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

and not having remorse of conscience. We do not
believe in removing temptations entirely away
from either children or grown persons. We all have
a warfare before us and must stand in a position to
resist the temptations of Satan, and we want to
know that we possess the power in ourselves to do
this.
And while we would caution you not to
overeat, even of the best quality of food, we would
also caution those that are extremists not to raise a
false standard and then endeavor to bring
everybody to it. There are some who are starting
out as health reformers who are not fit to engage in
any other enterprise, and who have not sense
enough to take care of their own families, or keep
their proper place in the church. And what do they
do? Why, they fall back as health reform
physicians, as though they could make that a
success. They assume the responsibilities of their
practice, and take the lives of men and women into
their hands, when they really know nothing about
the business.
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