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Medical Ministry
before you in the gospel. Watch unto prayer. Believe that God will
help you to speak words that will cheer and encourage and increase
the faith of those with whom you associate....
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No Haphazard Work
We cannot expect the blessing of God to rest upon us, if we serve
God at will and let Him alone at pleasure. It is not necessary that we
should cater to the world’s demands for pleasure. There are other
places in the world where people may find amusement. We need
here substantial men and women; we need those who will reveal the
simplicity of true godliness. We need men and women who are solid
Christians, who will not feel that if they have had some experience
they must therefore be highly honored. You may have a rich and
living experience here; but the Lord cannot be honored by you while
you think that it does not matter whether or not you are subdued
in spirit, or whether you are really converted. If the work here is
to be sustained, we must have those who will carry responsibilities
in the fear of God. A preparation for the kingdom of God is no
haphazard work. You cannot be religious at times and at other times
irreligious.—
Manuscript 57, 1909.
Regular Bible Instruction for Nurses
Nurses should have regular Bible instruction, that they may be
able to speak to the sick words that will enlighten and help them.
Angels of God are in the rooms where the suffering ones are to take
treatment, and the atmosphere surrounding the soul of the one giving
treatment should be pure and fragrant. In the lives of the physicians
and nurses the virtues of Christ are to be seen. His principles are to
be lived. Then, by what they do and say, the sick will be drawn to
the Saviour.—
Letter 59, 1905
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Laying Our Burdens at His Feet
The influence of the sanitarium family should be a united in-
fluence, each member seeking to become a power for good in that
department in which he labors. If this result is obtained, there must
first be a weeding out of every lame principle; then the workers can