Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

The sin of the Noetic world was intemperance,
and today this sin, exhibited by intemperance in
eating and drinking, is so marked that God will not
always tolerate it. By eating and drinking we
sustain life, and in themselves, if kept within the
bound of temperance, they are of no harm, but a
blessing. But when eating and drinking are carried
to excess they come under the head of
intemperance. Man carries to excess that which is
lawful, and his whole being suffers the results of
the violation of the laws which the Lord
established.
Intemperance in eating and drinking is on the
increase. Tables are spread with all kinds of food,
with which to satisfy the epicurean appetite.
Suffering must follow this course of action. The
vital forces of the system can not bear up under the
tax placed upon it, and it finally breaks down.
God is greatly dishonored by the way in which
man treats his organs, and He will not work a
miracle to counteract a perverse violation of the
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