next we hear them say that they have tried the
health reform and cannot live in that way. Many attempt to follow
out meager instructions in health reform and make such sad work
that it results in injury to digestion, and in discouragement to all
concerned in the attempt. You profess to be health reformers, and
for this very reason you should become good cooks. Those who can
avail themselves of the advantages of properly conducted hygienic
cooking schools will find it a great benefit both in their own practice
and in teaching others.—Counsels on Health, 450, 451.
Often health reform is made health deform by the unpalatable
preparation of food. The lack of knowledge regarding healthful
cookery must be remedied before health reform is a success.—Medical
Ministry, 270.
Simplicity in Cooking
Greater efforts should be put forth to educate the people in the
principles of health reform. More cooking schools should be established,
and some should labor from house to house giving instruction
in the art of cooking wholesome food. Parents and their children
should learn to cook more simply than is usually done. The preparation
of so many varied and complex dishes so absorbs the time and
attention of many that they are disqualified to teach the truth as it is
in Jesus.—Letter 279, 1905.
Many of the views held by Seventh-day Adventists differ widely [37]
from those held by the world in general. Those who advocate an
unpopular truth should, above all others, seek to be consistent in
their own life. They should not try to see how different they can be
from others, but how near they can come to those whom they wish to
influence, that they may help them to the positions they themselves
so highly prize. Such a course will commend the truths they hold.
Those who are advocating a reform in diet should, by the provision
they make for their own table, present the advantages of
hygiene in the best light. They should so exemplify its princip