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Section 2—The Divine Plan in the Medical Missionary Work
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every form of human woe and affliction. Not for Himself, but for
others, did He labor. He was willing to humble Himself, to deny
Himself. He did not seek to distinguish Himself. He was the servant
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of all. It was His meat and drink to be a comfort and a consolation
to others, to gladden the sad and heavy-laden ones with whom He
daily came in contact.
An Expression of God’s Love
Christ stands before us as the pattern Man, the great Medical
Missionary—an example for all who should come after. His love,
pure and holy, blessed all who came within the sphere of its influence.
His character was absolutely perfect, free from the slightest stain
of sin. He came as an expression of the perfect love of God, not to
crush, not to judge and condemn, but to heal every weak, defective
character, to save men and woman from Satan’s power.
He is the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer of the human race.
He gives to all the invitation, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and
are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you,
and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”
Following in His Footsteps
What, then, is the example that we are to set to the world? We
are to do the same work that the great Medical Missionary undertook
in our behalf. We are to follow the path of self-sacrifice trodden by
Christ.
As I see so many claiming to be medical missionaries, the repre-
sentation of what Christ was on this earth flashes before me. As I
think of how far short the workers today fall when compared with
the divine Example, my heart is bowed down with a sorrow that
words cannot express. Will men and women ever do a work that
bears the features and character of the great Medical Missionary? ...
Is there not woe enough in this sin-stricken, sin-cursed earth to
lead us to consecrate ourselves to the work of proclaiming the mes-
sage that “God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have