Temperance

by Ellen Gould White

Publisher:

Pacific Press

, 1949

Overview

Section titles are “The Philosophy of Intemperance,” “Alcohol and Society,” “Tobacco,” “Rehabilitating the Intemperate,” etc.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Intemperance of any kind benumbs the perceptive organs and so weakens the brain-nerve power that eternal things are not appreciated, but placed upon a level with the common. The higher powers of the mind, designed for elevated purposes, are brought into slavery to the baser passions. If our physical habits are not right, our mental and moral powers cannot be strong; for great sympathy exists between the physical and the moral.” (Pages 12–13)

“Satan gathered the fallen angels together to devise some way of doing the most possible evil to the human family. One proposition after another was made, till finally Satan himself thought of a plan. He would take the fruit of the vine, also wheat, and other things given by God as food, and would convert them into poisons, which would ruin man’s physical, mental, and moral powers, and so overcome the senses that Satan should have full control. Under the influence of liquor, men would be led to commit crimes of all kinds. Through perverted appetite the world would be made corrupt. By leading men to drink alcohol, Satan would cause them to descend lower and lower in the scale.” (Page 12)

“There needs to be a great reformation on the subject of temperance. The world is filled with self-indulgence of every kind. Because of the benumbing influence of stimulants and narcotics the minds of many are unable to discern between the sacred and the common.—Counsels on Health, 432.” (Page 232)

“The appetite and passions should be restricted and under the control of enlightened conscience, that the intellect may be unimpaired, the perceptive powers clear, so that the workings of Satan and his snares may not be interpreted to be the providence of God. Many desire the final reward and victory which are to be given to overcomers, but are not willing to endure toil, privation, and denial of self, as did their Redeemer.” (Page 21)

Product Details

• Title: Temperance
• Author: Ellen Gould White
• Publisher: Pacific Press
• Print Publication Date: 1949
• Logos Release Date: 2002
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Ellen White › Writings--Books
• Resource ID: LLS:900.2.2086
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:58:09Z