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Section 4—Our Medical College
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Not Amusements, but Consecrated Work
There are some who feel that if there is prosperity here [Loma
Linda], it will be necessary to get up some amusement. Let us not
cherish such thoughts as this. Rather let the people see that you have
a mind for usefulness and duty, and that to the saving of the soul.
The amusements that consume time, just to gratify self, do not pay....
Some will think that by having amusements here we will gain
more influence. But what we want is to go steadily forward, with
our hands firmly holding the divine promise, believing that Christ
will lead and guide and bless and place a heavenly stamp upon our
work. Do not feel that there is not enough in all that we have to do
in this place for Christ and heaven, and that you must reach out for
some amusement outside of your God-given work. Do not do it;
for this will not harmonize with Christ’s example. Stand solidly for
God. Tell the students, Here we have Riverside and other places. If
you want to do a good work, take our publications and carry them to
these places. Hold meetings, and let the people see that you have a
living connection with heaven.—
Manuscript 9, 1911.
Missionary Labor
Encourage the students to greater activity in missionary labor
while taking their course of study.—
Manuscript 53, 1909.
Let Not Truth Be Supplanted
Students are authorized to go to school for a certain length of
time, in order to acquire scientific knowledge; but in doing this
they should ever consider their physical necessities, and seek their
education in such a way as not to injure in the least the temple of
the body. Let them be sure not to indulge in any sinful practice,
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not to burden themselves with too many studies, not to become so
absorbed in devotion to their studies that the truth will be supplanted,
the knowledge of God expelled from the soul, by the inventions of
men.
Let every moment that is devoted to study be a moment in which
the soul is conscious of its God-given responsibilities. There will
be no need then of enjoining the students to be true and just and