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Medical Ministry
ideas, deep spirituality. In His service God desires every man to
move sensibly, weighing the motives prompting his movements.
Among us will be irresponsible men who have no proper con-
ception of the important work the Lord designs to have done in our
institutions—the work of caring for the sick and of disseminating
the precious, essential principles of health reform. Those who have
failed of conforming their life practices to this important reform
need to be thoroughly converted.
Spiritual Loss Through Selfish Aims
If men become so confused and unprincipled as to engage in
sanitarium work for selfish personal profit, they will not be prospered
in their spiritual life, and will be unable properly to influence others
spiritually. Let those who have a great desire to distinguish them-
selves in some way, take up a work that does not involve the cause
of God so much as does the establishment of a new sanitarium.—
Manuscript 26, 1902.
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In Wisdom and Equity
Yesterday afternoon [August 25, 1907], Dr.-----visited me, and
we had a long interview....
Dr.-----asked me concerning the relation that we should sustain
toward private medical work and private sanitariums. I could not
say that there should be a binding about of men who are working
privately in unselfish lines, although I know that in some cases the
question involves great perplexity. Much depends on how these
private sanitariums are conducted.—
Letter 410, 1907
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Counting the Cost
Great care must be manifested in the establishing of sanitariums;
for this is an important work. Those having the work in charge
should counsel with experienced brethren regarding the best plans to
follow. They should count the cost of every step taken. They should
not launch out into the work without knowing how much money
they have to invest.