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Medical Ministry
“Pray to God, pray to God,” it says, “that you may be instructed in
the gospel; and be assured that God will give the Holy Spirit, the
only Teacher of true wisdom, to them that ask Him.” This memorial
was designed to turn the attention of all to God and cause them to
lose sight of the man.
This man brought no reproach upon the cause of Christ. I tell you,
dear brother, in Christ we may do all things. It is an encouragement
to remember that there have been physicians who were consecrated
to God, who were led and taught by God; and there may be such in
this age-physicians who do not exalt self, but who walk and work
with the eye single to the glory of God, men who are true to principle,
true to duty, ever looking unto Jesus for His light....
As we examine the records of the past, physician after physician
rises up before us qualified to minister to the soul as well as to the
body, and some of them actually doing so. Driven by the perils of
their profession, they sought the wisdom of God, and were guided
by His Spirit in the path whose end is glory....
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The God-fearing, God-loving physician longs to reveal Jesus
to the sin-sick soul and tell him how free, how complete, is the
provision made by the sin-pardoning Redeemer. “His tender mercies
are over all His works;” but for humanity more ample provision is
made, and the promise is full which points to Jesus as the Fountain
opened for sin and uncleanness. What can make a heart so light,
what can spread so much sunshine through the soul, as the sense of
sins forgiven? The peace of Christ is life and health.
Then let the physician realize his accountability and improve his
opportunities to reveal Christ as a forgiving Saviour. Let him have a
high regard for souls and do all in his power to win them to Christ
and the truth. May the Lord put His Spirit upon our physicians, and
help them to work intelligently for the Master because they love
Jesus and the souls for whom Christ died.—
Manuscript 17, 1890.
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For Further Study
The Christian Physician
:
Counsels on Health, 321-386