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with Christ, revealing to those ready to perish His tender, pitying love.
God calls for thousands to work for Him, not by preaching to those
who know the truth for this time, but by warning those who have never
heard the last message of mercy. Work with a heart filled with an
earnest longing for souls. Do medical missionary work. Thus you will
gain access to the hearts of people, and the way will be prepared for a
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more decided proclamation of the truth
Institutions to Be Established
There are many places that need gospel medical missionary work,
and there small plants should be established. God designs that our
sanitariums shall be a means of reaching high and low, rich and poor.
They are to be so conducted that by their work attention may be called
to the message God has sent to the world
The ministry to the physical and the spiritual are to blend, leading
the afflicted ones to trust in the power of the heavenly Physician. Those
who, while giving the proper treatments, will also pray for the healing
grace of Christ, will inspire faith in the minds of the patients. Their
own course will be an inspiration to those who supposed their cases to
be hopeless.
This is why our sanitariums were established—to give courage to
the hopeless by uniting the prayer of faith with proper treatment, and
instruction in physical and spiritual right living. Through such minis-
trations many are to be converted. The physicians in our sanitariums
are to give the clear gospel message of soul healing
The Pioneer Work of the Gospel
If we would elevate the moral standard in any country where
we may be called to go, we must begin by correcting their physi-
cal habits
Medical missionary work brings to humanity the gospel of release
from suffering. It is the pioneer work of the gospel. It is the gospel
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