March 4, 1897

Extracts From Testimonies

EGW

The ministers in our land should become intelligent upon health reform. They need to become acquainted with the science of physiology. If they will be intelligent in regard to the laws that govern physical life, and their bearings upon the health of mind and soul, then they will be able to speak correctly upon this subject.GCDB March 4, 1897, par. 1

The need of healthful habits is a part of the gospel which must be presented to the people by those who hold forth the word of life. The importance of the health of the body is to be taught as a Bible requirement.GCDB March 4, 1897, par. 2

This is a subject which needs to be presented to the people. The question of health reform is not agitated as it must and will be.GCDB March 4, 1897, par. 3

The impurities of the body, if not allowed to escape, are taken back into the blood and forced upon the internal organs. Nature makes an effort to free the system, and the effort produces fever and what is termed disease.GCDB March 4, 1897, par. 4