THE SLAVERY OF MORBID APPETITES.
By Jos. Clarke
Says one, We cannot give up the pipe and the delicious fine cut tobacco; yet our devotee is only an invalid. Says another, We must have our tea and our coffee; and you can see that our tea drinkers, have not made much progress in holiness for a long time. Says another, We cannot do without meat to eat; our pork and beef are the stuff of life; and as to living upon two meals per day, why, that is perfectly absurd. Permit us kindly to say to you, that these arrangements are not forced upon any one, but are evidently the best and wisest suggestions we could have at this time. Our bodies and souls need cleansing, for the healthiest of us are full of disease, and if we were not, a healthy diet would be necessary to perpetuate health. What is there in poison to prolong life? or what in stimulants to restore lost health? Does the physician tell you to use poisonous medicine, or to use unwholesome food? then place his advice with the advice of the man who tells you that there is no moral law, and no Sabbath. The day is past for those who would place darkness for light, and evil for good, among S. D. Adventists. They have gone too far to recede. Individuals may be left in the dark, but the work is onward. Haste my brother, to step with this people, lest you get too far behind, and too much work accumulate on your hands.
JOS. CLARKE.