Chapter 3—Ways of Working
Ministering to Body and Soul
Christ’s servants are to follow His example. As He went from
place to place, He comforted the suffering and healed the sick. Then
He placed before them the great truths in regard to His kingdom. This
is the work of His followers. As you relieve the sufferings of the body,
you will find ways for ministering to the wants of the soul. You can
point to the uplifted Saviour and tell of the love of the great Physician,
who alone has power to restore.—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 233, 234
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A Door of Entrance to the Cities
Henceforth medical missionary work is to be carried forward with
an earnestness with which it has never yet been carried. This work
is the door through which the truth is to find entrance to the large
cities.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:167
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Organize for Harmonious Action
To those who have been engaged in this work I would say, Con-
tinue to work with tact and ability. Arouse your associates to work
under some name whereby they may be organized to co-operate in
harmonious action. Get the young men and women in the churches to
work.
Combine medical missionary work with the proclamation of the
third angel’s message. Make regular, organized efforts to lift the church
members out of the dead level in which they have been for years. Send
out into the churches workers who will live the principles of health
reform. Let those be sent who can see the necessity of self-denial in
appetite, or they will be a snare to the church. See if the breath of life
will not then come into your churches. A new element needs to be
brought into the work. God’s people must realize their great need and
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