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

eat just such an amount and just such a quality, and
confine themselves to two or three things. They
allow only a few things to be placed before them or
their families to eat. In eating a small amount of
food, and that not of the best quality, they do not
take into the stomach that which will suitably
nourish the system. Poor food cannot be converted
into good blood. An impoverished diet will
impoverish the blood. I will mention the case of
Sister A. That case was presented to me to show an
extreme. Two classes were presented before me:
First, those who were not living up to the light
which God had given them. They started in the
reform because somebody else did. They did not
understand the system for themselves. There are
many of you who profess the truth, who have
received it because somebody else did, and for
your life you could not give the reason. This is why
you are as weak as water. Instead of weighing your
motives in the light of eternity, instead of having a
practical knowledge of the principles underlying all
your actions, instead of having dug down to the
bottom and built upon a right foundation for
yourself, you are walking in the sparks kindled by
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