Temperance
Temperance is, as are all good things, a gift of the LORD, who specifies
it as a "fruit of the Spirit" [Galatians 5:22,23]. God's plan for
His children is to use the good things moderately and to abstain completely
from the bad. Temperance in all good things is necessary in order
to preserve health ~ ~ temperance in labor, temperance in diet, temperance
in all good things. Our heavenly Father sent the light of health reform
to guard against the evils resulting from a debased appetite, that those
who love purity and holiness may know how to use with discretion the good
things He has provided for them, and that by exercising temperance in daily
life, they may be sanctified through the truth and know the truth of Love.
Adapted from Counsels of Health, page 120.