Counsels on Health - Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
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Section 1—The World's Need
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Section 2—Essentials to Health
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A Knowledge of First Principles
- The Wisdom of God's Works
- Govern the Body
- Adherence to a Simple Diet
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Purchased of God
- Develop Ability
- Temperance in All Things
- The World No Criterion
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Physical Exercise
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Pure Air and Sunlight
- Deep Breathing
- Superstitions Concerning Night Air
- The Influence of Fresh Air
- Scrupulous Sanitation
- Use Simple Food
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Physical Habits and Spiritual Health
- Nonuse of Flesh Meats
- Avoid Gluttony
- Lessons From the Experience of John the Baptist
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Benevolence and Rectitude in Married Life
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Counsels Regarding Motherhood
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Refuse Tobacco Defilement
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Tobacco Using Contrary to Godliness
- A Deceitful Poison
- Abstinence From Narcotics
- Self-Denial and Prayer
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Evil Effects of Tea and Coffee
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Avoid the Use of Poisonous Drugs
- Healthful Dress
- The Power of the Will
- Suitable Employment
- Control the Imagination
- Moderation in Work
- Temperance in Labor
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Order and Cleanliness
- Frequent Bathing
- How to Preserve Our Sensibilities
- To a Brother
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Section 3—Diet and Health
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Relation of Diet to Health and Morals
- Self-Development a Duty
- Temptation Through Appetite
- Appetite Ruled Antediluvians
- Intemperance After the Flood
- Esau's Experience
- Israel Desired the Fleshpots of Egypt
- Intemperance and Crime
- Our Youth Lack Self-Control
- Responsibility of Parents
- Evils of Meat Eating
- Proper Preparation of Food a Duty
- Wrong Eating Destroys Health
- Too Frequent Eating a Cause of Dyspepsia
- Evils to be Avoided
- Eat Slowly
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The Power of Appetite
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Faithfulness in Health Reform
- Partakers of the Divine Nature
- Result of Disregarding Light
- Faithfulness to the Laws of Health
- Healthful Cooking
- Learn to Cook
- A Most Essential Accomplishment
- Unwholesome Bread
- Changing the Diet
- A Harmful Combination
- Unpalatable Food
- An Impoverished Diet
- Extremes in Diet
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Overeating
- Overworked Mothers
- Gluttony a Sin
- Avoid False Standards
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Section 4—Outdoor Life and Physical Activity
- The Example of Christ
- Nature a Lesson Book
- In the Country
- The Source of Healing
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The Value of Outdoor Life
- Exercise, Air, and Sunlight
- The Original Plan
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Close Confinement at School
- Simpler Methods
- A Proper Balance of Physical and Mental Labor
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The Results of Physical Inaction
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Physical Culture
- Health and Efficiency
- Periods of Relaxation
- Sunlight in the Home
- Prohibited Amusements
- Exercise as a Restorer
- Walking for Exercise
- The Evils of Inactivity
- Open the Windows of the Soul
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Section 5—Sanitariums—Their Objects and Aims
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God's Design in Our Sanitariums
- The Church Qualified for Service
- Living Waters for Thirsty Souls
- Sanitariums and Gospel Work
- Plants Needed in Many Places
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In All The World
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The Sydney Sanitarium to Be Educational
- Agricultural Advantages
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A Warning Against Centralization
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Duty to the Poor
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Our Southern California Sanitariums
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The Sabbath in Our Sanitariums
- Mammoth Sanitariums Not a Necessity
- Amusements in Our Sanitariums
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Encourage One Another
- Denominational Views Not to Be Urged Upon Patients
- For All Sects and Classes
- Medical Treatment, Right Living, and Prayer
- Centers of Influence and Training
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The High Calling of Our Sanitarium Workers
- Wholesome Substitutes
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Section 6—Successful Institutional Work
- The Secret of Success
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Moral and Intellectual Culture
- Health Reform at the Sanitarium
- Results of Faithful Effort
- Maintain a High Standard
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The Location of Sanitariums
- Not Among the Wealthy
- Not for Pleasure Seekers
- City Conditions
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Economy in Establishing Sanitariums
- Advantages of Wooden Structures
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Economy in Operating
- Loyalty to Our Institutions
- The Sanitarium as a Missionary Field
- Adherence to Principle
- To the Glory of God
- The Chaplain and His Work
- Hold the Truth in Its Purity
- For the Welfare of Others
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The Workers Needed
- Tact Essential
- Dealing With Sentimentalism
- The Ennobling Power of Pure Thoughts
- Criticizing and Faultfinding
- Results of Fostered Sin
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Looking Unto Jesus
- Co-operation Between Schools and Sanitariums
- Equity in the Matter of Wages
- Economical From Principle
- Compensation
- No Exorbitant Salaries
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Helping Those Who Need Help
- Sanitarium Workers
- Recognition of Honest Labor
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The Example of Christ
- Simplicity and Economy
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Section 7—The Christian Physician
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A Responsible Calling
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The Physician's Work for Souls
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The Sphere of Leading Physicians
- Ready for Every Good Work
- Bearing Witness to the Truth
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Mind Cure
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Christlike Compassion
- Patience and Sympathy
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A Messenger of Mercy
- Physicians to Conserve Their Strength
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A Work That Will Endure
- Each One in His Place
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Dangers and Opportunities
- Dangers in Success
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The Bible Your Counselor
- Qualifications Needed
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Praying for the Sick
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Submission and Faith
- Faith and Works
- Gratitude for Health
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The Physician's Influence
- Obedience and Happiness
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Section 8—Nurses and Helpers
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Christ's Methods to be Followed
- House-to-House Work
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A Plea for Medical Missionaries
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Duties and Privileges of Sanitarium Workers
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Cheerfulness
- Efficiency Depends Upon Vigor
- Integrity Among Workers
- Steadfastness
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A Sad Picture
- Waves of Influence
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The Power of Association
- In Our Schools
- A Lack of Economy
- Our Influence
- Need of Opportunity for Christian Culture
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Section 9—Teaching Health Principles
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The Church Should Awake
- Gospel Workers to Teach Health Reform
- The Temperance Reform
- At the Camp Meetings
- A Good Work Made Difficult
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Disseminating Temperance Principles
- Teach With Wisdom
- The Right Exercise of the Will
- Sign the Pledge
- Premature Tests
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Keep Health Reform to the Front
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Continual Reform Must Be Advocated
- Sanitariums Needed in Washington and Other Places
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Educate, Educate, Educate
- Indifference and Unbelief
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A Warning Against Spiritualist Physicians
- The Ruin Wrought by Satan
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The Canvasser a Teacher
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Hand Out the Literature
- The Invitation
- Objects Lessons in Health Reform
- Why Conduct Sanitariums?
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Section 10—Health Food Work
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Section 11—Medical Missionary Work
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The Pioneer Work
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Medical Evangelism
- An Illustration
- The Breadth of the Work
- Clear New Ground
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Christ Our Example
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A United Work
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Words of Caution to a Leading Physician
- Rebellion Against Health Reform
- Not a Separate Work
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The Medical Missionary's Example
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The Gospel in Practice
- In Faith and Humility
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To Gain an Entrance
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Medical Missionary Evangelists
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Methods and Plans
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Physicians and Evangelists
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Work in the Cities
- A Means of Overcoming Prejudice
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Sanitariums as City Outposts
- The Ministry and Medical Work
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Section 12—Ensamples to the Flock
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Section 13—Holiness of Life
- Lights Amid Darkness
- A Lesson From Solomon's Fall
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Counsel to Physicians and Nurses
- The Price of Health
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Simplicity in Dress
- Extremes in Dress
- Immodest Dresses
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Parents as Reformers
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Beware of Moral Corruption
- The Only Safety
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Servants of Sin
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Blinded by Sin
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Godliness and Health
- An Advance Step
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Religion and Contentment
- The Need of Consecration
- Total Abstinence
In Faith and Humility
The gospel of Christ is to be lived, practiced in the daily life. The servants of God are to be cleansed from all coldness, all selfishness. Simplicity, meekness, lowliness, are of great value in the work of God. Try to unite the workers in confidence and love. If you cannot do this, be right yourselves, and leave the rest with God. Labor in faith and prayer. Select Christian youth and train them to be, not workers with hearts like iron, but workers who are willing to harmonize.CH 534.3
I pray that the Lord will change the hearts of those who, unless they receive more grace, will enter into temptation. I pray that He will soften and subdue every heart. We need to live in close fellowship with God, that we may love one another as Christ has loved us. It is by this that the world is to know that we are His disciples.—Testimonies for the Church 9:218, 219 (1909).CH 534.4