p. 16 | The Way of Life

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 17, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 11.

The Way of Life

The way of life, both physically and spiritually, has in the past been considered a hidden way, known only to M.D.’s and D.D.’s. Disease is divided and described and catalogued in a thousand different forms, with specifics for each, but the race die as ever. Yet the gospel of health is very simple. Cleanliness, temperance in the use of that which is good, and total abstinence from that which is evil, exercise, pure food, water, and air, and a clear, calm conscience, make up the desiderata of physical health. The theologians of the Dark Ages divided up sin in about the same way as doctors have diseases, with specific penalties and remedies for each sin. But simple faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ,—the yielding to God to put away, to do, and to receive,—is God’s simple remedy for sin in all its varied forms. Why not take God’s way of life? It is found in His Word.