The High Calling of Our Sanitarium Workers
[
Testimonies for the Church 7:68-71
(1902).]
The workers in our sanitariums have a high and holy calling. They
need to awake to a realization of the sacredness of their work. The
character of this work and the extent of its influence call for earnest
effort and unreserved consecration.
In our sanitariums the sick and suffering are to be led to realize
that they need spiritual help as well as physical restoration. They are
to be given every advantage for the restoration of physical health; and
they should be shown also what it means to be blessed with the light
and life of Christ, what it means to be bound up with Him. They are to
be led to see that the grace of Christ in the soul uplifts the whole being.
And in no better way can they learn of Christ’s life than by seeing it
revealed in the lives of His followers.
The faithful worker keeps his eyes fixed on Christ. Remembering
that his hope of eternal life is due to the cross of Christ, he is deter-
mined never to dishonor Him who gave His life for him. He takes a
deep interest in suffering humanity. He prays and works, watching for
souls as one that must give an account, knowing that the souls whom
God brings in contact with truth and righteousness are worth saving.
Our sanitarium workers are engaged in a holy warfare. To the sick
and the afflicted they are to present the truth as it is in Jesus; they are to
present it in all its solemnity, yet with such simplicity and tenderness
that souls will be drawn to the Saviour. Ever, in word and deed, they
are to keep Him uplifted as the hope of eternal life. Not a harsh word
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is to be spoken, not a selfish act done. The workers are to treat all with
kindness. Their words are to be gentle and loving. Those who show
true modesty and Christian courtesy will win souls to Christ.
The Atmosphere of Peace
We should strive to restore to physical and spiritual health those
who come to our sanitariums. Let us therefore make preparation to
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