Words of Encouragement
Cooranbong, N. S. W.,
December 12, 1899
To the Medical Superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanitarium—
My Dear Brother,
You speak as if you had no friends. But God is your friend, and
Sister White is your friend. You have thought that I had lost confidence
in you; but, my dear brother, as I have before written you, I know that
the Lord has placed you in a very responsible position, standing as
you do as a physician to whom the Lord has given knowledge and
understanding, that you may do justice and judgment, and reveal a
true missionary spirit in the institution established to present truth in
contrast with error.
My brother, the Lord has not left you to go on a warfare at your
own charges. He has given you wisdom, and favor with God and man.
He has been your helper. He has chosen you as His agent to exalt the
truth in the Battle Creek Sanitarium as it is not exalted in the medical
institutions of the world. It was His purpose that the Battle Creek
Sanitarium should be known as an institution where the Lord is daily
acknowledged as the Monarch of the universe. “He doeth according to
His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth:
and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?”
Daniel 4:35
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The Lord designs that the proclamation of the third angel’s message
shall be the highest, greatest work carried on in our world at this time.
He has honored you by placing you in a very responsible position in
His work. You were not to separate your influence from the ministry
of the gospel. Into every line of your work you were to bring an
understanding of and obedience to the truth. The place assigned you
by the Lord was under Him in the divine theocracy. You were to learn
of Jesus, the Great Teacher, planning and working in accordance with
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His example. You were to make God first, ever obeying His word. In
this would be your strength.
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