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

as well-regulated machines, each part acting in
harmony, not one being overtaxed.—Lt 100, 1898.
Dyspepsia Makes Religious Life
Uncertain.—The principles of health reform
should be brought into the life of every Christian.
Men and women who disregard these principles
cannot offer to God a pure, vigorous devotion; for
a dyspeptic stomach or a torpid liver makes the
religious life an uncertainty.
Eating the flesh of dead animals has an
injurious effect upon spirituality. When meat is
made the staple article of food, the higher faculties
are overborne by the lower passions. These things
are an offense to God and are the cause of a decline
in spiritual life.—Lt 69, 1896.
Rightdoing Is Best Medicine.—The
consciousness of rightdoing is the best medicine
for diseased bodies and minds. The special blessing
of God resting upon the receiver is health and
strength. A person whose mind is quiet and
satisfied in God is in the pathway to health....
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