Living Waters for Thirsty Souls
The Lord wants wise men and women, acting in the capacity of
nurses, to comfort and help the sick and the suffering....
It is for the object of soul saving that our sanitariums are estab-
lished. In our daily ministrations we see many careworn, sorrowful
faces. What does the sorrow on these faces show? The need of the soul
for the peace of Christ. Poor, sad human beings go to broken cisterns,
which can hold no water, thinking to quench their thirst. Let them hear
a voice saying, “Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters,”
“Come to Me, that ye might have life.”
Isaiah 55:1
;
John 5:40
.
It is that thirsting souls may be led to the living water that we plead
for sanitariums—not expensive, mammoth sanitariums, but homelike
institutions in pleasant places.
The sick are to be reached, not by massive buildings, but by the
establishment of many small sanitariums, which are to be as lights
shining in a dark place. Those who are engaged in this work are to
reflect the sunlight of Christ’s face. They are to be as salt that has not
lost its savor. By sanitarium work, properly conducted, the influence
of true, pure religion will be extended to many souls.
From our sanitariums, trained workers are to go forth into places
where the truth has never been proclaimed, and do missionary work for
the Master, claiming the promise, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto
the end of the world.”
Matthew 28:20
.—
Special Testimonies, Series
B, No. 8, pp. 13, 14
(1907).
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