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

healthful, nourishing diet.
I do not regard it a great privation to
discontinue the use of those things which leave a
bad smell in the breath and a bad taste in the
mouth. Is it self-denial to leave these things and get
into a condition where everything is as sweet as
honey; where no bad taste is left in the mouth and
no feeling of goneness in the stomach? These I
used to have much of the time. I have fainted away
with my child in my arms again and again. I have
none of this now, and shall I call this a privation
when I can stand before you as I do this day? There
is not one woman in a hundred that could endure
the amount of labor that I do. I moved out from
principle, not from impulse. I moved because I
believed Heaven would approve of the course I
was taking to bring myself into the very best
condition of health, that I might glorify God in my
body and spirit, which are His.
We can have a variety of good, wholesome
food, cooked in a healthful manner, so that it can
be made palatable to all. And if you, my sisters, do
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