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bility, for in him are combined the qualifications of both physician and
gospel minister. His is a grand, a sacred, and a very necessary work.
The physician and the minister should realize that they are engaged
in the same work. They should labor in perfect harmony. They should
counsel together. By their unity they will bear witness that God has
sent His only-begotten Son into the world to save all who will believe
in Him as their personal Saviour.
Physicians whose professional abilities are above those of the
ordinary doctor should engage in the service of God in the large cities.
They should seek to reach the higher classes. Something is being done
in this line in San Francisco, but much more should be done. Let
there be no misconception of the nature and the importance of these
enterprises. San Francisco is a large field and an important portion of
the Lord’s vineyard.
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Medical missionaries who labor in evangelistic lines are doing a
work of as high an order as are their ministerial fellow workers. The
efforts put forth by these workers are not to be limited to the poorer
classes. The higher classes have been strangely neglected. In the
higher walks of life will be found many who will respond to the truth
because it is consistent, because it bears the stamp of the high character
of the gospel. Not a few of the men of ability thus won to the cause
will enter energetically into the Lord’s work.
The Lord calls upon those who are in positions of trust, those
to whom He has entrusted His precious gifts, to use their talents of
intellect and means in His service. Our workers should present before
these men a plain statement of our plan of labor, telling them what we
need in order to help the poor and needy and to establish this work on
a firm basis. Some of these will be impressed by the Holy Spirit to
invest the Lord’s means in a way that will advance His cause. They
will fulfill His purpose by helping to create centers of influence in
the large cities. Interested workers will be led to offer themselves
for various lines of missionary effort. Hygienic restaurants will be
established. But with what carefulness should this work be done!
Every hygienic restaurant should be a school. The workers con-
nected with it should be constantly studying and experimenting, that
they may make improvement in the preparation of healthful foods. In
the cities this work of instruction may be carried forward on a much
larger scale than in smaller places. But in every place where there is a