Counsels On Health: Section 3—Diet and Health: Relation of Diet to Health and Morals

 [Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 41-53 (1890).]

Only one lease of life is granted us; and the inquiry with everyone should be, “How can I invest my powers so that they may yield the greatest profit? How can I do most for the glory of God and the benefit of my fellow men?” For life is valuable only as it is used for the attainment of these ends.