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It is the duty of men and women to act with<br />
reason in regard to their labor. They should not<br />
exhaust their energies unnecessarily, for by doing<br />
this, they not only bring suffering upon themselves,<br />
but, by their errors, bring anxiety, weariness, and<br />
suffering, upon those they love. What calls for such<br />
an amount of labor? Intemperance in eating and in<br />
drinking, and the desire for wealth, have led to this<br />
intemperance in labor. If the appetite is controlled,<br />
and that food only which is healthful be taken,<br />
there will be so great a saving of expense, that men<br />
and women will not be compelled to labor beyond<br />
their strength, and thus violate the laws of health.<br />
The desire of men and women to accumulate<br />
property is not sinful, if, in their efforts to attain<br />
their object, they do not forget God, and transgress<br />
the last six precepts of Jehovah, which dictate the<br />
duty of man to his fellow-man, and place<br />
themselves in a position where it is impossible for<br />
them to glorify God in their bodies and spirits<br />
which are his. If, in their haste to be rich, they<br />
overtax their energies and violate the laws of their<br />
being, they place themselves in a condition where<br />
they cannot render to God perfect service, and are<br />
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