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he should separate himself from this work. Should he attempt to carry
out his plans he would not meet with success.
Selfishness introduced in any degree into ministerial or medical
work is an infraction of the law of God. When men glory in their
capabilities and cause the praise of men to flow to finite beings, they
dishonor God, and He will remove that in which they glory. The
physicians connected with our sanitariums and medical missionary
work have by God’s providence been bound to this people, whom He
has commanded to be a light in the world. Their work is to give all
that the Lord has given them—to give, not as one influence among
many, but as the influence through God to make effective the truth for
this time.
God has committed to us a special work, a work that no other
people can do. He has promised us the aid of His Holy Spirit. The
heavenly current is flowing earthward for the accomplishment of the
very work appointed us. Let not this heavenly current be turned aside
by our deviations from the straightforward path marked out by Christ.
Physicians are not to suppose that they can compass the world
by their plans and efforts. God has not set them to embrace so much
with their own labors merely. The man who invests his powers in
many lines of work cannot take in hand the management of a health
institution and do it justice.
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If the Lord’s workers take up lines of labor which crowd out that
which should be done by them in communicating light to the world,
God does not receive through their labors the glory that should accrue
to His holy name. When God calls a man to do a certain work in
His cause, He does not also lay upon him burdens that other men can
and should bear. These may be essential, but according to His own
wisdom God apportions to every man his work. He does not want the
minds of His responsible men strained to the utmost point of endurance
by taking up many lines of labor. If the worker does not take up his
appointed task, that which the Lord sees is the very thing he is fitted
to do, he is neglecting duties which, if properly executed, would result
in the promulgation of the truth and would prepare men for the great
crisis before us.
God cannot give in greatest measure either physical or mental
power to those who gather to themselves burdens which He has not
appointed. When men take upon themselves such responsibilities,