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Medical Ministry
Work for Children and Youth
The Lord has appointed the youth to be His helping hand. If
in every church they would consecrate themselves to Him, if they
would practice self-denial in the home, relieving their careworn
mother, the mother could find time to make neighborly visits, and,
when opportunity offered, they could themselves give assistance by
doing little errands of mercy and love. Books and papers treating
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on the subject of health and temperance could be placed in many
homes. The circulation of this literature is an important matter; for
thus precious knowledge can be imparted in regard to the treatment
of disease—knowledge that would be a great blessing to those who
cannot afford to pay for a physician’s visits.—
Testimonies for the
Church 7:64, 65
.
In Time of Persecution
As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those
who would stand for freedom of conscience will be placed in un-
favorable positions. For their own sake they should, while they
have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes,
prevention, and cure. And those who do this will find a field of labor
anywhere. There will be suffering ones, plenty of them, who will
need help, not only among those of our own faith, but largely among
those who know not the truth. The shortness of time demands an
energy that has not been aroused among those who claim to believe
the present truth.—
Counsels on Health, 506.
The Appeal of Unpromising Fields
The instruction the Lord has given me is that a field should not
be shunned because it has objectionable features. This world was
seared and marred by the curse, but still Christ came to it. He, the
Son of the most high God, was made flesh, and dwelt among us. He
willingly left His high command to take His place at the head of a
fallen race, becoming poor, that through His poverty we might be
made rich.—
An Appeal for the Medical Missionary College, pages
11, 12
.