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of life, nor a motive of the heart, that is not open to the grace of the
Saviour.
The way to the throne of God is always open. You cannot always
be on your knees in prayer, but your silent petitions may constantly
ascend to God for strength and guidance. When tempted, as you will
be, you may flee to the secret place of the Most High. His everlasting
arms will be underneath you. Let these words cheer you, “Thou hast a
few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and
they shall walk with Me in white: for they are worthy.”
Revelation 3:4
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When Christ is formed within, the hope of glory, you will be well
balanced, and you will not be changeable, but will rise above the
influences that discourage and discompose those who are not stayed
upon Christ. You will be able to prove that it is possible to be a wise,
successful physician, and at the same time an active Christian, serving
the Lord in sincerity. Godliness is the foundation of true dignity and
completeness of character.
Thoroughness and Promptness Essential
Unless the physicians in our sanitariums are men of thorough
habits, unless they attend promptly to their duties, their work will
become a reproach and the Lord’s appointed agencies will lose their
influence. By a course of negligence to duty the physician humiliates
the Great Physician, of whom he should be a representative. Strict
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hours should be kept with all patients, high and low. No careless
neglect should be allowed in any of the nurses. Ever be true to your
word, prompt in meeting your appointments, for this means much to
the sick.
Refinement and Delicacy
Among Christian physicians there should ever be a striving for the
maintenance of the highest order of true refinement and delicacy, a
preservation of those barriers of reserve that should exist between men
and women.
We are living in a time when the world is represented as Noah’s
time, and as in the time of Sodom. I am constantly shown the great
dangers to which youth, and men and women who have just reached