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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 3, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 38.

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Consider the Sick

“BLESSED is he that considereth the sick: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.” Ps. 41:1, margin.
The world is sick. Very rarely indeed is a really well person seen. A generation or two ago it was not so. How rapid this decay is, is indicated by the fact that but a small percentage of the young men who present themselves for service in the army or navy are accepted. The great majority are rejected because of physical disability. A few days ago the newspaper dispatches stated that in certain places, because of the almost impossibility of securing men up to the standard, the physical test of recruits for the United States Army was being waived.
These statements in the public prints reveal to all the low condition physically into which the people of this world are rapidly declining. These conditions are brought about in a great degree by improper methods of living, ignorance as to the best ways of physical development, to say nothing of the many vices, great and small, which are practiced by practically the whole race.
To such a level has the race fallen that spiritual truths appeal but little in these days. Our Father, foreseeing these conditions, gave to us great light on health reform, which, given to the world, would be instrumental in helping to check the tide of degeneracy.
The means of disseminating this knowledge of correct methods of living has been to a great extent through the distribution of health literature.
“The people are in sad need of the light shining from the pages of our health and temperance journals. God desires to use these journals as mediums through which flashes of light shall arrest the attention of the people, and cause them to heed the warning of the message of the third angel. Our health journals are instrumentalities in the field to do a special work in disseminating the light that the inhabitants of the world must have in this day of God’s preparation. They wield an untold influence in the interests of health and temperance and social-purity reform, and will accomplish great good in presenting these subjects in a proper manner and in their true light to the people.
“Reform, continual reform, must be kept before the people, and by our example we must enforce our teaching. True religion and the laws of health go hand in hand. It is impossible to work for the salvation of men and women without presenting to them the need of breaking away from sinful gratifications, which destroy the health, debase the soul, and prevent divine truth from impressing the mind. Men and women must be taught to take a careful view of every habit and every practice, and at once put away those things that cause an unhealthy condition of the body, and thus cast a dark shadow over the mind.”
In view of these statements, how important it is to circulate health literature together with that which we might call evangelical. Unless guarded, we are all too prone to get our attention focused on one thing to the detriment of other essentials.
The Life and Health is the only health journal published by our people in this country. It is practical. If the principles given in this journal are followed in the daily life, the sick will be helped. Why not aid the physically sick all around us to a better life, and thus be blessed? Five or ten copies of Life and Health could be circulated each month by any one. In quantities of this size, the price is five cents each. When fifty or more are ordered at one time, the price is four cents each. All numbers of this journal are excellent, but the current issue is the best one with which to begin work. Sell a quantity this month, and you will be welcome next month. Send all orders through your tract society.