Christ Our Example
St. Helena, California,
October 30, 1903
To Medical Missionaries:
That which is most needed by medical missionary workers is the
guidance of the Spirit of the Lord. Those who labor as Christ, the
great Medical Missionary, labored must be spiritually minded. But not
all who are doing medical missionary work are exalting God and His
truth. Not all are submitting to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Some
are bringing to the foundation wood, hay, and stubble—material that
will not bear the test of fire.
I pray that I may have wisdom and power from God to present to
you that which constitutes gospel medical missionary work. This is
a great and important branch of our denominational work. But many
have lost sight of the pure, ennobling principles underlying acceptable
medical missionary work.
In my diary I find the following, written one year ago: October 29,
1902. This morning I awoke early. After praying most earnestly for
wisdom and clearness of mind, that I might properly express the mat-
ters urged upon my attention, I wrote out about ten pages of instruction.
I know that the Lord helped me to trace on paper the important matter
that should come before His people.
When writing thus, I feel intensely, but after the instruction has
been recorded, relief comes to my mind; for I know then that the
subject matter presented to me will not be lost, even though the subject
may pass from my mind. Those only who realize that the cross is the
center of hope for the human family can understand the gospel that
Christ taught. He came to this world for no other purpose than to place
man on vantage ground before the world and the heavenly universe.
He came to bear testimony that fallen human beings, through faith
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in His power and efficacy as the Son of God, may become partakers
of the divine nature. He alone could make atonement for sinners and
open the gates of paradise to the fallen race. He took on Himself, not
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