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Medical Ministry
then they will be pure in thought, in mind, in action. They will give
no hint in word or manner that will lead them to impure thoughts.
Licentiousness is ruining many souls, and physicians especially
need to watch and pray that they may not enter into temptation, and
that they may have that grace which will make them examples of
piety and purity. Their work is daily undergoing the close inspection
of God, and their record will be accurately traced in the ledger of
heaven.
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Physicians in our health institution have many and weighty re-
sponsibilities. Their only safety is in keeping their thoughts and
impulses under the control of the Great Teacher. They have golden
opportunities for doing good; they can guide and mold the many and
varied minds with which they are brought in contact. They should
take a stand for God. Show men and women connected with the
Institute how pure and noble they may become; show them that you
have firm confidence in God, and that He is your Source of strength,
that you are resting wholly upon the promises. Fulfill your duty with
promptness, while claiming your heavenly Father’s help to overcome
all weakness of character. With the hand of faith grasping the arm
of divine power, put your whole being into your work.—
Letter 6a,
1890
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The Privilege of Ministry
To the workers in our sanitariums I am instructed to say, Truth
must be wisely, kindly, tenderly presented. In the fourteenth chapter
of John there are precious lessons, valuable instruction, which should
be appreciated by every child of God who desires to minister to
others the comfort and grace of God. Let these lessons be impressed
upon the mind; over and over again let them be repeated.
The Lord has brought us into possession of our health institutions
that we may learn to bring to the sick, in the most attractive way,
truths of heavenly origin. We must never lose sight of the fact
that these institutions are instrumentalities in the hands of God for
bringing the light of truth to those who are in darkness....
In His work of ministry for the sick and afflicted, Christ stands
before the world as the greatest Medical Missionary the world has
ever known, and the pattern for every Christian missionary worker.