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God calls upon you to mingle the trusting simplicity of the child
with the strength and maturity of the man. He would have you develop
the true gold of character, and through the merits of Christ you can
do this. My soul is burdened for those who do not feel their need of
constant connection with heaven in order to do the work devolving
upon them as faithful sentinels for God.
Religion is what is needed. We must eat of the bread of life and
drink of the water of salvation. We must cherish love, not that which
is falsely called charity, which would lead us to love sin and cherish
sinners, but Bible charity and Bible wisdom, that is first pure, then
peaceable, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits.
There must be, with all who have any influence in the sanitarium,
a conforming to God’s will, a humiliation of self, an opening of the
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heart to the precious influence of the Spirit of Christ. The gold tried
in the fire represents love and faith. Many are nearly destitute of
love. Self-sufficiency blinds their eyes to their great need. There is
a positive necessity for a daily conversion to God, a new, deep, and
daily experience in the religious life.
There should be awakened in the hearts of the physicians, espe-
cially, a most earnest desire to have that wisdom which God alone
can impart; for as soon as they become self-confident they are left to
themselves, to follow the impulses of the unsanctified heart. When I
see what these physicians may become in connection with Christ, and
what they will fail to become if they do not daily connect with Him,
I am filled with apprehension that they will be content with reaching
a worldly standard, and have no ardent longings, no hungering and
thirsting, for the beauty of holiness, the ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
The peace of Christ, the peace of Christ—money cannot buy it,
brilliant talent cannot command it, intellect cannot secure it; it is the
gift of God. The religion of Christ—how shall I make all understand
their great loss if they fail to carry its holy principles into the daily life?
The meekness and lowliness of Christ is the Christian’s power. It is
indeed more precious than all things which genius can create or wealth
can buy. Of all things that are sought, cherished, and cultivated, there
is nothing so valuable in the sight of God as a pure heart, a disposition
imbued with thankfulness and peace.