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Counsels on Health
Speak Words of Encouragement
Let us not discourage one another. Let us take hold unitedly to
make every line of the Lord’s work a success. If someone comes to
you and talks discouragingly about the work in one or another of our
institutions, telling you that they are extravagant beyond measure, say
to them, “I am sorry if that is so, but let us help them out if they are
in difficulty.” If you will speak thus you may avoid much of the evil
that might result were you to withdraw your sympathy, and should
you refuse to help those who, possibly, may have been misrepresented.
Let us never discourage even those who have done wrong, by treating
them as if they had committed against us an unpardonable sin. Let us
rather encourage them in every way possible, and if we see that they
are lifting hard in a worthy enterprise, let us lift with them....
We need to be instant in prayer. It is our great privilege to hang
our helpless souls upon Jesus Christ, and to rest for our salvation upon
His merits. Let us speak words that will elevate and ennoble, and that
will make pleasant impressions on the minds of those with whom we
converse. The Lord wants us to be sanctified and to walk in humility
of mind before Him. If we are obedient to His commandments, not
a reproach can fall on us justly. Others may talk about us, they may
spread evil reports concerning us, but these reports need not be true.
Christlike Deportment
In our institutions, where many persons of varied temperaments are
brought together, it is necessary that each should cultivate a spirit of
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unselfishness. Let no one feel that it is his place to mold others to his
individual mind or opinions. While each will manifest an individuality,
yet it should be an individuality that is under the control of the Holy
Spirit. If we are kind and Christlike, there will be a blending of hearts
and of interests that will be beneficial to all alike.
Our sanitariums are to be agencies for imparting to the sick a health
that is maintained in happiness and peace of soul. Every worker is to
co-operate with the physician, for by the manifestation of kindness
and tenderness he may bring to the suffering ones a healing balm.
Everyone is responsible to God for the use he makes of his abilities.
He is responsible for making a daily growth in grace. Let no one feel,