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serve God acceptably. Line upon line, precept upon precept, they must
receive the Bible evidence of the truth as it is in Jesus.
Do not, I beg of you, instill into the minds of the students ideas that
will cause them to lose confidence in God’s appointed ministers. But
this you are most certainly doing, whether you are aware of it or not.
In His providence the Lord has placed you in a position where you
may do a good work for Him in connection with the gospel ministry,
bringing the truth before many who otherwise would not become
acquainted with it. Temptations will come to you to think that in order
to carry forward the medical missionary work you must stand aloof
from church organization or church discipline. To stand thus would
place you on an unsound footing. The work done for those who come
to you for instruction is not complete unless they are educated to work
in connection with the church.
The medical missionary work is not to be made all and in all.
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In this point you are carrying things to extremes. There is a large
work to be done. Publications teaching the truth are to be circulated
everywhere. Medical students should not be encouraged to circulate
only the books treating on health reform. Be careful that you are not
found working out your own plans, to the disregard of God’s plans.
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Extract from a letter written in 1898 from Cooranbong, New South
Wales.—My brother, the Lord God of Israel must be your counselor.
Satan has come down with great power to work with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness. Lean hard on Christ. You have worked untiringly
to bring about good results. Do not now make mistakes. Never, never
seek to remove one landmark that the Lord has given His people. The
truth stands firmly established on the eternal Rock—a foundation that
storm and tempest can never move.
Remember that just as soon as you allow your influence to lead
away from the straight and narrow path that the Lord has cast up
for His people, your prosperity will cease; for God will not be your
guide. Again and again the record of Nebuchadnezzar’s life has been
presented to me to present to you, that you may be warned not to trust
in your own wisdom or to make flesh your arm. Do not lower the
banner of truth or allow it to drop from your hands in order to unite