Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

would cause the blood to become impure, so that
scrofula and other humors would corrupt the
system, and the whole organism would suffer.
Especially would the fine, sensitive nerves of the
brain become enfeebled and so beclouded that
sacred things would not be discerned, but be placed
upon the low level with common things. Light
showing that disease is caused by using this gross
article of food has come just as soon as God's
people could bear it. Have you heeded the light?
You have gone directly contrary to the light
which God has been pleased to give in regard to
the use of tobacco. The gratification of appetite has
eclipsed the light given of Heaven, and you have
made a god of this hurtful indulgence. It is your
idol. You have bowed to this instead of God, at the
same time professing great faith in the visions, but
acting entirely contrary to them. For years you
have not advanced one step in the divine life, but
have been growing weaker and weaker, darker and
darker. You have felt sadly afflicted over the
course of Brother P in opposing the truth as he has
done. You have ascribed the weak, discouraged
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