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Section 9—The Management of Sanitariums
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a position of responsibility in an institution can spoil young men
and young women for a lifetime by unduly sympathizing with them,
petting them, and listening to their complaints. Those who do this
show that they themselves need to reform before they are prepared
to take wise charge of a sanitarium or any other institution in which
the youth are receiving a training.
This is one line of medical missionary work to be done in our
sanitariums. And oh, how careful should those in charge be not to
make any mistake. Those who, while occupying a position of trust,
give wrong advice, are counterworking the work of the Lord Jesus.
Responsibilities of Leaders
Oh, what a work there is before those who are standing in respon-
sible positions in our institutions! A great work is to be done. There
are weighty responsibilities to be borne, and they must be borne by
men who have a living experience in the things of God, who day
by day seek Him with the whole heart. Solemn are the obligations
resting on the physicians and managers of our sanitariums. They are
to set an example worthy of their claim to believe the truth....
I desire if possible to impress the minds of our physicians and
managers with the importance of giving so pure and righteous a
representation of God that the world will see Him in His beauty.
I desire them to be so filled with the Spirit that dwelt in Him that
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worldly policy will have no power to divert their minds from the
work of presenting to men the grand, wonderful possibilities before
every soul who receives and believes in Christ.—
Manuscript 27,
1902.
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Gentleness in Discipline
Into your discipline bring not a particle of harshness. Lay no rigid
injunctions on the youth. It is these ironclad rules and commands
that sometimes lead them to feel that they must and will do the thing
they are charged not to do. When giving caution or reproof to the
youth, do it as one who has a special interest in them. Let them see
that you have an earnest desire for them to make a good record in
the books of heaven....