The principles of healthful living mean a great deal to us individually and as a people. When the message of health reform first came to me, I was weak and feeble, subject to frequent fainting spells. I was pleading with God for help, and He opened before me the great subject of health reform. He instructed me that those who are keeping His commandments must be brought into sacred relation to Himself, and that by temperance in eating and drinking they must keep mind and body in the most favorable condition for service. This light has been a great blessing to me. I took my stand as a health reformer, knowing that the Lord would strengthen me. I have better health today, notwithstanding my age, than I had in my younger days. {9T 158.4}

Principperne for en sund levevis betyder meget for os som enkeltpersoner og som et folk. Da budskabet om sundhedsreformen første gang kom til mig, var jeg svag og skrøbelig og led af hyppige besvimelsesanfald. Jeg bønfaldt Gud om hjælp og han fremholdt sundhedsreformens store emne for mig. Han oplyste mig om at de der (159) holder hans bud, må bringes i et helligt forhold til ham og at de ved at vise afholdenhed i mad og drikke, kan holde sind og legeme i den gunstigste tilstand til tjeneste. Dette lys har været til stor velsignelse for mig. Jeg indtog mit standpunkt som sundhedsreformator, idet jeg vidste, at Herren ville styrke mig. Trods min alder har jeg et bedre helbred i dag, en jeg havde i mine yngre år.