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Spiritual Rheumatism

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 21, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 42.

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Spiritual Rheumatism

ONE cause for rheumatism is eating too much and exercising too little. The body does not get a chance to burn up its nourishment, so it accumulates as waste matter, and the system becomes filled with clinkers.
That is what is the matter with some Christians. They go to meeting, they read good books, they eat plenty of spiritual food, but they never do anything for anybody. They become spiritually surfeited, and they soon get so full of spiritual rheumatism that it is actually painful for them to do anything for God, even if it be so small a thing as take part in a prayer-meeting, much less speak to some needy person of how to get his soul saved, or to cause the widow's heart to sing for joy. Are you afflicted with spiritual rheumatism?—Life Boat.