Health Reform Testimony
By M. Nicola
Sister M. Nicola writes from Pilot Grove, Iowa: I have been encouraged while reading the Review, to lean upon the many promises to the faithful. This passage of scripture comes to my mind: "He that overcometh shall inherit all things." This encourages me to press on. I feel very unworthy, but mean to strive with all my heart to overcome. We are trying to live out the Health Reform, believing it to be part of the present truth. We think it necessary to have healthy bodies and sound minds, in order to glorify God as we are commanded to do, in our bodies and spirits which are his. The Health Reform has done much for us. Our youngest child has been afflicted with scrofula from his birth. It would break out in large angry-looking sores. At the age of three years his body was almost entirely covered. He did not walk any for four months. The neighbors said that if he got well it would be a miracle. By a proper course, bathing, and a plain diet, consisting of graham and vegetables, without any butter or grease of any kind, he is now, at the age of four, enjoying good health, has no sores, and bids fair to be a healthy child. I feel thankful to God for the light on this subject. I believe that God is leading this people, and I want to live out the whole truth, and set such an example before my children as becometh a Christian mother.