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

But even health reformers can err in the
quantity of food. They can eat immoderately of a
healthy quality of food. Some in this house err in
the quality. They have never taken their position
upon health reform. They have chosen to eat and
drink what they pleased and when they pleased.
They are injuring their systems in this way. Not
only this, but they are injuring their families by
placing upon their tables a feverish diet which will
increase the animal passions of their children and
lead them to care but little for heavenly things. The
parents are thus strengthening the animal, and
lessening the spiritual, powers of their children.
What a heavy penalty will they have to pay in the
end! And then they wonder that their children are
so weak morally!
Parents have not given their children the right
education. Frequently they manifest the same
imperfections which are seen in the children. They
eat improperly, and this calls their nervous energies
to the stomach, and they have no vitality to expend
in other directions. They cannot properly control
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