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love one for another.” That love they knew not until they saw the
suffering and death of Jesus Christ upon the cross of Calvary. The
new commandment of love was given in behalf of the weak, the
wretched, the helpless.
To the heart of Christ the very presence of trouble was a call for
help. The poor, the sick, the desolate, the outcasts, the discouraged,
the desponding, found in Him a compassionate Saviour, a Mighty
Healer. “A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall
He not quench, till He send forth judgment unto victory.” Christ
identifies His interests with those of suffering humanity, and He tells
us that whatever we do to relieve a sufferer, we do for Him....
There are great lessons to be learned by all who minis-
ter for Christ. The Sabbath mark must be placed upon God’s
commandment-keeping people. The Sabbath, if kept in the spirit of
true obedience, will show that all God’s commandments are to be
practiced, “that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify
you.”
The Source of the Physician’s Skill
The Lord has His eye upon every human being, and He has His
plans concerning each one. He would have His commandment-
keeping people a distinguished people, who practice the holy pre-
cepts specified in His word. He would have the members of the
medical profession expel from their practice everything which has
been brought in by selfishness, avariciousness, injustice. He has
given wisdom and skill to physicians, and He designs that nothing
savoring of robbery and injustice shall be practiced by those who
make the law of Jehovah the rule of their life. By His own work-
ing agencies He has created material which will restore the sick to
health. If men would use aright the wisdom God has given them,
this world would be a place resembling heaven....
We all need a far higher, purer, holier trust in God. Every physi-
cian should be true and honest. He is not in any case to defraud his
patients. If he performs a simple operation, he is to charge a simple
price. The charges made by other practicing physicians are not to be
his criterion. The diseased bodies over which he works are God’s
property. He has said, “Ye are not your own; for ye are bought with
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