Plea for Medical Missionaries
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Nurses As Evangelists
Christ, the great Medical Missionary, is our example. Of Him it is
written that He “went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease among the people.”
Matthew 4:23
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He healed the sick and preached the gospel. In His service, healing
and teaching were linked closely together. Today they are not to be
separated.
The nurses who are trained in our institutions are to be fitted up to
go out as medical missionary evangelists, uniting the ministry of the
word with that of physical healing.
We must let our light shine amid the moral darkness Many who are
now in darkness, as they see a reflection of the Light of the world, will
realize that they have a hope of salvation. Your light may be small,
but remember that it is what God has given you, and that He holds
you responsible to let it shine forth. Someone may light his taper from
yours, and his light may be the means of leading others out from the
darkness.
All around us are doors open for service. We should become
acquainted with our neighbors and seek to draw them to Christ. As we
do this, He will approve and cooperate with us.
Often the inhabitants of a city where Christ labored wished Him
to stay with them and continue to work among them. But He would
tell them that He must go to cities that had not heard the truths that
He had to present. After He had given the truth to those in one place,
He left them to build upon what He had given them, while He went
to another place. His methods of labor are to be followed today by
those to whom He has left His work. We are to go from place to place,
carrying the message. As soon as the truth has been proclaimed in one
place, we are to go to warn others.
Organization of Companies
There should be companies organized and educated most thor-
oughly to work as nurses, as evangelists, as ministers, as canvassers,
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as gospel students, to perfect a character after the divine similitude.