Counsels on Health audio book

Counsels on Health. Throughout her ministry Ellen White devoted much effort and thought to alleviating the sorrows of the sick and suffering and to pointing them to the Great Physician who is able to heal to the uttermost-both physically and spiritually.
This volume brings together the counsels Ellen White received on this topic during seven decades. Topics include Essentials to Health, Diet and Health, Outdoor Life and Physical Activity, Teaching Health Principles, and Holiness of Life-as well as practical advice for doctors, nurses, and others who are engaged in healthcare.

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Preface
Multitudes in Distress
A Degenerate Race
The Violation of Physical Law
A Work of Reformation Needed
The Outlook
Religion and Health
Christ's Love a Healing Power
Christ's Manner of Healing
The Christian Physician as a Missionary
Effects of Wrong Habits
A World Unwarned
A Knowledge of First Principles
The Wisdom of God's Works
Govern the Body
Adherence to a Simple Diet
Purchased of God
Develop Ability
Temperance in All Things
The World No Criterion
Physical Exercise
Pure Air and Sunlight
Deep Breathing
Superstitions Concerning Night Air
The Influence of Fresh Air
Scrupulous Sanitation
Use Simple Food
Physical Habits and Spiritual Health
Nonuse of Flesh Meats
Avoid Gluttony
Lessons From the Experience of John the Baptist
Benevolence and Rectitude in Married Life
Counsels Regarding Motherhood
Refuse Tobacco Defilement
Tobacco Using Contrary to Godliness
A Deceitful Poison
Abstinence From Narcotics
Self-Denial and Prayer
Evil Effects of Tea and Coffee
Avoid the Use of Poisonous Drugs
Healthful Dress
The Power of the Will
Suitable Employment
Control the Imagination
Moderation in Work
Temperance in Labor
Order and Cleanliness
Frequent Bathing
How to Preserve Our Sensibilities
To a Brother
Relation of Diet to Health and Morals
The Power of Appetite
Faithfulness in Health Reform
Partakers of the Divine Nature
Result of Disregarding Light
Faithfulness to the Laws of Health
Healthful Cooking
Learn to Cook
A Most Essential Accomplishment
Unwholesome Bread
Changing the Diet
A Harmful Combination
Unpalatable Food
An Impoverished Diet
Extremes in Diet
Overeating
Overworked Mothers
Gluttony a Sin
Avoid False Standards
The Example of Christ
Nature a Lesson Book
In the Country
The Source of Healing
The Value of Outdoor Life
Exercise, Air, and Sunlight
The Original Plan
Close Confinement at School
Simpler Methods
A Proper Balance of Physical and Mental Labor
The Results of Physical Inaction
Physical Culture
Health and Efficiency
Periods of Relaxation
Sunlight in the Home
Prohibited Amusements
Exercise as a Restorer
Walking for Exercise
The Evils of Inactivity
Open the Windows of the Soul
God's Design in Our Sanitariums
The Church Qualified for Service
Living Waters for Thirsty Souls
Sanitariums and Gospel Work
Plants Needed in Many Places
In All The World
The Sydney Sanitarium to Be Educational
Agricultural Advantages
A Warning Against Centralization
Duty to the Poor
Our Southern California Sanitariums
The Sabbath in Our Sanitariums
Mammoth Sanitariums Not a Necessity
Amusements in Our Sanitariums
Encourage One Another
Denominational Views Not to Be Urged Upon Patients
For All Sects and Classes
Medical Treatment, Right Living, and Prayer
Centers of Influence and Training
The High Calling of Our Sanitarium Workers
Wholesome Substitutes
The Secret of Success
Moral and Intellectual Culture
Health Reform at the Sanitarium
Results of Faithful Effort
Maintain a High Standard
The Location of Sanitariums
Not Among the Wealthy
Not for Pleasure Seekers
City Conditions
Economy in Establishing Sanitariums
Advantages of Wooden Structures
Economy in Operating
Loyalty to Our Institutions
The Sanitarium as a Missionary Field
Adherence to Principle
To the Glory of God
The Chaplain and His Work
Hold the Truth in Its Purity
For the Welfare of Others
The Workers Needed
Tact Essential
Dealing With Sentimentalism
The Ennobling Power of Pure Thoughts
Criticizing and Faultfinding
Results of Fostered Sin
Looking Unto Jesus
Co-operation Between Schools and Sanitariums
Equity in the Matter of Wages
Economical From Principle
Compensation
No Exorbitant Salaries
Helping Those Who Need Help
Sanitarium Workers
Recognition of Honest Labor
The Example of Christ
Simplicity and Economy
A Responsible Calling
The Physician's Work for Souls
The Sphere of Leading Physicians
Ready for Every Good Work
Bearing Witness to the Truth
Mind Cure
Christlike Compassion
Patience and Sympathy
A Messenger of Mercy
Physicians to Conserve Their Strength
A Work That Will Endure
Each One in His Place
Dangers and Opportunities
Dangers in Success
The Bible Your Counselor
Qualifications Needed
Praying for the Sick
Submission and Faith
Faith and Works
Gratitude for Health
The Physician's Influence
Obedience and Happiness
Christ's Methods to be Followed
House-to-House Work
A Plea for Medical Missionaries
Duties and Privileges of Sanitarium Workers
Cheerfulness
Efficiency Depends Upon Vigor
Integrity Among Workers
Steadfastness
A Sad Picture
Waves of Influence
The Power of Association
In Our Schools
A Lack of Economy
Our Influence
Need of Opportunity for Christian Culture
The Church Should Awake
Gospel Workers to Teach Health Reform
The Temperance Reform
At the Camp Meetings
A Good Work Made Difficult
Disseminating Temperance Principles
Teach With Wisdom
The Right Exercise of the Will
Sign the Pledge
Premature Tests
Keep Health Reform to the Front
Continual Reform Must Be Advocated
Sanitariums Needed in Washington and Other Places
Educate, Educate, Educate
Indifference and Unbelief
A Warning Against Spiritualist Physicians
The Ruin Wrought by Satan
The Canvasser a Teacher
Hand Out the Literature
The Invitation
Objects Lessons in Health Reform
Why Conduct Sanitariums?
The Preparation of Healthful Foods
Practical Piety
Educate the People
The Restaurant Work
Teach Children to Cook
Restaurants in Large Cities
Restaurants and Treatment Rooms
Closing on the Sabbath
Sabbath Sacredness
Health Foods in All Lands
In the Southern States
As a School Industry
The Pioneer Work
Medical Evangelism
An Illustration
The Breadth of the Work
Clear New Ground
Christ Our Example
A United Work
Words of Caution to a Leading Physician
Rebellion Against Health Reform
Not a Separate Work
The Medical Missionary's Example
The Gospel in Practice
In Faith and Humility
To Gain an Entrance
Medical Missionary Evangelists
Methods and Plans
Physicians and Evangelists
Work in the Cities
A Means of Overcoming Prejudice
Sanitariums as City Outposts
The Ministry and Medical Work
The Importance of a Right Example
The Duty to Preserve Health
Clear Minds
Social Purity
Exercise and Diet
A Reform Needed
A Reformatory Movement
Lights Amid Darkness
A Lesson From Solomon's Fall
Counsel to Physicians and Nurses
The Price of Health
Simplicity in Dress
Extremes in Dress
Immodest Dresses
Parents as Reformers
Beware of Moral Corruption
The Only Safety
Servants of Sin
Blinded by Sin
Godliness and Health
An Advance Step
Religion and Contentment
The Need of Consecration
Total Abstinence