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

of God are guilty of the sin of adultery. What can I
say to arouse their benumbed sensibilities? Moral
principle, strictly carried out, becomes the only
safeguard of the soul. If ever there was a time when
the diet should be of the most simple kind, it is
now. Meat should not be placed before our
children. Its influence is to excite and strengthen
the lower passions, and has a tendency to deaden
the moral powers. Grains and fruits prepared free
from grease, and in as natural a condition as
possible, should be the food for the tables of all
who claim to be preparing for translation to
heaven. The less feverish the diet, the more easily
can the passions be controlled. Gratification of
taste should not be consulted irrespective of
physical, intellectual, or moral health.
Indulgence of the baser passions will lead very
many to shut their eyes to the light, for they fear
that they will see sins which they are unwilling to
forsake. All may see if they will. If they choose
darkness rather than light, their criminality will be
none the less. Why do not men and women read,
and become intelligent upon these things which so
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