The Sydney Sanitarium to Be Educational
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The second tithe: A systematic offering for the Sydney Sanitarium,
pages 3-6 (1899).
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The Lord has repeatedly given instruction regarding the importance
of this institution and the necessity for its establishment. He desires the
sanitarium to be built that we may co-operate with His instrumentalities
in relieving the sufferings of humanity.
In the work in the sanitarium, physicians, matron, and nurses are
to co-operate with God in restoring the sick to health. In doing this,
they co-operate with Him in restoring His image in the soul. Let
us not limit the Holy One of Israel. Is not Christ officiating for us
in the sanctuary above, at the right hand of God? Is He not making
intercession for those who are suffering physically and those who are
suffering spiritually? He invites them to come to Him who was dead,
but is alive forevermore.
God desires suffering human beings to be taught how to avoid
sickness by the practice of correct habits of eating, drinking, and
dressing. Many are suffering under the oppressive power of sinful
practices, who might be restored to health by an intelligent observance
of the laws of life and health, by co-operating with Him who died
that they might have eternal life. This is the knowledge that men and
women need. They need to be taught how to study the divine laws
given by Christ for the good of all mankind. This is the work that is to
be done in our sanitarium.
God’s instrumentalities should seek to follow in the footsteps of
the divine Healer. Those who come to the sanitarium should be taught
how to take care of the body, remembering the words, “Ye are not
your own; for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in
your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
1 Corinthians 6:19,
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. Yes, we are God’s property, and the path of obedience to nature’s
laws is the direct path to heaven. He who is converted from errors in
eating, drinking, and dressing is being prepared to hear and receive
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