这个世界病了。病患充斥有人居住的地方。到处都有人在求救。
创造主的旨意并不是要人类背负痛苦的重担，因疾病而活动限制，体力削弱，寿命缩短。然而上帝所制定管理生命的律法不断遭到公然的违犯。罪恶进入人心，使人看不出自己需要依靠生命和健康的泉源——上帝。于是就有了犯罪的惩罚——痛苦，疾病和死亡。
了解管理人身体的自然定律，使人的生命活动符合这些定律，这是首要的责任。我们需要明白导致真幸福的许多因素，包括快乐的家庭，顺从生命的定律，与同胞保持正确的关系。
在生病时，我们需要采用各种疗法，与自然的运作相配合，使体力和健康得到恢复。最重要的是，我们要与创造之主恢复正常的关系。我们的生命原是祂所赐。我们的幸福是因祂的充分安排而维系。祂今天依然关心我们的福利。
本书的女作者在人生的实际事务中拥有广泛的经验、独到的眼光和见识，曾为父亲和母亲、男人和女人、专业人员和普通人员提供了大量的信息，说明了生命及其定律，健康及其条件，疾病及其治疗，心灵的病患以及基列的药膏。
本书的语言优美，清晰，流畅，给学生带来知识，给灰心的人带来希望，给病人带来鼓舞，给疲倦的人带来安息。在几十年时间里，它为成千上万的人提供了有益的信息，曾用数十种主要的语言，在世界各地一再重印。
本书为我们展示了更好的生活方式，更简朴，更美满，充满喜乐，能从事“施比受更为有福”有益服务的人生。希望本书能圆满完成它的使命。
THE WORLD IS SICK, AND WHEREVER THE CHILDREN OF MEN DWELL, SUFFERING ABOUNDS. ON EVERY HAND THERE IS A SEEKING FOR RELIEF.[1]
IT IS NOT THE CREATOR'S PURPOSE THAT MANKIND SHALL BE WEIGHED DOWN WITH A BURDEN OF PAIN, THAT HIS ACTIVITIES SHALL BE CURTAILED BY ILLNESS, THAT HIS STRENGTH WANE, AND HIS LIFE BE CUT SHORT BY DISEASE. BUT ALL TOO FREQUENTLY THE LAWS ESTABLISHED BY GOD TO GOVERN THE LIFE ARE FLAGRANTLY TRANSGRESSED; SIN ENTERS THE HEART, AND MAN LOSES SIGHT OF HIS DEPENDENCE UPON GOD, THE SOURCE OF LIFE AND HEALTH. THEN FOLLOW THE PENALTIES OF TRANSGRESSION--PAIN, SICKNESS, DEATH.[2]
TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL LAWS GOVERNING THE BODY AND TO BRING THE LIFE PRACTICES INTO HARMONY WITH THESE LAWS IS A DUTY OF FIRST IMPORTANCE. THERE IS A NEED FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MANY FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO TRUE HAPPINESS--A CHEERFUL HOME, OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS OF LIFE, PROPER RELATIONSHIP TO ONE'S FELLOW MEN.[3]
WHEN SICKNESS COMES, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE EMPLOY THE VARIED AGENCIES WHICH, IN CO-OPERATION WITH NATURE'S EFFORTS, WILL BUILD UP THE BODY AND RESTORE THE HEALTH. THERE IS, ALSO, A LARGER AND MORE VITALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION--THAT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE CREATOR WHO ORIGINALLY GAVE MAN HIS LIFE, WHO MADE EVERY PROVISION FOR HIS CONTINUED HAPPINESS, AND WHO TODAY IS INTERESTED IN HIS WELFARE.[4]
IN THIS VOLUME, THE AUTHOR, A WOMAN OF LARGE EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE, AND ONE PARTICULARLY FAVORED WITH RARE INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE, HAS BROUGHT WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY FATHER AND MOTHER, EVERY MAN AND WOMAN, LAY AND PROFESSIONAL, A VAST FUND OF INFORMATION ON LIFE AND ITS LAWS,ON HEALTH AND ITS REQUISITES, ON DISEASE AND ITS REMEDIES, ON THE SICKNESS OF THE SOUL AND THE HEALING BALM OF GILEAD.[5]
THE BOOK IS WRITTEN IN CLEAR, SIMPLE, BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE, INSTRUCTIVE TO THE LEARNER, HOPEFUL TO THE DESPONDENT, CHEERING TO THE SICK, AND RESTFUL TO THE WEARY. THROUGH SEVERAL DECADES IT HAS CONVEYED ITS HELPFUL MESSAGE TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, AS IT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND REISSUED IN MANY LANDS, IN A DOZEN OF THE WORLD'S LEADING LANGUAGES.[6]
THAT THIS WORK, WHICH PRESENTS A BETTER WAY, REVEALING TO US A SIMPLER, SWEETER LIFE, FULL OF JOY AND GLADNESS, WITH ROOM FOR THAT HELPFUL SERVICE WHICH "IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE," MAY FULLY ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION IS THE SINCERE HOPE OF THE PUBLISHERS AND ------- THE TRUSTEES OF THE ---- ELLEN G. WHITE PUBLICATIONS.[7]
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