Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise. Jeremiah 17:14.”
God has pledged himself to keep this (your) living machinery in healthful action if the human agent (you) will obey His laws and cooperate with God.”—Letter, January 11, 1897.
Always study and teach the use of the simplest remedies, and the special blessing of the Lord may be expected to follow the use of these means which are within the reach of the common people. —Letter 100, 1903 (2SM 298.5).
The Lord has provided antidotes for disease in simple plants, and these can be used by faith with no denial of faith…for by using the blessings provided by God for our benefit we are cooperating with Him, 2 Selected Messages p. 289.
The Lord has given some simple herbs of the field that at times are beneficial; and if every family were educated in how to use these herbs in case of sickness, much suffering might be prevented, and no doctor need be called.
These old-fashioned, simple herbs, used intelligently, would have recovered many sick who have died under drug medication. 2 Selected Messages p. 294.1
