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throne of grace and obtain counsel from God will turn the work into
wrong channels. Our strength lies in our union with God through His
only-begotten Son and in our union with one another.
The surgeon most truly successful is he who loves God, who sees
God in His created work and worships Him as he traces His wise
arrangement in the human organism. The most successful physician
is he who fears God from his youth, as did Timothy, who feels that
Christ is his constant companion, a friend with whom he can always
commune. Such a physician would not exchange his position for the
highest office the world could give. He is more anxious to honor God
and secure His approval than to secure patronage and honor from the
great men of the world.
Prayer
Every sanitarium established among Seventh-day Adventists
should be made a Bethel. All who are connected with this branch
of the work should be consecrated to God. Those who minister to
the sick, who perform delicate, grave operations, should remember
that one slip of the knife, one nervous tremor, may cause a soul to be
launched into eternity. They should not be allowed to take so many
responsibilities that they have no time for special seasons of prayer.
By earnest prayer they should acknowledge their dependence upon
God. Only through a sense of God’s pure truth working in the mind
and heart, only through the calmness and strength that He alone can
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impart, are they qualified to perform those critical operations which
mean life or death to the afflicted ones.
The physician who is truly converted will not gather to himself
responsibilities that interfere with his work for souls. Since without
Christ we can do nothing, how can a physician or a medical missionary
engage successfully in his important work without earnestly seeking
the Lord in prayer? Prayer and a study of the word bring life and
health to the soul.
The Lord is waiting to manifest through His people His grace and
power. But He requires that those who engage in His service shall keep
their minds ever directed to Him. Every day they should have time for
reading the word of God and for prayer. Every officer and every soldier
under the command of the God of Israel needs time in which to consult