The church in general at Battle Creek have not sustained the Institute by their example. They have not honored the light of health reform by carrying it out in their families. The sickness that has visited many families in Battle Creek need not have been if they had followed the light God has given them. Like ancient Israel they have disregarded the light and could see no more necessity of restricting their appetite than did ancient Israel. The children of Israel would have flesh meats and said, as many now say: We shall die without meat. God gave rebellious Israel flesh, but His curse was with it. Thousands of them died while the meat they desired was between their teeth. We have the example of ancient Israel and the warning for us not to do as they did. Their history of unbelief and rebellion is left on record as a special warning that we should not follow their example of murmuring at God’s requirements. How can we pass on so indifferently, choosing our own course, following the sight of our own eyes, and departing further and further from God, as did the Hebrews? God cannot do great things for His people because of their hardness of heart and sinful unbelief. {3T 171.2}

Ingen bør ansættes som arbejdsfolk men dem som vil arbejde uegennyttigt i Instituttets interesse kan gøre det og disse bør betales godt for deres tjeneste. Der bør være en tilstrækkelig styrke, især under sommerens sygesæson, så at ingen behøver at overarbejde. Helseinstituttet har overvundet sin knibe; og læger og sygehjælpere bør ikke tvinges til at arbejde hårdere og lide sådanne afsavn som da instituttet var i så stor knibe på grund af upålidelige mennesker, som næsten fik det til at gå til grunde.