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Section 13—Medical Missionary Work and the Gospel Ministry
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work of love, angels of God are present. Those who live nearest to
heaven will reflect the brightness of the Sun of Righteousness....
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This is True Ministry
Read the Scriptures carefully, and you will find that Christ spent
the largest part of His ministry in restoring the suffering and afflicted
to health. Thus He threw back upon Satan the reproach of the evil
which the enemy of all good had originated. Satan is the destroyer;
Christ is the Restorer. And in our work as Christ’s colaborers, we
shall have success if we work on practical lines. Ministers, do not
confine your work to giving Bible instruction. Do practical work.
Seek to restore the sick to health. This is true ministry. Remember
that the restoration of the body prepares the way for the restoration
of the soul.—
Manuscript 55, 1901
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An Effective Instrument
When connected with other lines of gospel effort, medical mis-
sionary work is a most effective instrument by which the ground is
prepared for the sowing of the seeds of truth, and the instrument also
by which the harvest is reaped. Medical missionary work is the help-
ing hand of the gospel ministry. So far as possible, it would be well
for evangelical workers to learn how to minister to the necessities of
the body as well as the soul; for in doing this, they are following the
example of Christ. Intemperance has well-nigh filled the world with
disease, and the ministers of the gospel cannot spend their time and
strength in relieving all in need of help. The Lord has ordained that
Christian physicians and nurses shall labor in connection with those
who preach the word. The medical missionary work is to be bound
up with the gospel ministry.—
The Review and Herald, September
10, 1908.
Encourage the Workers
We now ask those who shall be chosen as presidents of our con-
ferences to make a right beginning in places where nothing has been
done. Recognize the medical missionary work as God’s helping