A Broader View
St. Helena, California,
October 30, 1903
To Medical Missionaries:
Christ, the great Medical Missionary, came to our world as the
ideal of all truth. Truth never languished on His lips, never suffered
in His hands. Words of truth fell from His lips with the freshness and
power of a new revelation. He unfolded the mysteries of the kingdom
of heaven, bringing forth jewel after jewel of truth.
Christ spoke with authority. Every truth essential for the people to
know He proclaimed with the unfaltering assurance of certain knowl-
edge. He uttered nothing fanciful or sentimental. He presented no
sophistries, no human opinions. No idle tales, no false theories clothed
in beautiful language, came from His lips. The statements that He
made were truths established by personal knowledge. He foresaw the
delusive doctrines that would fill the world, but He did not unfold
them. In His teachings He dwelt upon the unchangeable principles of
God’s word. He magnified the simple, practical truths that the common
people could understand and bring into the daily experience.
Christ might have opened to men the deepest truths of science. He
might have unlocked mysteries that have required centuries of toil and
study to penetrate. He might have made suggestions in scientific lines
that would have afforded food for thought and stimulus for invention
to the close of time. But He did not do this. He said nothing to gratify
curiosity or to satisfy man’s ambitions by opening doors to worldly
greatness. In all His teaching, Christ brought the minds of men in
contact with the Infinite Mind. He did not direct the people to study
men’s theories about God, His word, or His works. He taught them
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to behold God as manifested in His works, in His word, and by His
providences.
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