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序言
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FOREWORD
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怀爱伦夫人在她的著作和公开演讲中经常论述节制的题目。历年以来，她在教会期刊上发表的许多文章，以及她写给工人和平信徒的文稿和勉励的信函中，都敦促安息日复临信徒实行节制并积极推进节制事业。为了回应将相关的丰富材料和指示汇成一册便于查阅的迫切要求，负责保管怀爱伦书籍和文稿的怀爱伦著作托管委员会授权编辑了这本手册。[1]
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TEMPERANCE WAS A FAVORITE THEME OF MRS. ELLEN G. WHITE, BOTH IN HER WRITINGS AND IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE. IN MANY OF HER ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN DENOMINATIONAL JOURNALS THROUGH THE YEARS, AND IN MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS OF COUNSEL ADDRESSED TO BOTH WORKERS AND LAITY, SHE URGED SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS TO PRACTICE TEMPERANCE AND TO PROMOTE VIGOROUSLY THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE. IN RESPONSE TO EARNEST REQUESTS THAT THIS WEALTH OF MATERIAL AND INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IN A SINGLE VOLUME, THIS HANDBOOK HAS BEEN PREPARED BY AUTHORIZATION OF THE ELLEN G. WHITE PUBLICATIONS, TO WHOM MRS. WHITE COMMITTED THE CUSTODY OF HER BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS.[1]
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本书的材料选自怀爱伦有关节制的全部论著，包括一些已经绝版的书籍，如《健康》（或《如何生活》，1865年），《基督徒节制与圣经卫生》（1890年），《特别证言》（1892-1912年）和《醉酒与犯罪》（1907年）。[2]
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THESE SELECTIONS HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM THE WHOLE RANGE OF MRS. WHITE'S WRITINGS ON THIS SUBJECT, INCLUDING SOME NOW OUT OF PRINT, SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING: HEALTH, OR HOW TO LIVE (1865); CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE AND BIBLE HYGIENE (1890); SPECIAL TESTIMONIES (1892-1912); AND DRUNKENNESS AND CRIME (1907).[2]
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无论在纲要或题材的内容方面，编者都力求反映作者所强调有关节制的各个侧面。[3]
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BOTH IN THE OUTLINE AND IN THE CONTENT OF SUBJECT MATTER, THE COMPILERS HAVE EARNESTLY SOUGHT TO REFLECT THE EMPHASIS WHICH THE AUTHOR PLACED ON THE VARIOUS PHASES OF TEMPERANCE.[3]
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在搜集作者有关节制的全部论述，试图较全面地编辑节制不同方面各部分的内容时，自然会发现某些观点上的雷同之处。为了有序地编排题材，更好地为读者服务，也为了避免不必要的重复，编者有时作了删节。但在删节的时候，我们非常小心，不对作者的思想或侧重点作任何更改。每一段均标出所引的书籍、期刊或文稿。[4]
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THE EFFORT TO GATHER SUCH SELECTIONS AS WOULD SET FORTH HER FULL CONTRIBUTION ON THIS SUBJECT, AND THE DESIRE TO MAKE QUITE COMPLETE THE VARIOUS Sections ON THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION HAVE NATURALLY RESULTED IN SOME REPETITION OF THOUGHT. IN THE ENDEAVOR TO PRESENT THE SUBJECT MATTER IN AN ORDERLY WAY SO AS TO BE OF GREATEST SERVICE TO THE READER, AND AT THE SAME TIME TO AVOID UNDUE REPETITION, RATHER BRIEF SELECTIONS HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN MADE. HOWEVER, IN OMITTING THE CONTEXT, GREAT CARE HAS BEEN EXERCISED TO ALTER IN NO WAY THE THOUGHT OR THE EMPHASIS OF THE AUTHOR. IN EACH CASE FULL SOURCE CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE BOOK, PERIODICAL, PAMPHLET, OR MANUSCRIPT FROM WHICH THE EXCERPT IS TAKEN.[4]
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读者会注意到，1915年去世的怀爱伦在她的著作中所用的一些术语与现今不甚相同，一些细节的描写也与我们今日所熟悉的情况有所差异。比如，文中提到酒馆；现在的酒馆与五十年以前可能就不一样，但大家都知道在怀夫人写作年代的酒与现在是一样的，对身心的影响也是一样的。当时饮酒与交通事故之间的关系没有象现在那样强调，只是因为当时汽车不象现在那样普及。但读者会发现描述饮酒和意外事故因果关系的话完全适用于现今的状况。酒精破坏家庭和健康，摧毁道德和灵魂的作用，现在与半个世纪之前是一样的。[5]
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THE READERS WILL RECOGNIZE THAT ELLEN G. WHITE, HAVING DIED IN 1915, DID HER WRITING IN A PERIOD WHEN SOME TERMINOLOGY WAS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THAT COMMONLY EMPLOYED TODAY, AND WHEN DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF CONDITIONS MIGHT VARY FROM THAT WITH WHICH WE ARE NOW FAMILIAR. FOR INSTANCE, REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE SALOON. WHILE THE LIQUOR DISPENSARY OF TODAY MAY DIFFER FROM THE SALOON OF FIFTY YEARS AGO, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE SAME TYPES OF BEVERAGES ARE DISPENSED THAT WERE USED AT THE TIME IN WHICH MRS. WHITE WROTE, AND THAT THEIR EFFECTS UPON THE BODY, MIND, AND SOUL ARE THE SAME. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS WAS NOT STRESSED AS IT SHOULD BE TODAY, FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT AUTOMOBILES WERE NOT THEN IN COMMON USE. HOWEVER, THE READER WILL FIND SET FORTH IN STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND ACCIDENTS A DESCRIPTION OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS WHICH ARE FULLY APPLICABLE TO PRESENT-DAY CONDITIONS. THE POWER OF ALCOHOL TO UNDERMINE THE HOME, TO WRECK THE HEALTH, TO RUIN THE MORALS, AND TO DESTROY THE SOUL IS AS POTENT NOW AS IT WAS A HALF CENTURY AGO.[5]
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读者很快会发现怀爱伦在多年富有成效的服务中所认识到的节制的重要意义。本书在这方面对节制文献作出了不可估量的贡献。附录中有关节制的讲道反映了怀爱伦要帮助人摆脱不节制祸根的强烈责任心。[6]
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THE READER WILL QUICKLY DISCERN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TEMPERANCE AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO MRS. WHITE THROUGH THE LONG YEARS OF HER RICH MINISTRY. IN THIS RESPECT THIS VOLUME MAKES AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO TEMPERANCE LITERATURE. THE TEMPERANCE SERMONS FOUND IN THE APPENDIX TYPIFY MRS. WHITE'S INTENSE BURDEN TO SAVE HUMANITY FROM THE SOUL-DESTROYING CURSE OF INTEMPERANCE.[6]
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出版者真诚地希望本书在上帝的祝福之下能重新激起安息日复临信徒对节制和节制工作的重视，并把我们带到节制部队的前线，就是上天所指派我们的阵地上。[7]
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THAT THIS VOLUME MAY, UNDER GOD'S BLESSINGS, ACCOMPLISH A WORK OF REVITALIZING THE INTERESTS OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN TEMPERANCE AND THE TEMPERANCE WORK AND LEAD US TO OUR HEAVEN-ASSIGNED POSITION IN THE FOREFRONT OF TEMPERANCE FORCES IS THE SINCERE WISH OF THE PUBLISHERS.[7]
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怀爱伦著作托管委员会[8]
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THE TRUSTEES OF THE ELLEN G. WHITE PUBLICATIONS.[8]
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