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Medical Ministry
Not With Outward Show
Our physicians are to show Christlike simplicity in every line
of their work. If they are clothed with the panoply of heaven—
Christlike meekness and lowliness—they will be truly successful.
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But conformity to the world, to gain its favor and recognition, will
bring weakness. No such concession is to be made. Our hope and
strength do not depend on outside appearances. Those who are
influenced against the truth by a lack of extravagance in house, in
furniture, in dress, in equipage, show that they are incapable of un-
derstanding the merit of truth. They are not capable of appreciating
the gospel of Christ. God is dishonored when those connected with
the work which is to prepare a people to stand the test of the time of
trouble before us, forsake Him to follow the fashions of the world....
You are not to seek that popularity which has led far away from
the simplicity of Christ. God is to be your Leader. Those who are
Christians will stand in the strength of God. They will show in their
lives the superiority which God gives to obedient subjects, those
who are loyal to His commandments. Those who believe the truth
will never be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The principles
of truth are to pervade our medical institutions. And then, as those
who have followed the customs and fashions of the world shall in
their suffering come to these institutions, they will see a simplicity
that will charm their senses. They will feel the unseen presence of
heavenly angels.—
Manuscript 172, 1899.
Simplicity in Furnishing
Less expensively furnished rooms than you desire will be in
accordance with the work God has given us to do in these last days.
Your ideas are not molded and fashioned by a true practical idea of
what it means to walk humbly with God. You look upon appearance
as the great means of lifting you up to success. This is a delusion.
You seek to make an appearance that is not in any way appropriate
to the work God has given you to do, an appearance which it would
require a large sum of money to keep up. We cannot consent to
have the rooms of the sanitarium furnished in accordance with the