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physician should educate the people to look from the human to the
divine. Instead of teaching the sick to depend upon human beings for
the cure of soul and body, he should direct them to the One who can
save to the uttermost all who come unto Him. He who made man’s
mind knows what the mind needs. God alone is the One who can heal.
Those whose minds and bodies are diseased are to behold in Christ the
restorer. “Because I live,” He says, “you shall live also.”
This is the life we are to present to the sick, telling them that if
they have faith in Christ as the restorer, if they cooperate with Him,
obeying the laws of health, and striving to perfect holiness in His fear,
He will impart to them His life. When we present Christ to them in
this way, we are imparting a power, a strength, that is of value; for it
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comes from above. This is the true science of healing for body and
soul.—
The Ministry of Healing, 243, 244
(1905).
Strength and Steadfastness Versus Dominated Mind—The dis-
cipline of a human being who has reached the years of intelligence
should differ from the training of a dumb animal. The beast is taught
only submission to its master. For the beast, the master is mind, judg-
ment, and will. This method, sometimes employed in the training
of children, makes them little more than automatons. Mind, will,
conscience, are under the control of another.
It is not God’s purpose that any mind should be thus dominated.
Those who weaken or destroy individuality assume a responsibility
that can result only in evil. While under authority, the children may
appear like well-drilled soldiers; but when the control ceases, the
character will be found to lack strength and steadfastness. Having
never learned to govern himself, the youth recognizes no restraint
except the requirement of parents or teacher. This removed, he knows
not how to use his liberty and often gives himself up to indulgence
that proves his ruin.—
Education, 288
(1903).
Conscience and Individuality to Be Untrammeled—In matters
of conscience the soul must be left untrammeled. No one is to control
another’s mind, to judge for another, or to prescribe his duty. God
gives to every soul freedom to think and to follow his own convictions.
“Every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (
Romans 14:12
).
No one has a right to merge his own individuality in that of another.
In all matters where principle is involved, “let every man be fully
persuaded in his own mind” (
verse 5
). In Christ’s kingdom there is no