Call to Service
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go forth as did the disciples are being collected together and held in a
few places, as they have been in the past,
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notwithstanding the Lord’s warning that this should not be. —
Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 8, p. 28.
The Call of Today
The purest example of unselfishness is now to be shown by our
medical missionary workers. With the knowledge and experience
gained by practical work, they are to go out to give treatments to the
sick. As they go from house to house, they will find access to many
hearts. Many will be reached who otherwise would never have heard
the gospel message.—
Counsels on Health, 538
.
A new element needs to be brought into the work. God’s people
must receive the warning and work for souls right where they are,
for people do not realize their great need and peril. Christ sought the
people where they were, and placed before them the great truths in
regard to His kingdom. As He went from place to place, He blessed
and comforted the suffering and healed the sick. This is our work.
God would have us relieve the necessities of the destitute. The reason
that the Lord does not manifest His power more decidedly is because
there is so little spirituality among those who claim to believe the
truth.—
Medical Ministry, 319
.
Zeal and Perseverance Required
Could I arouse our people to Christian effort, could I lead them to
engage in medical missionary work with holy zeal and divine perse-
verance, not in a few places, but in every place, putting forth personal
effort for those out of the fold, how grateful I should be! This is true
missionary work. In some places it is attended with little success, ap-
parently; but again, the Lord opens the way, and signal success attends
the effort. Words are spoken which are as nails fastened in a sure
place. Angels from heaven co-operate with human instrumentalities,
and sinners are won to the Saviour.—
Medical Ministry, 256
.