Study Guide: Counsels on Health
By: Ellen G. White
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- Prepared in the offices of the
Ellen G. White Estate
- General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists
Silver Spring, MD.
Please read this statement before
using this study guide. It will help to provide a setting for some of the counsel
found in Counsels on Health.
Near the middle of her seventy years
of prophetic ministry to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ellen White made
a significant statement of her understanding of the work she had been given
by the Lord. Recognizing changing times and circumstances, she spoke of both
the Bible and her writings as laying down principles by which to live:
"The word of God abounds in general
principles for the formation of correct habits of living, and the testimonies,
general and personal, have been calculated to call . . . attention more especially
to these principles."--Testimonies for the Church, Volume 4, page 323.
In some areas of counsel in this
book current application of some of the details cannot always be made. At the
same time, the principles continue to be timeless and valid. Three areas especially
need some explanation.
First, the "sanitariums" Ellen White
refers to were long-term-care institutions, somewhat like present-day health
spas. We should not attempt, therefore, to apply all the counsel in this book
about sanitariums to acute-care hospitals, which are more common among Seventh-day
Adventists today. In our hospitals, for example, the length of stay for patients
is generally only a few days, often determined by insurance limitations; consequently,
there are no opportunities to grow gardens, engage in long-term classes on health,
or give patients time to spend outdoors during their brief stay. This does not
mean, however, that such sanitariums should not be established, nor that our
present-day hospitals cannot provide information on keeping well, which most
of them attempt to do. See Sections V and VI especially.
Second, counsel for physicians, nurses,
and helpers will have to be considered in light of the fact that few of our
hospitals are staffed exclusively by Adventist personnel. Non-Adventist staff
would obviously be unable to do what is suggested in many cases. See Section
VIII especially.
Third, the term "medical missionary
work," frequently mentioned, included going to homes to give "treatments." Most
of these treatments can no longer be given by a visiting "medical missionary"
nurse or other worker because present-day laws will not allow such care. As
in the two areas already mentioned, we must work within the framework of prevailing
social and legal limitations. See Section XI especially.
Section I
THE WORLD'S NEED
pages 13-36
1. What classes of people did Jesus
work for? (13:1)
2. What is a special danger and temptation
for the rich? (15:1)
3. Name some classes of people who
are in peril because they do not see the necessity of strict temperance. (15:3)
4. "The infirmities of the body affect
the _____________________." (18:2)
5. How do human beings demonstrate,
even today, that God created them perfect? (19:1)
6. Transgression of _____________________
laws is transgression of _____________________ laws. (20:0)
7. Health reform is as closely connected
with the third angel's message as is the _____________________ with the _____________________.
(20:3)
8. What makes it impossible for some
men and women to appreciate sacred truth? (21:2)
9. How can people become unfit for
spiritual worship? (22:2)
10. What are some results of unrestrained
indulgence of appetite? (24:1)
11. How can eating, drinking, and
dressing become crimes? (24:2)
12. Why should less experienced workers
enter barren, unworked fields? (26:2)
13. What hard circumstances cheer
Christ? Why? (26:3, 27:1)
14. What is the very best medicine
for disease? Why? (28:1)
15. What condition of mind will cause
a freer circulation of blood? (28:2)
16. How did Christ respond to those
who had brought disease upon themselves? Why? (30:1)
17. How might we gain an experience
for a wider sphere of influence? (33:1)
18. Why did Jesus devote more time
to healing than to preaching? (34:1)
19. Why is inactivity registered
in the books of heaven as opposition to Christ's work? (35:2)
20. "It is impossible for an ____________
man to be a Christian." (36:1)
Section II
ESSENTIALS TO HEALTH
pages 37-74
1. What suggestions are given to
best preserve health? (37:1)
2. What responsibility should children
assume in regard to their parents' sins? (37:2)
3. Transgression against the laws
of our being is as great a sin as breaking the Ten Commandments. Why? (40:1)
4. When are our sins to be cleansed
and defects of character removed? Why? (44:0)
5. How does intemperance affect others
around us? (45:2)
6. How does the Christian race differ
from an earthly race? (47:1)
7. For what purposes has God given
us reasoning powers? (48:2)
8. Discuss how Daniel showed the
value of the principles of the laws of health. (50:1)
9. "An _____________________ life
is a _____________________." (51:0)
10. Why do some people find physical
labor exhausting? (52:1)
11. What are some of the advantages
of walking as exercise? (52:2)
12. _____________________ is more
beneficial to sick persons than _____________________. (55:1)
13. Why should shade trees and shrubs
not be planted too densely near the house? (58:2)
14. What are some of the benefits
of deep breathing? (59:2)
15. List some benefits of fresh air.
(60:1)
16. In what ways may the wearing
of unclean clothes affect health? (61:2)
17. What lessons may modern youth
learn from Daniel? (64-66)
18. It is impossible to enjoy the
blessings of sanctification when we are _____________________ and _____________________.
(66:2)
19. "The liability to take disease
is increased _____________________ by meat eating." (70:2)
20. What modern-day lessons may we
learn from John the Baptist? (72, 73)
21. In what ways do you think "natural"
appetite is different from "unnatural" appetite? (74:1)
22. List two or three subjects parents
should consider before having children. (75:1)
23. What special instruction is given
regarding care for a pregnant wife? (76:3-77:0)
24. What kind of food should an expectant
mother eat? Why? (77:1)
25. What kind of disposition should
expectant mothers seek to maintain? Why? (79:1)
26. How does nourishment from the
mother affect the baby? (80)
27. What are some of the effects
of using tobacco? (81:1)
28. Men who use tobacco offer their
bodies on whose altar? (83:2)
29. "Tobacco is a _____________________
of the most _____________________ and _____________________ kind." (84:3)
30. Tea and coffee create an appetite
for _____________________ and _____________________ . (85:3)
31. What are some of the harmful
effects of the use of tea? (87:1)
32. List some side effects of the
use of poisonous drugs. (89:2, 3)
33. To what habits do some poisonous
drugs lead? (90:0)
34. How is disease defined? (90:1)
35. List eight natural remedies for
disease. (90:2)
36. "In all respects the dress should
be _____________________." (91:1)
37. What were some of the bad effects
of long skirts that touched the ground? (91:4)
38. Give some general principles
of healthful clothing. (93:2)
39. How can invalids often resist
disease? (94:1)
40. What are some dangers of the
wrong use of imagination? (95:2, 3)
41. "_____________________ is one
of the greatest causes of debility of body and feebleness of mind." (96:0)
42. List some of the results of overtaxing
the body? (98:1, 2)
43. What are "borrowed capital" and
"vital force"? (99:1)
44. How should parents use their
evenings? (100:1, 2)
45. How important is cleanliness?
(101)
46. How can mothers help to keep
their children's thoughts pure? (103:1)
47. Enumerate several rewards of
frequent bathing. (104)
48. How do physical habits affect
mental and moral powers? (105:1)
Section III
DIET AND HEALTH
pages 107-161
1. "Our first duty toward God and
our fellow beings is that of _____________________." (107:2)
2. "One of the strongest _____________________
that man has to meet is upon the point of _____________________." (108:2)
3. In what ways are "true experience"
and "false experience" different? (109:1)
4. "The gratification of _____________________
led to the sins that caused the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah." (110:1)
5. Why were the blessings of the
birthright taken away from Esau? (110:2)
6. "Reason, instead of being the
_____________________, has come to be the _____________________ of _____________________."
(111:3)
7. What are the character weaknesses
of the majority of youth today? (112:2)
8. What kind of habits should youth
form? Why? (113:0)
9. What relation should appetite
have to the will in small children? (113:1)
10. "It is _____________________
for those who give the reins to _____________________ to attain to _____________________."
(114:1)
11. What foods, prepared simply,
are the ingredients of the most healthful diet? (115:0)
12. What article of diet is NOT essential
to the maintenance of health and strength? (115:1)
13. Give some reasons why pork is
unacceptable for food? (116:1)
14. Why is it a religious duty for
cooks to prepare food that is palatable and healthful? (116:3-117:0)
15. "There is more _____________________
a good _____________________________________ than many think." (117:1)
16 "Health reformers, above all others,
should be careful to avoid _____________________." (118:1)
17. Why should we not eat just before
going to bed? (118:3-119:0)
18. Is it possible to eat too much,
even of wholesome food? Explain your answer. (119:1)
19. Why should liquid be used moderately
when we eat? (120:1)
20. Give some reasons for eating
slowly. (120: 2)
21. Why should we preserve our bodies
in the best of health? (121:2)
22. With what character flaw did
Jesus commence the work of redeeming the human race? (122:3-123:0)
23. What evils result from eating
stimulating food? (124, 125)
24. Why do some professed believers
reject portions of the Testimonies? (128:1)
25. "Those who experience the work
of _____________________ in their lives will reveal the _____________________
the _____________________ in their lives." (129:1)
26. What is the greatest hindrance
to mental improvement and soul sanctification? (130:1)
27. What may happen to those who
indulge their desire for flesh foods when they could have a vegetarian diet?
(130:2)
28. What effect did health reform
have on Ellen White herself? (132:3-134:0)
29. Discuss. (133:2, 3)
30. "Erroneous _____________________
and _____________________ result in erroneous _____________________ and _____________________."
(134:0)
31. "It is better to know how to
_____________________ than how to _____________________ disease." (135:2)
32. What is one danger of taking
an extreme view of health reform? (136:0)
33. What counsel is given regarding
discarding foods like milk, cream, and eggs? (136:3)
34. In presenting the gospel to the
poor, what counsel did Ellen White give regarding diet? (137:1)
35. It is a _____________________
for cooks to learn how to prepare healthful food. (145:0)
36. What suggestion is made to those
who seek to change to a more healthful diet? (148:1)
37. "Large quantities _____________________
of and _____________________ eaten together are injurious." (149:1)
38. "When largely used, _____________________
is more injurious than ____________________." (150:2)
39. What extremes in health reform
are cautioned against? Why? (151, 152)
40. How should we who advocate unpopular
truth live as we endeavor to influence those with ideas that differ widely from
ours? (153:1)
41. Is it impossible to make one
rule for all in regard to diet? (154:2-155:1)
42. What is the ideal number of meals
for most people to eat daily? (156:1)
43. In addition to giving up harmful
foods, what other consideration is important for those who want good health?
(157:1)
44. "Overeating has a worse effect
upon the system than _____________________." (160:1)
45. When a person overeats what happens
to the food not needed? (160:2)
Section IV
OUTDOOR LIFE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
pages 162-202
1. What example did Jesus give us
regarding daily activity? (162:1)
2. How did Jesus begin His day? (162:1)
3. What is "effectual preparation
for all labor for God"? (163:2)
4. What are some of the benefits
of nature study? (164:3)
5. Christ's parables and the Sabbath
have what similar purpose? (165:1)
6. How can our daily labor remind
us of our Creator? (165:2)
7."_____________________ is God's
physician." (170:1) Discuss.
8. "There are life-giving _____________________
in the balsam of the _____________________, in the _____________________ of
the _____________________ and the _____________________." (170:2)
9. What is the chief reason many
become invalids? (173:1)
10. "More people die for want of
_____________________ than through _____________________; very many more _____________________
out than _____________________ out." (173:2)
11. What surroundings are the most
favorable for recovery from sickness and preservation of health? (174:2)
12. The ideal is for parents to be
their children's only teaches until what age? (177:1) Discuss.
13. "In order to _____________________
the _____________________ of the mind _____________________, and _____________________
should be _____________________ in the schools." (179:1)
14. What practical training is suggested
for young people in our schools? Does this counsel still apply today? (180:1,
2)
15. What are the dangers of limiting
ourselves either to manual labor or intellectual activity exclusively? (181:1-182:0)
16. What skill is placed higher than
copyist, dressmaker, or music teacher? Why? (183:0)
17. What are some of the dangers
in physical inactivity? (184, 185)
18. The richest possession that mortals
can have is _____________________. (186:1)
19. How can riches become a curse
for children of wealthy parents? (186:2)
20. How can poverty be a blessing?
(187:1)
21. What caution is given regarding
gymnastic exercises? (189:1)
22. What cautions are given regarding
the playing of games? (189:2, 3)
23. Discuss the word "excess" as
used for games. (189)
24. Times of recreation are best
when they are "seasons of true upbuilding for _____________________ and _____________________
and _____________________." (190:3)
25. Why is recreation of greatest
value to students when done with teachers? (191:1)
26. What "double benefit" will result
from recreation that is helpful to others? (191:2)
27. How may true recreation be a
safeguard against evil? (192:3)
28. Why do some ministers have poor
health? (193:1)
29. Discuss the following statement:
"It is not essential to our salvation, nor for the glory of God to keep the
mind laboring constantly and excessively, even upon religious themes." (195:1)
30. Discuss the following principles
dealing with some amusements (195:1)
"Open the door for great evil," "not
beneficial in their tendency," "have an exciting influence," "producing in some
minds a passion . . . leading to gambling," "dissipation."
31. How should we relate to holidays?
Discuss. (195:2, 3)
32. What are some of the benefits
of sunshine? (196:2)
33. List and discuss some of the
reasons card playing is an inappropriate activity for the Christian. (197:2)
34. What are some of the dangers
of the theater? (198:1)
Note: Theater, as spoke of here,
referred to stage productions. Motion pictures had not been introduced. What
application does the counsel here have also for TV, videos, and recorded music?
35. Even when one has overtaxed his
mental and physical powers, why should some exercise be continued? (199:1-4)
36. Why is walking one of the best
exercises? (200:2)
37. What lies at the foundation of
a large share of sickness? (202:1)
Section V
SANITARIUMS--THEIR OBJECTS AND AIMS
pages 203-254
Section VI
SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTIONAL WORK
pages 255-320
Note: See the explanatory note at
the beginning of this study guide. Questions for these two sections are limited
to general principles rather than the specifics of counsel for sanitariums.
1. What is the general purpose for
establishing Adventist institutions? (203:3)
2. How was ancient Israel to be blessed
by obedience to the laws of God? (204:2, 3)
3. Christ has empowered His church
to do the same work that He did. What is that work? (210:3)
4. What diet is to be provided in
our health-care institutions? (212:1)
5. What two classes of workers are
to unite in their labors? (231:1)
6. Our medical institutions are to
stand as witnesses for God, "to relieve the _____________________ and the _____________________,
to awaken a spirit of _____________________, to disseminate _____________________,
and to advance _____________________." (234:1)
7. How should physicians relate to
Sabbath work? (236:1, 2)
8. Why does God sometimes not answer
prayers for the sick? (247:1)
9. What broad counsel is given regarding
changing from a flesh food diet? (254:1)
10. "Only by a _____________________
of the _____________________ as well as the _____________________ powers can
we hope to answer the propose of our Creator." (256:2)
11. What are "God's physicians"?
(261:2)
12. What are some contrasts between
Christians and worldlings? (280:2)
13. What lessons are there for our
day in Christ's gathering up the fragments after He fed the 5000? (281:2)
14. What three temptations did Jesus
meet in the wilderness? Discuss these as present-day temptations. (287:1)
15. What is "the strongest bulwark
of vice" in our world? Why? (298:2)
Section VII
THE CHRISTIAN PHYSICIAN
pages 321-386
Note: See the explanatory statement
at the beginning of this study guide. There are some limitations to the application
of counsels to physicians, especially as they relate to work in our medical
institutions.
1. What are God's eight natural remedies
for sickness? (323:2)
2. Where do nine-tenths of diseases
have their foundation? (324:2)
3. "The religion of Christ, so far
from being the cause of _____________________, is one of its most _____________________."
(324:2)
4. "Sin and disease bear to each
other the relationship of _____________________ and _____________________."
(325:2)
5. In nine cases out of ten, what
knowledge would make the sick better in mind and body? (330:1)
6. "Those who hold the lives of human
beings in their hands should be _____________________, _____________________,
_____________________." (336:4)
7. "We are not to be an _____________________
church, but we are to let the _____________________ shine forth, that the _____________________
may receive it." (338:1)
8. The physician who has the mind
of Christ will be "_____________________, _____________________, and _____________________,
but not _____________________." (340:2)
9. Discuss how wrong imagination
can bring disease. (344:1, 2)
10. What right attitudes can bring
health? (344:3)
11. What form of "mind cure" is an
effective agency for evil? (344, 345)
12. Why did Satan originate mind
control? (345:4)
13. Describe the true science of
healing for body and soul. (346:2)
14. What is the meaning of the following
statement? "To deal with men and women whose minds as well as bodies are diseased
is a nice work." (349:3)
15. What is the greatest conquest
that men and women can achieve? (350:2)
16. What subjects should NOT be mentioned
at the bedside of the dying? (352:3)
17. What is the foundation of all
enduring reformation? (359:3)
18. "As far as possible lady physicians
should care for lady patients, and gentlemen physicians [should] have the care
of gentlemen patients." What are some reasons given? (363-366)
19. "You must pray as though the
_____________________ and _____________________ were all due to _____________________,
and _____________________ as though _____________________ were all your _____________________."
(367:1)
20. Why do some with great intellect
fail in positions of responsibility, and others with less intellect, succeed?
(367:2)
21. What caution is given to physicians
who make no difference between the Sabbath and other days of the week? (368:2)
22. What are we to do when the sick
come for prayer, and, in large part, their sickness has resulted from careless
living? (373, 374)
23. Why is it NOT always safe to
ask for unconditional healing? What should we do instead? (375:1)
24. If a person is not healed from
sickness, should we assume that he or she is not worthy? Explain. (375:3)
25. Why should those who are sick
set their house in order regarding property and care of their families? (376:2)
26. "It is no _____________________
of _____________________ to place ourselves in the _____________________ most
favorable to _____________________." (376:3)
27. Early in her experience Ellen
White prayed for the sick asking without condition for healing. Later she stopped
this practice. Why? (378, 379)
28. What are we to do if we fail
to receive an immediate response to our prayers? (380)
29. Along with our prayers for healing,
what else should we do? (381:2)
30. What mental attitudes would help
the sick to recover health? (382:2)
Section VIII
NURSES AND HELPERS
pages 387-424
Note: See the explanatory statement
at the beginning of this study guide. It will be seen that in present-day circumstances,
nurses and helpers cannot do some of the house-to-house "treatments" that are
suggested.
1. There are large numbers who will
not listen to the teaching of God's Word. How may they sometimes be reached?
(388:2, 3)
2. Instead of looking at obedience
of health laws as _____________________ or _____________________, Christians
should consider it as an _____________________. (390:2)
3. What influence will consciousness
of duty well done have on the doer? (391:1)
4. Workers in _____________________
lines, _____________________ lines, and _____________________ lines should stand
together as a unit. (394:3)
5. Explain the statement, "It is
not the best way to preserve our religion as we bottle perfumes." (400:1)
6. There is nothing so valuable in
God's sight as a _____________________, and thankful disposition. (403:1)
7. What is the value of cultivating
faithfulness in little things? (404:1)
8. How long should a person continue
his education? (405:1)
9. To a great degree, the efficiency
of a nurse depends on _____________________. (407:1)
10. "Men of principle need not the
restriction of _____________________ and _____________________." (410:2)
11. How is influence illustrated?
(413:2)
12. How is our association with others
likely to affect us? What is the tendency of the natural heart? (414:3)
13. When our work on earth is ended,
"every one of the _____________________ performed with _____________________
will be treasured as a precious _____________________ before God." (419:1)
14. What lessons in economy should
every worker in an institution learn? (420:1)
15. Discuss the ever widening effect
of influence. (421:1)
16. What special danger in regard
to Sabbathkeeping do medical workers face? (422:2)
17. Should we confine our praying
only to situations where we can be on our knees? Discuss. (423:1)
Section IX
TEACHING HEALTH PRINCIPLES
pages 425-470
1. Instead of using home duties to
excuse themselves from working for others, what should parents do? (426:1)
2. What subject should parents study
with their children? Why? (428, 429)
3. What are some of the adverse effects
of stimulants and narcotics? (432:1)
4. In what places can health work
serve as the right arm of the message, and protect the body? (434:2)
5. Where and how can one let his
light shine to others? (435:3)
6. How should we work with temperance
movements other than our own? What will be some results? (436, 437)
7. "In _____________________, we
would better come _____________________ of the mark than to go _____________________
beyond it." (438:1)
8. What reaction may result from
presenting our strongest health reform position first when introducing it to
others? (438:3)
9. What is the place of the will
in health and other reform? (439, 440)
10. Violation of the laws of health
lays the foundation for the _____________________ habit. (440:3)
11. What are some of the harmful
effects of coffee drinking? (441:4)
12. How should our health message
NOT be presented? How should it be presented instead? (442:3)
13. What two things will the work
of health reform accomplish? (443:4)
14. In working for the salvation
of men and women, what must be presented? Why? (445:2)
15. How might we be kept from being
light bearers to the world? (445:3)
16. What relation does practicing
temperance principles have to being sanctified by the truth? (449:1)
17. What was God's original design
for the diet of human beings? (450:1)
18. Instead of catching isolated
ideas, making them a test, how should we relate to Christian temperance? (451:1)
19. What double harmful effect may
result from trying to correct the health habits of others? What is the better
way? (451:2)
20. What advantage do we have in
presenting truth if we are intelligent with regard to health? (452:2)
21. List several reasons why some
remain indifferent to health reform. (453:1)
22. What are some dangers in going
to spiritualist physicians? (454)
23. When the king of Israel asked
for help from a pagan oracle, what did it demonstrate? What is the lesson for
us today? (455:3)
24. When sickness results from transgression
of natural law, what should we do? What do many do instead, and with what results?
(456:1)
25. "An _____________________ temper,
a _____________________ brain, and _____________________ nerves are among the
results of . . . disregard of _____________________ laws." (458:1)
26. Angels preserve God's people
under what circumstances? When is there no such assurance? (459:1)
27. Why does Satan delight in war?
(460:1)
28. Does Satan completely control
the elements of nature? Explain. What about his control of people? (460:2)
29. Over what elements and events
in nature is Satan exercising his power? (461:1)
30. What several things should canvassers
tell about our health publications to those they visit? (462:3-464:0)
31. After several speakers had spoken
at a camp meeting attended by Ellen White, the following night a young man appeared
to her in a dream. What was his message? (465:1)
32. In early large gatherings of
Adventists, why did the health message presented fail to make the deepest impression?
(467:1)
33. Give several reasons why we were
to establish sanitariums. How might we still fulfill these instructions, even
though these institutions are generally not operated today? (469:3)
Section X
HEALTH FOOD WORK
pages 471-496
1. What counsel is given regarding
the use of the "health treasures" of different countries? (471:4)
2. "It is our wisdom to prepare _____________________
,_____________________, _____________________ foods." What class of people will
thus benefit most? (472:3)
3. What natural food, if used in
abundance, will be a blessing in many countries? (473:4)
4. "The _____________________ will
be convinced, not by what the _____________________ teaches, but by what the
_____________________ lives." (474:4)
5. We should all use our "_____________________
and _____________________ in deciding what foods are best for us." (477:0)
6. The foods we eat should be suited
to our _____________________ and _____________________. (477:1)
7. What cautions are given regarding
the use of nuts? (477:3)
8. What benefits result from eating
olives? (477:4)
9. "It would be well for us to do
less _____________________ and to eat more _____________________ in its natural
state." (477:5)
10. How should poor families be dealt
with regarding health reform? (478:0)
11. Discuss diet reform as "progressive."
(478:1)
12. What educational and spiritual
activities should be associated with our vegetarian restaurants in the cities?
(481:2)
13. Those who come to our restaurants
should be supplied with _____________________ matter. (482:1)
14. If we cannot conduct our restaurants
to God's glory, what counsel is given? (486:1)
15. "There is _____________________
in good _____________________." (486:2)
16. Why should our restaurants be
closed on the Sabbath? (489:1, 2)
17. How did our restaurant in San
Francisco successfully deal with this situation? (489:4-490:0)
18. How might the closing of our
restaurants on Sabbath continue to be a witness to others? (491:2)
19. Should profits from the manufacture
of health foods go to individual investors? How should they be used? (492:3)
20. "When we place ourselves in right
relation to Him, He [God] will help us and the _____________________ we _____________________
will _____________________ us." (495:2)
Section XI
MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK
pages 497-558
Note: See the explanatory note at
the beginning of this study guide. It is important to realize that "medical
missionary work" in the twentieth century may be somewhat different than in
the nineteenth century. It is important, therefore, to look first at principles,
then apply them as best we can. This will keep us from making application of
the counsel where it is not warranted, and help us to apply it when needed.
1. How can Christ's ambassadors give
a practical demonstration of the truth of the gospel? (499:2)
2. What lies at the foundation of
a large share of "the maladies the sinner suffers"? (502:2)
3. What answer would Ellen White
give to those physicians who ask if it would be pleasing to God if they would
give up their medical practice and enter the ministry? Why? (503:3-504:0)
4. Through what experience did Christ
illustrate the way we are to work for those who are sick? (508:2)
5. What illustration from nature
is used to teach that we are not to center all of our work in one place? (510:2)
6. What is Christ's definition of
a true missionary? (511:2)
7. "The gospel ministry is needed
to give _____________________ and _____________________ to the _____________________
work; and the _____________________ needs the _____________________ missionary
work to _____________________ the practical working of the _____________________."
(514:2)
8. What chapter in the Bible clearly
sets forth the union that should exist between the medical missionary work and
the ministry? (514:4)
9. "It is not _____________________
institutions, large _____________________, or great _____________________ that
God requires, but the _____________________ action of a _____________________
people." (518:3)
Note: "Caution to a Leading Physician"
was directed to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, director of Battle Creek Sanitarium
for many years. Soon after this counsel was sent to him, he separated himself
and the sanitarium from the Adventist Church.
10. Discuss the problems Ellen White
saw in Kellogg's actions--e.g., separation of medical and ministerial work,
centering work on the degraded in the large cities, standing apart from God's
people, making medical work everything. (519-523)
11. How widely should the prophecies
of Daniel and Revelation be circulated? (521:0)
12. Why was there "war" in the hearts
of some Adventists when health reform was introduced? (523:2)
13. "God did not design that the
_____________________ work should eclipse the work of the _____________________."
(524:3)
14. Why did Jesus' brothers urge
Him to change His method of labor? (526:2)
15. The most painful enmity against
the gospel was felt by the Son of God in His home. Discuss present-day application.
(527:1)
16. Why did Jesus ask some whom He
healed to tell no one? (527:2)
17. What scripture summarizes the
health message? (530:1)
18. "The truth expressed in _____________________,
_____________________ is the strongest argument for _____________________."
(537:1)
19. What two-fold example did Jesus
give in His earthly ministry? (544:1)
20. In presenting the truth to unbelievers,
what subjects should first be given? Why? (545:2)
21. Why should instruction on healthful
living be given wherever there is a church? (551:2)
Section XII
ENSAMPLES TO THE FLOCK
pages 559-580
1. "A piety which is not based upon
_____________________ is as _____________________ without _____________________."
(560:0)
2. When ministers cultivate gardens
for exercise they are just as much doing the work of God as in _____________________.
(564:3)
3. What are some rules to observe
at mealtime? (565:1)
4. What condition often brings an
unhappy tone to committee meetings, and a dark shadow on sermons? (565:2)
5. What special cautions are given
to Adventist women regarding their actions? (569:2)
6. What deportment by women will
help protect them from undue attention from men? (570:1)
7. The appetite and passions should
be under the control of _____________________. (574:1)
8. If we would control _____________________
we would have moral power to gain the victory over every other temptation of
Satan. (574:2)
9. How may we do medical missionary
work through our eating and drinking? (577:2)
10. How do our eating habits affect
religious exercises on the Sabbath? (577:3)
11. When we abuse our stomachs by
habits that have no foundation in nature, how does Satan take advantage? (577:4-578:0)
12. What are some of the characteristics
of the "great reformatory movement" that Ellen White saw in vision? (580)
Section XIII
HOLINESS OF LIFE
pages 581-634
1. "It is impossible for those who
_____________________ the _____________________ to attain to Christian _____________________."
(581:2)
2. What was King Solomon's great
sin? (582:1)
3. When a woman relates her family
troubles, or complains of her husband, to another man, what can be the result?
(582:2)
4. "It is the lack of _____________________
in the human organism that brings _____________________." (587:1)
5. Each of us belongs to one of two
kingdoms in this world. What are they? (591:2)
6. How are we to be "salt" in this
world? (592:1)
7. When women cultivate a love for
the fashions of the world, what are they likely to neglect? (596:1)
8. Why is it a sad mistake to dress
like the world, hoping to influence unbelievers? (598:1)
9. What are several reasons the reform
dress was introduced among Adventist women? What was it NOT to be? (598:3)
10. What were some of the "pernicious"
fashions of the mid-1800s? What were the characteristics of the reform dress?
(599:2)
11. What kind of "sermon" did the
dress of some Adventist women preach that caused some would-be members to turn
away? (600:0)
12. "We judge of a person's _____________________
by the _____________________ of _____________________ worn." (601:2)
13. What will be revealed by the
choice of simple and appropriate attire? (601:2)
14. What is the ornament that will
never perish? (601:3)
15. The richest dress is to be worn
on the _____________________. (601:3)
16. What double danger is there in
showy, extravagant dress? (602:1)
17. Discuss the following statement:
"We should not be odd or singular in our dress for the sake of differing from
the world." (604:1)
18. List some things that mothers
can do to be reformers in the home. (606)
19. The use of tea and coffee encourages
an appetite for _____________________. (607:2)
20. What can a woman do to avoid
illicit sexual involvement with men? (611-614)
21. "_____________________ is the
special sin of this age." (615:2)
22. For children, "Overwork is bad;
but the result of _____________________ is more to be dreaded." (618:0)
23. What kind of church members does
Satan rejoice about? (623:1)
24. How should the work of hypocritical
reformers be counteracted? (625:1)
25. Discuss why there is more hope
for the open sinner than the hypocrite. (625:2)
26. Discuss the relative values of
amusements, innocent recreation, and useful labor. (627:3)
27. "The consciousness of rightdoing
is the _____________________ for diseased _____________________ and _____________________."
(628:2)
28. Those who do not discipline their
minds to dwell on cheerful subjects are likely to go to either of what two extremes?
(628:3)
29. "Despondent _____________________
are frequently the result of too much _____________________." (629:1)
30. What are some of the effects
of true religion? (629:3)
31. Discuss two extremes regarding
religious life and practice. (631:2)
32. When must preparation for heaven
be done? (633:1)