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the desired results. When we make it evident that we are trying to
correct others, we too often arouse their combativeness and do more
harm than good. And there is danger to the reprover also. He who
takes it upon himself to correct others is likely to cultivate a habit of
faultfinding, and soon his whole interest will be in picking flaws and
finding defects. Do not watch others, to pick at their faults or expose
their errors. Educate them to better habits by the power of your own
example....
The Physician a Teacher
A great amount of good can be done by enlightening all to whom
we have access, as to the best means, not only of curing the sick, but
of preventing disease and suffering. The physician who endeavors to
enlighten his patients as to the nature and causes of their maladies, and
to teach them how to avoid disease, may have uphill work; but if he is
a conscientious reformer, he will talk plainly of the ruinous effects of
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self-indulgence in eating, drinking, and dressing, of the overtaxation
of the vital forces that has brought his patients where they are. He will
not increase the evil by administering drugs till exhausted nature gives
up the struggle, but will teach the patients how to form correct habits
and to aid nature in her work of restoration by a wise use of her own
simple remedies.
In all our health institutions it should be made a special feature
of the work to give instruction in regard to the laws of health. The
principles of health reform should be carefully and thoroughly set
before all, both patients and helpers. This work requires moral courage,
for while many will profit by such efforts, others will be offended. But
the true disciple of Christ, he whose mind is in harmony with the mind
of God, while constantly learning, will be teaching as well, leading the
minds of others upward, away from the prevailing errors of the world.
The Work of the Church
Much of the prejudice that prevents the truth of the third angel’s
message from reaching the hearts of the people might be removed if
more attention were given to health reform. When people become
interested in this subject, the way is often prepared for the entrance of