Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Chapter 11
Temperance in Diet
Sunnyside, Cooranbong, N. S. W., Aug. 30.
Dear Brother and Sister:--
You have the light which the Lord has given
our people and kept before them for many years.
The Lord does not say Yea and Nay to his people,
but Yes and Amen. I will send you the testimonies
given to others upon the subject of health reform.
This is a large subject. I am now revising the book
entitled. Christian Temperance."
I was somewhat surprised at your argument as
to why a meat-eating diet kept you in strength, for
if you put yourself out of the question, your own
reason will teach you that a meat diet is not of such
advantage as you suppose. You know how you
would answer the tobacco devotee if he urged as a
plea for the use of tobacco, the arguments you have
advanced as a reason why you should continue to
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