Chapter 35—Christ’s Object Lessons and the
Ministry of Healing
Ellen G. White “Relief Books.” [
The royalties from the sale of
Christ’s Object Lessons (1900) and The Ministry of Healing (1905)
were donated by Ellen White for the relief of indebtedness on our
educational and medical institutions. Great success attended the initial
drives to sell these books, and the spiritual and financial benefits were
considerable.
]—Many have never learned how to sell the books dedi-
cated to the advancement of our institutional work. But such should
not excuse themselves. They should study diligently how they may do
their part faithfully in connection with the circulation of these precious
books. Our schools and sanitariums must be conducted on a high
plane of efficiency, and a solemn responsibility rests upon us all to
help place these institutions on vantage ground by giving the relief
books a wide circulation. God will be glorified by everyone who takes
an active interest in the work of placing these books in the hands of
the multitudes who are in need of the saving truths of the gospel.
The opportunity we have of doing good by striving to carry out
the Lord’s plan for the relief of our schools and sanitariums has been
presented to me over and over again in connection with the Southern
California Conference. The conditions there are unusually favorable
for a long-continued effort to push the sale of Christ’s Object Lessons
and Ministry of Healing. Our brethren and sisters in Southern Cali-
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fornia should never weary of this plan for raising money to meet the
debts that have accumulated. The students of the Fernando school, and
the nurses of the three sanitariums that have been established, can ill
afford to lose the precious experiences in missionary work that come
to those who handle the relief books. And the conference can ill afford
to lose the results, spiritual as well as financial, that would accompany
a continued effort of this sort.
But years have passed, and students who should have been gaining
rich experiences in actual missionary work have not been encouraged
to launch out heartily in the sale of Christ’s Object Lessons. Church
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