Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
No one has any right to control another person's mind, to judge for another, or to prescribe what is another's duty, for one human being has no jurisdiction over the conscience of another human being. Every individual possesses sacred rights in doing God's service that no one may take away any more than life itself, with God-given freedom to think and the privilege of following impressions of duty. This freedom is sacred because each person belongs to the Lord by creation and redemption, with body, soul, and intellect belonging to God, and each one possesses an individuality and identity as God's individual workmanship bearing His stamp that cannot be surrendered to any other human being. To exercise authority over fellow men and dictate to them is a wrong course, so those in responsible positions must be kind, tenderhearted, and Christlike, never harsh, severe, dictatorial, or bruising the souls of fellow men, for God deals with His heritage in infinite tenderness and is not a tyrant.
In diet no one should criticize another because his practice is not in all things in harmony with his own, and no one should make himself a criterion for all. No unvarying rule can be made to regulate everyone's habits, and dietetic reform requires real common sense and broad, deep study, since not all can eat the same things. Foods that are palatable and wholesome to one person may be distasteful and even harmful to another, for some cannot use milk while others thrive on it, and some cannot digest peas and beans while others find them wholesome. Coarser grain preparations are good food for some workers while others cannot use them.
No one has any right to control another person's mind, to judge for another, or to prescribe what is another's duty, for one human being has no jurisdiction over the conscience of another human being. Every individual possesses sacred rights in doing God's service that no one may take away any more than life itself, with God-given freedom to think and the privilege of following impressions of duty. This freedom is sacred because each person belongs to the Lord by creation and redemption, with body, soul, and intellect belonging to God, and each one possesses an individuality and identity as God's individual workmanship bearing His stamp that cannot be surrendered to any other human being. To exercise authority over fellow men and dictate to them is a wrong course, so those in responsible positions must be kind, tenderhearted, and Christlike, never harsh, severe, dictatorial, or bruising the souls of fellow men, for God deals with His heritage in infinite tenderness and is not a tyrant.
In diet no one should criticize another because his practice is not in all things in harmony with his own, and no one should make himself a criterion for all. No unvarying rule can be made to regulate everyone's habits, and dietetic reform requires real common sense and broad, deep study, since not all can eat the same things. Foods that are palatable and wholesome to one person may be distasteful and even harmful to another, for some cannot use milk while others thrive on it, and some cannot digest peas and beans while others find them wholesome. Coarser grain preparations are good food for some workers while others cannot use them.