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themselves with courtesy as with a garment. Let them be kind and
conciliatory in their dealing with the lowliest and poorest. God will
see and reward such dealing.—
Letter 30, 1887
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Sanctified Dignity to Be Preserved
I am instructed that our sanitariums are to be cleansed and pu-
rified from those persons whose course of action is a discredit to
the sacred work of the sanitarium. Our health institutions should
preserve a sanctified dignity. Let not helpers be employed here who
have not a sense of true dignity. Employ those who give evidence
that they are working to meet the standard of perfection, those in
whose lives are seen the marks of the divine similitude.
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Great wisdom should be exercised in selecting men and women
as instructors in our sanitariums. They should be not only those
who can speak intelligently on scientific questions, but men and
women who have learned to be under the rule of the Spirit of God,
and who obey the instructions of Christ. They should be able to give
wise counsel in a kind and intelligent manner. Fretting and scolding
will not benefit, but plain words spoken in a spirit of kindness will
accomplish lasting results for good. The Lord will help all who truly
desire to learn of Him.
Right impressions cannot be made upon the sick when those
who compose the sanitarium family of helpers are disagreeable or
uncouth in manner, or cherish a spirit of frivolity or are subject to
jealous freaks. Such workers should not be retained in our institu-
tions, for the enemy is always ready to work upon such minds and
through their influence to drive souls away from Christ. Far better
would it be to pay higher wages and secure good, sensible helpers
in our institutions than to accept those whom you cannot discipline
and train.
The Influence of a Beautiful Character
The pleasant disposition, the beautiful character, the Lord will
use to bring blessing to the sick. The truths of the word of God
possess a sanctifying, transforming power. If received into the heart
and carried into the life, they will prove a savor of life unto life. Let