system must work
harmoniously.—MS 24, 1900. (.)
Dying of a Diseased Imagination.—Once I
was called to see a young woman with whom I was
well acquainted. She was sick and was running
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