IF, in reading up on this important subject, you find yourself using some of the things that are named as injurious, do not fly to the other extreme, and go to starving yourself by dropping everything at once, without putting that which is better in its place. To do that is only to perpetuate the evil; for an impoverished diet will produce the same results as flesh-meats and rich food,—it will create a poor quality of blood. See Testimonies for the Church 2:368.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.1

“We would not recommend an impoverished diet. I have been shown that many take a wrong view of the health reform, and adopt too poor a diet. They subsist upon a cheap, poor quality of food, prepared without care or reference to the nourishment of the system. It is important that the food should be prepared with care, that the appetite, when not perverted, can relish it. Because we from principle discard the use of meat, butter, mince pies, spices, lard and that which irritates the stomach and destroys health, the idea should never be given that it is of but little consequence what we eat. There are some who go to extremes. They must eat just such an amount and just such a quality, and confine themselves to two or three things. They allow only a few things to be placed before them or their families to eat. In eating a small amount of food, and that not of the best quality, they do not take into the stomach that which will suitably nourish the system. Poor food can not be converted into good blood. An impoverished diet will impoverish the blood.”—Id., 367.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.2

“These changes should be made cautiously, and the subject should be treated in a manner not calculated to disgust and prejudice those whom we would teach and help.”—Id., 370.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.3

Let us turn, then, to the consideration of—ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.4

WHAT IS GOOD FOOD

Yes, let us find what is the best food, and enjoy ourselves to the full on that, in order that we may have the best of health, and enjoy ourselves in every other right way. what, then, is good? What shall we find to put in the place of all these things that are not good to eat in this time? Here is is:—ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.5

“Grains and fruits prepared free from grease, and in as natural a condition as possible, should be the food for the tables of all who claim to be preparing for translation to heaven.”—Id., 352.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.6

“Fruits and grains, prepared in the most simple form, are the most healthful, and will impart the greatest amount of nourishment to the body, and, at the same time, not impair the intellect.”—Id., 400.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.7

Those who discard meat “need to supply its place with the best fruits and vegetables, prepared in the most natural state, free from grease and spices. If they would only skillfully arrange the bounties with which the Creator has surrounded them, parents and children with a clear conscience unitedly engaging in the work, they would enjoy simple food, and would then be able to speak understandingly of health reform.”—Id., 486.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.8

“God has furnished man with abundant means for the gratification of natural appetite. He has spread before him, in the products of the earth, a bountiful variety of food that is palatable to the taste and nutritious to the system. Of these our benevolent heavenly Father says that we may ‘freely eat.’ We may enjoy the fruits, the vegetables, the grains, without doing violence to the laws of our being. These articles, prepared in the most simple and natural manner, will nourish the body, and preserve its natural vigor without the use of flesh meats.”—Id., Vol. III, 50.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.9

Adopt the free use of these things, and you will find that all those other things will drop away and never be missed. Then health, such as the Lord desires that you shall have, enjoyment of life, and prosperity in all the things of God, will be yours. For “I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereith.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 408.10

“Editorial” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 27, p. 410.

“AT that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.1

At what day?—The day the Comforter would come; the day that he himself, by the Comforter, would come.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.2

For he said, “I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you;” and, “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.3

Do you know this? Do you know that he is in his Father, and you in him, and he in you?ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.4

If you do not know it, why do you not?—There can be but one reason for any one’s not knowing this; that is, he has not received the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.5

For “hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.6

Then when he has promised that we “shall know,” and has abundantly and freely supplied the means by which we shall know, that “we dwell in him, and he in us,” why should any one go a single hour without that blessed knowledge?ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.7

“Ye shall know.” “Hereby know we.” Blessed, blessed knowledge! Thank the Lord!ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.8

“Ask, and it shall be given you.” “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.9

“Places to Walk” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 27, p. 410.

IN the third chapter of Zechariah, one was seen who was “clothed with filthy garments.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.1

To those who stood before him it was said, “Take away the filthy garments from him.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.2

Then to him it was said, “Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.3

Then the prophet said, “Let them set a fair miter upon his head.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.4

Then “they set a fair miter upon his head, and clothed him with garments.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.5

“And the angel of the Lord stood by.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.6

Then said the Lord to the one who had been clothed with the garments, “If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then... I will give thee places to walk among these THAT STAND BY.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.7

As it was the angel of the Lord that stood by, this is but to say that to all such he will give places to walk among the angels of the Lord.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.8

And this is not only to be so in the world to come; it is so now.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.9

“Editorial Note” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 27, p. 410.

SEE here: to every one who is reconciled to God, there is given “the ministry of reconciliation;” “as every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.1

Thus to every Christian there is given the ministry of salvation.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.2

The angels also are ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.3

And this is true not only of some of the angels, but of all the angels of the Lord. “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth?” etc.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.4

And how many are there of the angels?—There are “ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.” There is “an innumerable company” of them.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.5

There are certainly many times more of the angels of the Lord than there are of the inhabitants of the earth.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.6

And as they are all sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation, it is certain that there are many of the angels where there is one individual who is an heir of salvation; there was a “mountain full” of them round about Elisha. And did not Jesus say of his little ones, “Their angels do always behold the face of my Father”?ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.7

Therefore, when we are ministering for them who shall be heirs of salvation, and the angels of the Lord—all—are ministering for them who shall be heirs of salvation, and when there are many more of them than there are of us, then are we not walking among them EVEN NOW?ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.8

Certainly we are; that is just as plain as that two and two make four.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.9

That we do not see them with our natural eyes, as we walk and work among them, is nothing against the fact.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.10

Elisha’s servant did not see them until his eyes were opened. But they were there just as really before his eyes were opened, as they were afterward. And he was among them, he was walking among them, and did not know it.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.11

Elisha was walking among them, too, and knew it. He saw them, though they were invisible.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.12

Therefore it is true that as certainly as we are ministering for them who shall be heirs of salvation, so certainly we are walking among the angels of the Lord; for they “all,” “an innumerable company,” are also ministering for them who shall be heirs of salvation.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.13

This is true, whether we recognize it or not.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.14

Then let us have the benefit of this blessed truth as we walk and work among the angels of the Lord. Let us not be as Elisha’s servant, who walked among them and did not know it. Let us rather be as Elisha, the servant of the Lord, who walked among them, and knew it.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.15

We do know it; for the Lord says it, and it is so. Then let us enjoy it as we go.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.16

“Editorial Notes” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 27, p. 410.

THE students of Chicago University were told the other day,—by their president, too,—that in order to be loyal to God, “first of all be loyal to yourself.” Of course this puts self first. But the Lord Jesus says, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself.” The Lord Jesus himself, in order to be loyal to God, “emptied himself,” becoming “obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” This puts God first. This is Christianity; the other isn’t.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.1

“Passing Events. Archbishop Ireland Is Going to Explain” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 27, pp. 410, 411.

ARCHBISHOP IRELAND has publicly announced that he is going to “make a public reply to the attacks made upon him.” By “the attacks made upon” him, he means what has been said upon his and the pope’s meddling with the affairs of the Untied States, and their manipulating the President, and making a Punch-and-Judy show of Congress. He says that when he does come out, the publication of his letter “will be timely.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.1

Yet, with this preliminary announcement merely of what he is going to do, he takes occasion to explain at considerable length why he did what he has already done, and to tell a good deal of what he expects to do. And in this there are some points worth considering.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.2

He says that when the pope wanted to use his “good offices for the preservation of peace, it became necessary that some one in Washington should be in a position to send him hourly bulletins, if necessary, of the attitude of the administration.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.3

Of course for anybody to do that, he would have to be in the very inner circles of the councils of the administration. He says that the papal delegate “Martinelli was first elected for this place,” but that “he declined to act, upon the ground that he could not possibly have any standing at the White House, being merely as an ecclesiastical representative of the Vatican.” And lo! when one who was “merely an ecclesiastical representative of the Vatican,” could not act, because he was that, then one who was an ecclesiastical representative of the Vatican was chosen to act because he was that—and more.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.4

Martinelli could not act because, being “merely an ecclesiastical representative of the Vatican,” he could not possibly have any standing at the White House. Then the thing is shifted, and an merely an ecclesiastical representative of the Vatican is chosen who can have such standing at the White House as to be able to send hourly bulletins of the administration. In other words, in order to get in his work, the pope must have an agent, a representative, in the inner circle of the administration. Martinelli did not have the qualifications, and Archbishop Ireland did have the qualifications; therefore Archbishop Ireland was chosen.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.5

But what were these qualifications that adapted Archbishop Ireland for a position that the apostolic delegate could not fill?—The archbishop tells us; and here they are: “It was then determined that the close and cordial friendship which existed between Archbishop Ireland and President McKinley and his whole cabinet, joined to the fact that he is an eminent American citizen, made him a fit instrument through which negotiations could be conducted.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.6

Now, ecclesiastically, President McKinley is a Methodist. How is it that such a “close and cordial friendship” exists between a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic and him, as to gain for that ecclesiastic a position and knowledge that would enable him to send “hourly bulletins of the attitude of the administration”? How is this, when it is perfectly certain that there is not a Methodist bishop in all the United States, between whom and President McKinley there is such a “close and cordial friendship” as to gain for said Methodist bishop a position or knowledge that would enable him to send “hourly bulletins,” or perhaps any bulletins at all, of the attitude of the administration? How is it that, ecclesiastically or otherwise, there is a more “close and cordial friendship” between a Methodist and a Roman Catholic archbishop, than there is between that same Methodist and any Methodist bishop?ARSH June 28, 1898, page 410.7

Of course everybody knows that this “close and cordial friendship” of the archbishop’s is altogether political, and solely because of political advantage. Everybody knows that it is the archbishop’s political power which was exerted at the St. Louis convention and through the campaign of 1896, that makes “the close and cordial friendship” between him and “President McKinley and his whole cabinet,” and which made him “a fit instrument through which negotiations could be conducted” that could not be conducted at all by Martinelli, as Martinelli is an Italian, and has no standing in American politics yet; all of which demonstrates that the greatest Roman Catholic official in the United States, out of politics, has not the power to be, and, therefore, is not, so dangerous to the United States as was, and is, a subordinate Roman Catholic official who is in politics. And this is equally true of every other ecclesiastical connection in the United States. No ecclesiastic or religionist of any kind can do the mischief, out of politics, that any one can do in politics. Therefore the eternal principle is,—and this papal trick lately played is a forcible illustration of it,—that ecclesiastics and religionists of every sort should forever keep out of politics.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 411.1

And when it had been “determined that the close and cordial friendship which existed,” etc., “made him a fit instrument,” etc., the result was the “in view of this he received a formal letter from Cardinal Rampolla, papal secretary of state, authorizing him to represent the pope. This was presented to Judge Day, and semi-official relations began.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 411.2

It is, then, a fact that the Secretary of State of the United States has formally received “a formal letter” from the “papal secretary of state,” appointing a representative of the pope, “through which negotiations could be conducted” with the government of the United States in an affair with another nation. Accordingly, the archbishop’s statement proceeds: “Since that time, Archbishop Ireland has been in communication with Europe. Through him the official texts of the concessions which Spain was willing to make for the sake of peace, have been laid before this government, and before the European ambassadors. The composite news of the situation has been cabled to him, and by him disseminated.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 411.3

The pope and his representative to the United States government did not succeed in securing a peace to perpetuate the papal power and revenue in Spanish-enslaved Cuba. But they did succeed in getting what the papacy for years has been working for,—the formal receiving of a representative of the pope TO THIS GOVERNMENT, upon a formal letter from the papal secretary of state. And thus has been established this act and the precedent of formal official relations between the papacy and this government.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 411.4

This much has been gained already. And much more is planned, of whom we shall have occasion to speak. Just now, however, the report says that when the archbishop shall have made “public his reply to the attacks upon him,” in which he “will go into details,” “he will proceed to Rome.”ARSH June 28, 1898, page 411.5

Of course he must hurry off now to Rome and the pope, to report in full the progress made, and laugh with him while they map out their program for further official recognition when the time comes to settle the terms of peace between Spain and the United States.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 411.6

We hope he will go into details, and give the whole story exactly as it is. And then we wish he would go to Rome at once, and, for the good of the United States, stay there forever. And then let all other ecclesiastics and religionists in the United States keep out of politics here forever.ARSH June 28, 1898, page 411.7

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