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EGW Books
〉 Counsels on Health
〈
〉
Preface
( 1 )
Preface to the second edition
( 4 )
Section 1—The World’s Need
( 13 )
Multitudes in Distress
( 13 )
In the Path of Destruction
( 13 )
Poverty and Sin Abound
( 14 )
Needs of the Rich
( 15 )
Durable Riches for Earthly Treasure
( 16 )
A Degenerate Race
( 18 )
The Violation of Physical Law
( 19 )
God’s People to Stand in Purity
( 20 )
The Folly of Ignorance
( 21 )
As in the Days of Noah
( 23 )
A Work of Reformation Needed
( 25 )
The Outlook
( 26 )
God the Source of Wisdom and Power
( 27 )
Religion and Health
( 28 )
Christ’s Love a Healing Power
( 29 )
Christ’s Manner of Healing
( 30 )
The Christian Physician as a Missionary
( 32 )
Who Will Say,
“Send Me”
?
( 32 )
The Care of the Sick
( 33 )
Christ’s Method of Evangelism
( 34 )
Work With Enthusiasm and Ardor
( 35 )
Effects of Wrong Habits
( 36 )
A World Unwarned
( 36 )
Section 2—Essentials to Health
( 37 )
A Knowledge of First Principles
( 37 )
Self-Denial Essential
( 38 )
Responsibility of Parents
( 39 )
The Wisdom of God’s Works
( 40 )
Govern the Body
( 41 )
Adherence to a Simple Diet
( 42 )
Purchased of God
( 43 )
The Reward of Holiness
( 43 )
The Work of Sanctification
( 44 )
The Christian Race
( 46 )
Develop Ability
( 48 )
Temperance in All Things
( 49 )
The World No Criterion
( 51 )
Physical Exercise
( 52 )
Colds and Fresh Air
( 53 )
Inaction and Weakness
( 54 )
Pure Air and Sunlight
( 55 )
The Health of the Nurse to Be Considered
( 56 )
Deep Breathing
( 59 )
Superstitions Concerning Night Air
( 59 )
The Influence of Fresh Air
( 60 )
Scrupulous Sanitation
( 61 )
Use Simple Food
( 63 )
Physical Habits and Spiritual Health
( 64 )
Daniel’s Experience
( 64 )
Sanctification a Living Principle
( 67 )
Nonuse of Flesh Meats
( 70 )
Avoid Gluttony
( 71 )
Lessons From the Experience of John the Baptist
( 72 )
Benevolence and Rectitude in Married Life
( 75 )
Passion Is Not Love
( 76 )
Care of the Wife
( 76 )
Control of Appetite Important
( 77 )
Pleasant Surroundings Essential
( 78 )
Counsels Regarding Motherhood
( 79 )
The Feeding of Infants
( 79 )
Refuse Tobacco Defilement
( 81 )
Tobacco Defilement an Offense to God
( 81 )
Strict Cleanliness Required
( 82 )
Tobacco Using Contrary to Godliness
( 83 )
Man the Property of Christ
( 83 )
A Sad Misuse of Means
( 84 )
Natural Sensibilities Are Deadened
( 84 )
A Deceitful Poison
( 84 )
Abstinence From Narcotics
( 85 )
Self-Denial and Prayer
( 86 )
Evil Effects of Tea and Coffee
( 87 )
Tea and Coffee Do Not Nourish
( 87 )
Self-Indulgence Displeasing to God
( 88 )
Avoid the Use of Poisonous Drugs
( 89 )
Drugs Do Not Cure Disease
( 89 )
Restorative Power in Nature
( 90 )
Natural Remedies
( 90 )
Healthful Dress
( 91 )
The Power of the Will
( 94 )
Suitable Employment
( 94 )
Control the Imagination
( 95 )
Moderation in Work
( 98 )
Temperance in Labor
( 99 )
Order and Cleanliness
( 101 )
An Outward Sign of Purity Within
( 101 )
The Mother’s Example
( 102 )
Teaching Spiritual Truths
( 103 )
Frequent Bathing
( 104 )
How to Preserve Our Sensibilities
( 105 )
To a Brother
( 106 )
Section 3—Diet and Health
( 107 )
Relation of Diet to Health and Morals
( 107 )
Self-Development a Duty
( 107 )
Temptation Through Appetite
( 108 )
Appetite Ruled Antediluvians
( 109 )
Intemperance After the Flood
( 110 )
Esau’s Experience
( 110 )
Israel Desired the Fleshpots of Egypt
( 111 )
Intemperance and Crime
( 111 )
Our Youth Lack Self-Control
( 112 )
Responsibility of Parents
( 113 )
Evils of Meat Eating
( 115 )
Proper Preparation of Food a Duty
( 116 )
Wrong Eating Destroys Health
( 117 )
Too Frequent Eating a Cause of Dyspepsia
( 118 )
Evils to be Avoided
( 119 )
Eat Slowly
( 120 )
The Power of Appetite
( 122 )
A Solemn Responsibility
( 123 )
The Effect of Stimulating Food
( 124 )
Results of Indulgence
( 126 )
Faithfulness in Health Reform
( 127 )
Personal Responsibility
( 127 )
Strength Through Obedience
( 128 )
Flesh Foods
( 130 )
“To the Glory of God”
( 133 )
Teaching Health Principles
( 135 )
Extremes In Diet
( 135 )
Diet in Different Countries
( 137 )
A Word to the Wavering
( 137 )
Partakers of the Divine Nature
( 140 )
Result of Disregarding Light
( 141 )
Faithfulness to the Laws of Health
( 142 )
Healthful Cooking
( 143 )
Learn to Cook
( 144 )
A Most Essential Accomplishment
( 145 )
Unwholesome Bread
( 147 )
Changing the Diet
( 148 )
A Harmful Combination
( 149 )
Unpalatable Food
( 150 )
An Impoverished Diet
( 151 )
Extremes in Diet
( 153 )
Overeating
( 157 )
The Stomach Needs Periods of Rest
( 158 )
Overworked Mothers
( 159 )
Gluttony a Sin
( 160 )
Avoid False Standards
( 161 )
Section 4—Outdoor Life and Physical Activity
( 162 )
The Example of Christ
( 162 )
Nature a Lesson Book
( 164 )
In the Country
( 166 )
The Source of Healing
( 168 )
The Value of Outdoor Life
( 169 )
Nature, God’s Physician
( 169 )
Healthful Exercise Will Work Miracles
( 171 )
A Small Country Sanitarium
( 171 )
Living Object Lessons
( 172 )
Exercise, Air, and Sunlight
( 173 )
The Original Plan
( 174 )
Close Confinement at School
( 175 )
Ignorance of Nature’s Requirements
( 175 )
Children Injured by Too Much Study
( 176 )
Simpler Methods
( 178 )
A Proper Balance of Physical and Mental Labor
( 179 )
The Results of Physical Inaction
( 184 )
Inordinate Study
( 185 )
Indolence Accursed
( 187 )
Physical Culture
( 189 )
Parties of Pleasure
( 190 )
Outdoor Occupations
( 190 )
A Safeguard Against Evil
( 192 )
Health and Efficiency
( 193 )
Periods of Relaxation
( 195 )
Sunlight in the Home
( 196 )
Prohibited Amusements
( 197 )
Exercise as a Restorer
( 199 )
Walking for Exercise
( 200 )
The Evils of Inactivity
( 201 )
Open the Windows of the Soul
( 202 )
Section 5—Sanitariums—Their Objects and Aims
( 203 )
God’s Design in Our Sanitariums
( 203 )
A Beacon Light
( 205 )
To Promulgate Health Principles
( 206 )
Memorials for God
( 207 )
Fountains of Life
( 209 )
The Church Qualified for Service
( 210 )
Living Waters for Thirsty Souls
( 211 )
Sanitariums and Gospel Work
( 212 )
Plants Needed in Many Places
( 214 )
In All The World
( 215 )
In European Countries
( 216 )
In All Lands
( 218 )
Angels Waiting to Co-operate
( 219 )
Co-operation of Sanitariums
( 220 )
The Sydney Sanitarium to Be Educational
( 221 )
The Glory of the Gospel
( 222 )
All Should Have a Part
( 223 )
Agricultural Advantages
( 223 )
A Warning Against Centralization
( 224 )
Economy and Benevolence
( 224 )
Lowliness and Unselfishness
( 225 )
Providential Opportunities
( 227 )
Duty to the Poor
( 228 )
Responsibilities of the Church
( 229 )
Our Southern California Sanitariums
( 231 )
Value of Outdoor Life
( 231 )
Finding Suitable Places
( 232 )
The Sabbath in Our Sanitariums
( 234 )
The Sign of Our Order
( 235 )
The Suffering Never to Be Neglected
( 236 )
Free From Worldly Entanglements
( 237 )
Called to Be a Holy People
( 238 )
Mammoth Sanitariums Not a Necessity
( 239 )
Amusements in Our Sanitariums
( 240 )
Encourage One Another
( 242 )
Schools Near Sanitariums
( 242 )
Speak Words of Encouragement
( 243 )
Christlike Deportment
( 243 )
Denominational Views Not to Be Urged Upon Patients
( 245 )
For All Sects and Classes
( 246 )
Medical Treatment, Right Living, and Prayer
( 247 )
Centers of Influence and Training
( 248 )
The High Calling of Our Sanitarium Workers
( 250 )
The Atmosphere of Peace
( 251 )
A Treasure House of Experience
( 252 )
Self-Sufficiency a Peril
( 253 )
Wholesome Substitutes
( 254 )
Section 6—Successful Institutional Work
( 255 )
The Secret of Success
( 255 )
Moral and Intellectual Culture
( 256 )
The Power of Truth
( 256 )
Inefficiency Displeasing to God
( 257 )
Influence of God-Fearing Workers
( 258 )
Both Learners and Teachers
( 260 )
Health Reform at the Sanitarium
( 261 )
Results of Faithful Effort
( 262 )
Maintain a High Standard
( 264 )
The Location of Sanitariums
( 265 )
Out of the Cities
( 265 )
Amid the Scenes of Nature
( 266 )
City Surroundings Unfavorable
( 267 )
Effects of Outdoor Life
( 267 )
The Perils of City Life
( 268 )
Not Among the Wealthy
( 269 )
Not for Pleasure Seekers
( 271 )
City Conditions
( 273 )
Economy in Establishing Sanitariums
( 274 )
Outward Display Undesirable
( 274 )
Examples of Unselfishness
( 275 )
Our Buildings to Represent Our Faith
( 276 )
Comfort More Important Than Elegance
( 277 )
Laborers Together With God
( 278 )
Advantages of Wooden Structures
( 279 )
Economy in Operating
( 280 )
Principle Must Control
( 280 )
Loyalty to Our Institutions
( 282 )
The Sanitarium as a Missionary Field
( 286 )
Adherence to Principle
( 287 )
To the Glory of God
( 288 )
The Chaplain and His Work
( 289 )
Hold the Truth in Its Purity
( 290 )
For the Welfare of Others
( 291 )
The Workers Needed
( 292 )
Experienced Helpers
( 292 )
Tact Essential
( 293 )
Dealing With Sentimentalism
( 294 )
The Ennobling Power of Pure Thoughts
( 295 )
Criticizing and Faultfinding
( 296 )
Results of Fostered Sin
( 298 )
Looking Unto Jesus
( 299 )
Economy and Self-Denial
( 300 )
Co-operation Between Schools and Sanitariums
( 301 )
Equity in the Matter of Wages
( 302 )
Economical From Principle
( 303 )
Compensation
( 304 )
No Exorbitant Salaries
( 307 )
Helping Those Who Need Help
( 308 )
What One Institution Can Do for Another
( 309 )
A Reformation Needed
( 310 )
The Question of Wages
( 311 )
Channels of Blessing
( 313 )
Sanitarium Workers
( 314 )
Recognition of Honest Labor
( 315 )
The Example of Christ
( 316 )
A Broadening Work
( 316 )
Simplicity and Economy
( 319 )
Section 7—The Christian Physician
( 321 )
A Responsible Calling
( 321 )
An Example in Temperance
( 321 )
A Healer of Spiritual Maladies
( 323 )
Familiarity With Suffering
( 326 )
The Physician’s Need of Sympathy
( 327 )
Unfaithfulness and Infidelity
( 328 )
The Physician’s Work for Souls
( 331 )
Christ’s Methods to Be Copied
( 332 )
Christ Has Brightened the Tomb
( 333 )
The Physician Can Point to Jesus
( 333 )
Let Praise Be Given to God
( 335 )
A Word in Season
( 335 )
The Sphere of Leading Physicians
( 337 )
Their Light to Shine Abroad
( 337 )
Ready for Every Good Work
( 340 )
Bearing Witness to the Truth
( 343 )
Mind Cure
( 344 )
Control of Mind Over Mind
( 344 )
Christlike Compassion
( 347 )
Healing the Lepers
( 348 )
Patience and Sympathy
( 350 )
A Messenger of Mercy
( 351 )
Direct the Mind to Jesus
( 352 )
Sin and Disease
( 353 )
Physicians to Conserve Their Strength
( 354 )
A Work That Will Endure
( 355 )
Present Truth Leads Upward
( 355 )
All to Act a Part
( 356 )
The Message for This Time
( 357 )
The Sign of Our Relationship to God
( 358 )
The Foundation of Enduring Reformation
( 359 )
Each One in His Place
( 360 )
Dangers and Opportunities
( 361 )
Value of Rest, Study, and Prayer
( 361 )
Thoroughness and Promptness Essential
( 362 )
Refinement and Delicacy
( 363 )
Skillful Midwives Needed
( 365 )
The Causes of Disease to Be Understood
( 366 )
Dangers in Success
( 367 )
The Bible Your Counselor
( 369 )
The Great Physician’s Prescription for Rest
( 370 )
Qualifications Needed
( 372 )
Praying for the Sick
( 373 )
A Most Solemn Experience
( 374 )
According to His Will
( 376 )
Submission and Faith
( 377 )
Faith and Calmness
( 377 )
Faith and Obedience
( 378 )
Faith and Works
( 380 )
Gratitude for Health
( 382 )
The Physician’s Influence
( 383 )
Draw Water From the Hidden Spring
( 383 )
Daily Communion With God
( 385 )
Be Active and Vigilant
( 385 )
Obedience and Happiness
( 386 )
Section 8—Nurses and Helpers
( 387 )
Christ’s Methods to be Followed
( 387 )
Gospel Workers to Minister to the Sick
( 389 )
Teach the Health Reform Principles
( 390 )
House-to-House Work
( 391 )
A Plea for Medical Missionaries
( 392 )
Sanitariums As Missionary Agencies
( 392 )
The Work in Large Cities
( 393 )
Training for a Quick Work
( 394 )
Nurses As Evangelists
( 395 )
Organization of Companies
( 396 )
An Urgent Work
( 397 )
Duties and Privileges of Sanitarium Workers
( 398 )
Value of Social Relations
( 399 )
The Beauty of Holiness
( 400 )
A Light to the World
( 401 )
A Molding Power
( 402 )
Advance in Knowledge
( 404 )
Cheerfulness
( 406 )
A Ready Mind
( 406 )
Efficiency Depends Upon Vigor
( 407 )
Integrity Among Workers
( 408 )
Steadfastness
( 411 )
A Sad Picture
( 412 )
Disagreeable Criticism
( 412 )
Waves of Influence
( 413 )
The Power of Association
( 414 )
Choose Noble Associates
( 415 )
Study the Scriptures
( 415 )
Avoid Flirtation
( 416 )
Be Not Ashamed of Work
( 418 )
In Our Schools
( 419 )
A Lack of Economy
( 420 )
Our Influence
( 421 )
Need of Opportunity for Christian Culture
( 422 )
Section 9—Teaching Health Principles
( 425 )
The Church Should Awake
( 425 )
All Can Act a Part
( 426 )
Home Study
( 427 )
The Youth, God’s Helping Hand
( 428 )
The Study of Physiology
( 428 )
Instruct the Children
( 429 )
Gospel Workers to Teach Health Reform
( 431 )
The Temperance Reform
( 432 )
At the Camp Meetings
( 433 )
A Good Work Made Difficult
( 434 )
Disseminating Temperance Principles
( 435 )
Co-operating With Christian Temperance Workers
( 436 )
Teach With Wisdom
( 438 )
The Right Exercise of the Will
( 439 )
Sign the Pledge
( 441 )
Premature Tests
( 442 )
Keep Health Reform to the Front
( 443 )
Instruction Connected With City Missions
( 443 )
Go Forward
( 444 )
Continual Reform Must Be Advocated
( 445 )
God’s People to Be Light Bearers
( 445 )
Sanitariums Needed in Washington and Other Places
( 448 )
Educate, Educate, Educate
( 449 )
A Knowledge of Healthful Cooking
( 450 )
Teach Wisely and by Example
( 451 )
The Physician a Teacher
( 451 )
The Work of the Church
( 452 )
Indifference and Unbelief
( 453 )
A Warning Against Spiritualist Physicians
( 454 )
The Experience of Ahaziah
( 455 )
Unwise Confidence
( 456 )
God the Helper of His People
( 457 )
The Ruin Wrought by Satan
( 460 )
The Canvasser a Teacher
( 462 )
Value of Our Publications
( 462 )
Teaching by Example
( 463 )
Ministering to the Sick
( 463 )
A Sacred and Important Work
( 464 )
Hand Out the Literature
( 465 )
Tracts on Health Reform
( 466 )
Tracts in Many Languages
( 466 )
The Invitation
( 466 )
Objects Lessons in Health Reform
( 467 )
Why Conduct Sanitariums?
( 469 )
Section 10—Health Food Work
( 471 )
The Preparation of Healthful Foods
( 471 )
Knowledge to Be Imparted to Others
( 472 )
The Value of Fresh Fruits
( 473 )
Practical Piety
( 474 )
Educate the People
( 475 )
The Selection of Foods
( 476 )
The Use of Nut Foods
( 477 )
Let Reform Be Progressive
( 478 )
Teach With Wisdom
( 479 )
Be Light Bearers
( 480 )
The Restaurant Work
( 481 )
Use of Reading Matter
( 482 )
Care of the Helpers
( 483 )
Advantages in Small Restaurants
( 485 )
Teach Children to Cook
( 486 )
Restaurants in Large Cities
( 487 )
Restaurants and Treatment Rooms
( 488 )
Closing on the Sabbath
( 489 )
Sabbath Sacredness
( 491 )
Health Foods in All Lands
( 492 )
In the Southern States
( 493 )
As a School Industry
( 495 )
Section 11—Medical Missionary Work
( 497 )
The Pioneer Work
( 497 )
The Beloved Physician
( 498 )
The Example of Christ
( 498 )
Sympathy and Support Needed
( 500 )
Small Plants in Many Places
( 501 )
Compassion and Sympathy to Be Cultivated
( 501 )
Medical Evangelism
( 503 )
Virtue of Character
( 504 )
Willing Ignorance a Sin
( 505 )
Promising Youth to Be Selected
( 506 )
An Illustration
( 508 )
The Breadth of the Work
( 509 )
Clear New Ground
( 510 )
Christ Our Example
( 511 )
Obedience and Understanding
( 511 )
Follow Your Leader
( 512 )
A United Work
( 513 )
Strength in United Effort
( 514 )
Weakness in Separation
( 515 )
Consider the Cause as a Whole
( 516 )
“Press Together”
( 517 )
Be Guarded
( 518 )
Words of Caution to a Leading Physician
( 519 )
Educate Medical Missionaries
( 519 )
Our Work for Today
( 520 )
No Change in God’s Cause
( 521 )
Rebellion Against Health Reform
( 523 )
Not a Separate Work
( 524 )
The Medical Missionary’s Example
( 526 )
Anxiety of His Family
( 526 )
Enmity of the Pharisees
( 527 )
Point to Jesus
( 528 )
The Gospel in Practice
( 530 )
Reforms Called For
( 531 )
A Sanitarium Needed
( 531 )
All Classes to Be Benefited
( 532 )
Ministers to Work on the Gospel Plan
( 533 )
In Faith and Humility
( 534 )
To Gain an Entrance
( 535 )
The Great Physician With Every Worker
( 536 )
Medical Missionary Evangelists
( 538 )
Encouragement to Young Workers
( 538 )
Methods and Plans
( 540 )
Conferences to Employ Medical Missionaries
( 541 )
Physicians and Evangelists
( 543 )
In Touch With the People
( 544 )
Practical Hints to Physicians
( 546 )
Work in the Cities
( 549 )
Physicians in the Large Cities
( 550 )
Men of Wealth Will Help
( 551 )
Cooking Schools in Many Places
( 552 )
The Lord Working With Them
( 553 )
A Means of Overcoming Prejudice
( 553 )
Sanitariums as City Outposts
( 554 )
Aggressive Work in Boston
( 555 )
Redeeming the Time
( 555 )
The Ministry and Medical Work
( 557 )
Section 12—Ensamples to the Flock
( 559 )
The Importance of a Right Example
( 559 )
Value of a Consistent Life
( 559 )
Living Epistles
( 560 )
Grieving the Holy Spirit
( 561 )
Indifference and Opposition
( 561 )
The Duty of the Christian
( 562 )
The Duty to Preserve Health
( 563 )
Outdoor Labor a Blessing
( 564 )
Irregular Eating and Indigestion
( 564 )
Clear Minds
( 566 )
Social Purity
( 567 )
The Experience of Israel a Warning
( 567 )
Patterns of Piety
( 568 )
Exercise and Diet
( 572 )
The Nervous System Deranged
( 572 )
Self-Denial and Efficiency
( 573 )
Which Shall Control?
( 574 )
A Reform Needed
( 575 )
Evils of Flesh Eating
( 575 )
Common Errors in Diet
( 576 )
Eating on the Sabbath
( 577 )
Health Reform and Spirituality
( 578 )
A Reformation Called For
( 579 )
A Reformatory Movement
( 580 )
Section 13—Holiness of Life
( 581 )
Lights Amid Darkness
( 581 )
A Lesson From Solomon’s Fall
( 582 )
Counsel to Physicians and Nurses
( 584 )
Experienced Guides and Counselors
( 585 )
Physicians to Be Circumspect
( 585 )
Trusting in Jesus
( 586 )
Conditions That Bring Disease
( 587 )
The Example of Joseph
( 588 )
Preservation of Health
( 588 )
Avoid Outward Display
( 589 )
Live Holy Lives
( 590 )
Exert a Saving Influence
( 592 )
Be Strong in the Lord
( 593 )
The Price of Health
( 595 )
Simplicity in Dress
( 596 )
Fashionable Dress a Stumbling Block
( 597 )
Dress Reform
( 598 )
Our Dress a Testimony
( 599 )
Children Subjected to Fashion
( 600 )
The Imperishable Ornament
( 601 )
Effect of Dress on Morals
( 602 )
Extremes in Dress
( 604 )
Immodest Dresses
( 605 )
Parents as Reformers
( 606 )
Where Intemperance Begins
( 607 )
The Mother’s Responsibility
( 608 )
Temperance in the Home
( 609 )
Beware of Moral Corruption
( 611 )
Resent Undue Familiarity
( 612 )
Modesty and Reserve
( 613 )
The Only Safety
( 614 )
Servants of Sin
( 615 )
Youth Ensnared
( 616 )
Fruits of Indolence
( 617 )
An Example of Degradation
( 618 )
Moral Principle the Only Safeguard
( 621 )
Blinded by Sin
( 623 )
Hypocritical Reformers
( 625 )
Godliness and Health
( 627 )
Rightdoing the Best Medicine
( 628 )
Idleness and Despondency
( 629 )
True Religion Ennobles the Mind
( 629 )
An Advance Step
( 630 )
Religion and Contentment
( 631 )
Borrowing Trouble Detrimental
( 631 )
The Need of Consecration
( 633 )
Total Abstinence
( 634 )
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