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Meditations Through Days of Affliction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Learned Lessons from the Months of Suffering . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 26—Assurance to Those Facing Death . . . . . . . . . . . .
Messages of Comfort to a Daughter-in-Law Suffering
Affliction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Messages of Sympathy and Hope to a Faithful Assistant . . .
Messages to Others Whose Lives Would Soon Close . . . . . .
Chapter 27—The Bereaved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bereavement Softens and Subdues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
We Shall See Our Children Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children In the Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jesus Says, “Lean on Me” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blessed Are the Dead Who Die in the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Look to the Happy Family Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Will Be Called in Special Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
No Sin in Weeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
He Sleeps in Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Lord to Be Your Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ellen White in Her Hour of Bereavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Glorious Resurrection Morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 7—The Use of Medicinal Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 28—Statements on the Use of Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A Statement in Answer to Questions on Drugs . . . . . . . . . . .
Other Clarifying Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Counsel on the Administration of Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Divine Presence in the Operating Room . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 29—The Use of Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To Alleviate Pain and Restore Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Remedies in the Natural World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
All to Understand What to Do for Themselves . . . . . . . . . . .
Simple Remedies in the Sanitarium Program. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 30—Ellen G. White’s Use of Remedial Agencies . . .
I Cannot Testify in Their Favor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
When Asked for Counsel, Simple Remedies Advised . . . . .
Safe, Simple Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Counsel to the Medical Director of a New Sanitarium . . . . .
Other Experiences With Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .