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to purchase them, or to unbelievers, who may thus be brought to a
knowledge of the truth.—
Counsels to Writers and Editors, 168, 169
.
Health Ministry
Combining medical missionary work and ministry of the
Word, we can reach all classes—The gospel ministry is an orga-
nization for the proclamation of the truth to the sick and to the well. It
combines the medical missionary work and the ministry of the Word.
By these combined agencies opportunities are given to communicate
light and to present the gospel to all classes and all grades of society.
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God wants the ministers and the church members to take a decided,
active interest in the medical missionary work.—
Testimonies for the
Church 6:300, 301
.
Ministers should sometimes gain listeners’ interest in Bible
doctrine by first giving talks on health—In our sanitariums our
ministers, who labor in Word and doctrine, should give short talks
upon the principles of temperance, showing that the body is the tem-
ple of the Holy Spirit, and bringing to the minds of the people the
responsibility resting upon them as God’s purchased possession to
make the body a holy temple, fit for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
As this instruction is given, the people will become interested in Bible
doctrine.—
Temperance, 245
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If physicians and ministers will work together in the presenta-
tion of truth, more will be reached—The work you have been doing
in the city is meeting Heaven’s approval. What you have done demon-
strates that if our physicians and our ministers can work together in the
presentation of truth to the people, more can be reached than could be
influenced by the ministers laboring alone. I trust that your example
in this respect may be followed by other physicians.—
Counsels on
Health, 543
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Family Ministry
Uplifting humanity begins in the home—The restoration and
uplifting of humanity begins in the home. The work of parents un-
derlies every other. Society is composed of families, and is what the
heads of families make it. Out of the heart are “the issues of life”