Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

laws of health. The Lord Jesus purchased man,
paying for him the infinite price of His own life.
Man should estimate himself by the price which
has been paid for him. When he places this value
upon himself, he will not knowingly abuse one of
his physical or mental faculties. It is an insult to the
God of heaven for man to abuse his precious
powers, by placing himself under the control of
Satanic agencies, and besotting himself by
indulging in that which is ruinous to health, to
piety and spirituality. "Know ye not that ye are the
temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth
in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him
will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy,
which temple ye are."
When man educates the appetite to desire the
flesh of dead animals and to love wine and strong
drink he becomes a body of corruption. Oh, how
little God is honored by them, how little He is
brought into their thoughts. Gluttony and strong
drink degrade the beings who are God's property
by creation, His property because He has given His
only begotten Son for their redemption. Look at
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