Christian and Psychology
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The Science of a Pure Christian Life—The science of a pure,
wholesome, consistent Christian life is obtained by studying the Word
of the Lord. This is the highest education that any earthly being can
obtain. These are the lessons that the students in our schools are to be
taught, that they may come forth with pure thoughts and clean minds
and hearts, prepared to ascend the ladder of progress and to practice the
Christian virtues. This is why we wish our schools connected with our
sanitariums and our sanitariums with our schools. These institutions
are to be conducted in the simplicity of the gospel given in the Old
Testament and in the New.—
Manuscript 86, 1905.
Surrounded With an Atmosphere of Peace—All who are under
the training of God need the quiet hour for communion with their own
hearts, with nature, and with God.... We must individually hear Him
speaking to the heart. When every other voice is hushed, and in quiet-
ness we wait before Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct
the voice of God. He bids us, “Be still, and know that I am God.” ...
Amid the hurrying throngs and the strain of life’s intense activities he
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who is thus refreshed will be surrounded with an atmosphere of light
and peace. He will receive a new endowment of both physical and
mental strength.—
The Ministry of Healing, 58
(1905).
The Religion of Christ an Effectual Remedy—Satan is the orig-
inator of disease; and the physician is warring against his work and
power. Sickness of the mind prevails everywhere.... Infidels have made
the most of these unfortunate cases [in which home troubles, remorse
for sin, fear of an eternally burning hell, have unbalanced the mind],
attributing insanity to religion; but this is a gross libel and one which
they will not be pleased to meet by and by. The religion of Christ,
so far from being the cause of insanity, is one of its most effectual
remedies; for it is a potent soother of the nerves.—
Testimonies for the
Church 5:443, 444
(1885).
Entering the Region of Peace—When temptations assail you,
when care, perplexity, and darkness seem to surround your soul, look to
the place where you last saw the light. Rest in Christ’s love and under
His protecting care.... Entering into communion with the Saviour, we
enter the region of peace.—
The Ministry of Healing, 250
(1905).
All Undue Anxieties Dismissed—When men go forth to their
daily toil, as when they engage in prayer; when they lie down at night,
and when they rise in the morning; when the rich man feasts in his