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Medical Ministry
The Workers Needed
The Lord wants wise men and women acting in the capacity
of nurses to comfort and help the sick and suffering. Through the
ministrations of these nurses, those who have heretofore taken no
interest in religious things will be led to ask, “What must I do to
be saved?” The sick will be led to Christ by the patient attention
of nurses who anticipate their wants, and who bow in prayer and
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ask the great Medical Missionary to look with compassion upon the
sufferer and to let the soothing influence of His grace be felt and His
restoring power be exercised....
Overcoming Nervous Timidity
The nervous timidity of the sick will be overcome as they are
made acquainted with the intensive interest that the Saviour has
for all suffering humanity. Oh, the depth of the love of Christ! To
redeem us from death, He died on the cross of Calvary.
Let our physicians and nurses ever bear in mind the words, “We
are laborers together with God.” Let every physician and every nurse
learn how to work for the alleviation of mental as well as physical
suffering. At this time, when sin is so prevalent and so violently
revealed, how important it is that our sanitariums be conducted in
such a way that they will accomplish the greatest amount of good.
How important that all the workers in these institutions know how
to speak words in season to those who are weary and sin sick.
Physicians and nurses should ever be kind and cheerful, putting
away all gloom and sadness. Let faith grasp the hand of Christ of
His healing touch.
As our nurses minister patiently to those who are sick in body
and soul, let them ask God to work for the suffering ones that they
may be led to know Christ, and let them believe that their prayers will
be answered. In all that is done let the love of Christ be revealed.—
Letter 17, 1905
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Promptness in Meeting Appointments
There have been defects in the management at the sanitarium.
The patients have felt that they were not treated as they should