The Duty of Preserving Health

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 28, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 21.

The Duty of Preserving Health

"TAKE some food; for this is for your safety." It is a Christian duty to look out for one's safety. Life and health are gifts of God; their possessor is responsible to God for their preservation and wise use. Even though our health and strength may seem of little worth just now, we must take care of them in view of what God may have for us to do in the future. It is just as truly a man's duty to look to his health as to be faithful in prayer and Bible reading, or in Christian work. And a Christian clergyman is not beneath his business when he is counseling his people to eat and to drink that which is best for them.—Sel.