The Bible Your Counselor
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Words of Counsel (1903).
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God would have all who profess to be gospel medical missionaries
learn diligently the lessons of the Great Teacher. This they must do if
they would find peace and rest. Learning of Christ, their hearts will be
filled with the peace that He alone can give.
The one book that is essential for all to study is the Bible. Studied
with reverence and godly fear, it is the greatest of all educators. In it
there is no sophistry. Its pages are filled with truth. Would you gain a
knowledge of God and Christ, whom He sent into the world to live and
die for sinners? An earnest, diligent study of the Bible is necessary in
order to gain this knowledge.
Many of the books piled up in the great libraries of earth confuse
the mind more than they aid the understanding. Yet men spend large
sums of money in the purchase of such books and years in their study,
when they have within their reach a Book containing the words of
Him who is the Alpha and Omega of wisdom. The time spent in a
study of these books might better be spent in gaining a knowledge
of Him whom to know aright is life eternal. Those only who gain
this knowledge will at last hear the words, “Ye are complete in Him.”
Colossians 2:10
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Study the Bible more and the theories of the medical fraternity
less, and you will have greater spiritual health. Your mind will be
clearer and more vigorous. Much that is embraced in a medical course
is positively unnecessary. Those who take a medical training spend
a great deal of time in learning that which is worthless. Many of the
theories that they learn may be compared in value to the traditions and
maxims taught by the scribes and Pharisees. Many of the intricacies
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with which they have to become familiar are an injury to their minds.
These things God has been opening before me for many years. In
our medical schools and institutions we need men who have a deeper
knowledge of the Scriptures, men who have learned the lessons taught
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