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Section 11—The Sanitarium Family
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The Tithe
The men connected with the institutions of God’s appointment
should be careful to acknowledge Him in all their ways. To Him
they owe their intellect and all their capabilities, and they are to
acknowledge this. As did Abraham, they are to pay a faithful tithe
of all they possess and all they receive. A faithful tithe is the Lord’s
portion. To withhold it is to rob God. Every one should freely,
willingly, gladly, bring tithes and offerings into the storehouse of the
Lord. In so doing he will receive a blessing. There is no safety in
withholding from God His own portion.—
Manuscript 162, 1897.
An Opportune Place for Backsliding
The sanitarium is a place which affords ample opportunity to
backslide from God, to let self have the supremacy, and thus separate
the soul from Christ and the holy angels.
Neither physicians nor helpers should attempt to perform their
work without taking time to pray.—
Health, Philanthropic, and Med-
ical Missionary Work, page 16
.
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Build Harmoniously
None of us can afford to sin. It is expensive business. Sin so
blinds the eyes that evil is not discerned, and by their indiscreet
actions those thus blinded become instruments of unrighteousness
to scatter for Satan....
Watch against habits of sin. Keep a watch over the tongue. Watch
for opportunities to do good and bless others, ever looking to Jesus,
growing in grace and in the knowledge of the truth. If you want the
higher life, you must now live the higher life in the lower life of
this world. We are working for time and for eternity. A well-built
life is formed by living upon the plan of addition, laying up one
grace after another in good deeds, in faith, patience, temperance,
benevolence, courage, self-denial. Ye are God’s husbandry. Ye are
God’s building. Learning of Christ, you will not be a jumble of
opposites and inconsistencies—today sober and devout, tomorrow
careless and frivolous.