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

can but die. And what if you do die? One life might
better be lost than many sacrificed. The whims and
notions which you cherish are not only destroying
your own life, but injuring those whose lives are
more valuable than yours. But the course we
recommend will not deprive you of life or injure
you. You will derive benefit from it. You need not
be rash or reckless; commence moderately at first
to have more air and exercise, and continue your
reform until you become useful, a blessing to your
families and to all around you. Let your judgment
be convinced that exercise, sunlight, and air are the
blessings which Heaven has provided to make the
sick well and to keep in health those who are not
sick. God does not deprive you of these free,
Heaven-bestowed blessings, but you have punished
yourselves by closing your doors against them.
Properly used, these simple yet powerful agents
will assist nature to overcome real difficulties, if
such exist, and will give healthy tone to the mind
and vigor to the body.
In this age of the world, when vice and fashion
control men and women, Christians should possess
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