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them to faith and trust in Him, the Great Healer, and you have gained
a soul and ofttimes a life.—Lt 69, 1898. (.)
True Religion Aids Restoration to Health (words directed to
sanitarium guests attending the local church service)—Christ is
our Great Physician. Many men and women come to this medical
institution [St. Helena Sanitarium] with the hope of receiving treatment
that will prolong their lives. They take considerable pains to come
here.
Why cannot everyone who comes to the sanitarium for physical
help come to Christ for spiritual help? Why cannot you, my brother,
my sister, entertain the hope that if you accept Christ, He will add
His blessing to the agencies employed for your restoration to health?
Why cannot you have faith to believe that He will cooperate with your
efforts to recover, because He wants you to get well? He wants you to
have a clear brain so that you can appreciate eternal realities; He wants
you to have healthful sinews and muscles so that you can glorify His
name by using your strength in His service.—MS 80, 1903.
Counsel to One Prone to Melancholy Feelings—It is your duty
to war against oppressive thoughts and melancholy feelings, just as
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much as it is your duty to pray. It is your duty to counterwork the
agencies of the enemy, to place a firm hold upon the bridle of your
tongue as well as your thoughts. Of all the times in your life when
you need a supply of grace, it is when the sensitive, inflamed digestive
organs are at work and you are worried and tired out.
You may look surprised at this, but it is a species of swearing to
be constantly irritated and irritating others by your faultfinding and
gloomy reflections. These fits of indigestion are trying, but hold fast
to the bridle that you will not swear to those who are your best friends
or to those who are your enemies.—Lt 11, 1897.
Assurance of God’s Approval—The assurance of God’s approval
will promote physical health. It fortifies the soul against doubt, per-
plexity, and excessive grief that so often sap the vital forces and induce
nervous diseases of a most debilitating and distressing character. The
Lord has pledged His unfailing word that His eye shall be over the
righteous and His ear open to their prayer.—
Life Sketches of Ellen G.
White, 270, 271
(1915).
Connection Between Sin and Disease—There is a divinely ap-
pointed connection between sin and disease. No physician can practice