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instrumentality of God may be wholly successful in doing good to the
bodies and also to the souls of men.
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A Molding Power
What can be said, and what can be done, to awaken conviction
in the hearts of all connected with this important institution? How
can they be led to see and feel the danger of making wrong moves
unless they daily have a living experience in the things of God? The
physicians are in a position where, should they exert an influence in
accordance with their faith, they would have a molding power upon
all connected with the institution. This is one of the best missionary
fields in the world, and all in responsible positions should become
acquainted with God and ever be receiving light from Heaven....
There are some who are not what the Lord would have them to be.
They are abrupt and harsh and need the softening, subduing influence
of the Spirit of God. It is never convenient to take up the cross and
follow in the path of self-denial, and yet this must be done. God wants
all to have His grace and His Spirit to make fragrant their life. Some
are too independent, too self-sufficient, and do not counsel with others
as they should....
There must be, with all who have any influence in the sanitarium,
a conforming to God’s will, a humiliation of self, an opening of the
heart to the precious influence of the Spirit of Christ. The gold tried
in the fire represents love and faith. Many are nearly destitute of
love. Self-sufficiency blinds their eyes to their great need. There is
a positive necessity for a daily conversion to God, a new, deep, and
daily experience in the religious life.
There should be awakened in the hearts of the physicians, espe-
cially, a most earnest desire to have that wisdom which God alone
can impart; for as soon as they become self-confident they are left to
themselves, to follow the impulses of the unsanctified heart. When I
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see what these physicians may become, in connection with Christ, and
what they will fail to become if they do not daily connect with Him,
I am filled with apprehension that they will be content with reaching
a worldly standard and have no ardent longings, no hungering and
thirsting for the beauty of holiness, the ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.