There is a message regarding health reform to be borne in every church. There is a work to be done
in every school. Neither principal nor teachers should be entrusted with the education of the youth
until they have a practical knowledge of this subject. Some have felt at liberty to criticize and
question and find fault with health reform principles of which they knew little by experience. They
should stand shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, with those who are working in right lines.
The subject of health reform has been presented in the churches; but the light has not been heartily
received. The selfish, health-destroying indulgences of men and women have counteracted the
influence of the message that is to prepare a people for the great day of God. If the churches expect
strength, they must live the truth which God has given them. If the members of our churches
disregard the light on this subject, they will reap the sure result in both spiritual and physical
degeneracy. And the influence of these older church members will leaven those newly come to the
faith.
The Lord does not now work to bring many souls into the truth, because of the church members
who have never been converted and those who were once converted but who have backslid.
What influence would these unconsecrated members have on new converts? Would they not make
of no effect the God-given message which His people are to bear?