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

quality and quantity. There has not been in this
family the right management in regard to diet;
there has been irregularity. There should have been
a specified time for each meal, and the food should
have been prepared in a simple form and free from
grease; but pains should have been taken to have it
nutritious, healthful, and inviting. In this family, as
also in many others, a special parade has been
made for visitors, many dishes prepared and
frequently made too rich, so that those seated at the
table would be tempted to eat to excess. Then in
the absence of company there was a great reaction,
a falling off in the preparations brought on the
table. The diet was spare and lacked nourishment.
It was considered not so much matter "just for
ourselves." The meals were frequently picked up,
and the regular time for eating not regarded. Every
member of the family was injured by such
management. It is a sin for any of our sisters to
make such great preparations for visitors, and
wrong their own families by a spare diet which will
fail to nourish the system.
The brother referred to felt a lack in his system;
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