"Had the use of flesh been essential to health and strength, animal food would have been included in the diet appointed man in the beginning." Australian Signs of the Times, Nov. 13, 1905

"...I know that in His original plan, God did not provide for the flesh of dead animals to compose the diet for man." Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 410, 1884.

"Again and again I have been shown that God is bringing His people back to His original design, that is not to subsist upon the flesh of dead animals. He would have us teach people a better way." Testimony Studies on Diets and Foods, p. 69, 1884.