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Christ that we can become like Him, the one Faultless Example.—
The
Signs of the Times, September 10, 1885
. (
My Life Today, 190
.)
Comfort for the Mind and Peace for the Soul—The physician
who proves himself worthy of being placed as leading physician in a
sanitarium will do a grand work. But his work in religious lines should
ever be of such a nature that the divine antidote for the relief of sin-
burdened souls will be presented before the patients. All physicians
should understand that such work should be done with tenderness and
wisdom. In our institutions where mental patients are brought for
treatment, the comforting words of truth spoken to the afflicted one
will often be the means of soothing the mind and restoring peace to
the soul.—Lt 20, 1902. ()
A Gift of God—Every good impulse or aspiration is the gift of
God; faith receives from God the life that alone can produce true
growth and efficiency.—
Education, 253
(1903).
The Inner Satisfaction of Being Right—Unselfishness, the prin-
ciple of God’s kingdom, is the principle that Satan hates; its very
existence he denies. From the beginning of the great controversy he
has endeavored to prove God’s principles of action to be selfish, and
he deals in the same way with all who serve God. To disprove Satan’s
claim is the work of Christ and of all who bear His name.
It was to give in His own life an illustration of unselfishness that
Jesus came in the form of humanity. And all who accept this principle
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are to be workers together with Him in demonstrating it in practical
life. To choose the right because it is right; to stand for truth at the
cost of suffering and sacrifice—“this is the heritage of the servants
of the Lord, and their righteousness is of Me, saith the Lord” (
Isaiah
54:17
).—
Education, 154, 155
(1903).
For Confidence and Cooperation, World Is Indebted to Law
of God—For all that makes confidence and cooperation possible, the
world is indebted to the law of God, as given in His Word and as still
traced in lines often obscure and well-nigh obliterated, in the hearts of
men.—
Education, 137
(1903).
Living Success Versus Money—As we bring ourselves into right
relationship with God we shall have success wherever we go; and it is
success that we want, not money—living success, and God will give
it to us because He knows all about our self-denial. He knows every
sacrifice that we make. You may think that your self-denial does not