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conducting of cooking-schools in all places where medical missionary
work is being done. Every inducement to lead the people to reform
must be held out before them. Let as much light as possible shine
upon them. Teach them to make every improvement that they can in
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the preparation of food, and encourage them to impart to others that
which they learn....
From the record of the Lord’s miracles in providing wine at the
wedding feast and in feeding the multitude, we may learn a lesson of
the highest importance. The health-food business is one of the Lord’s
own instrumentalities to supply a necessity. The heavenly Provider
of all foods will not leave His people in ignorance in regard to the
preparation of the best foods for all times and occasions.—
Testimonies
for the Church,” Vol. VII, pages 110-114
.
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Christ’s method alone will give true success in reaching the people.
The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He
showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won
their confidence. Then He bade them, “Follow Me.”
There is need of coming close to the people by personal effort.
If less time were given to sermonizing, and more time were spent in
personal ministry, greater results would be seen. The poor are to be
relieved, the sick cared for, the sorrowing and the bereaved comforted,
the ignorant instructed, the inexperienced counseled. We are to weep
with those that weep, and rejoice with those that rejoice. Accompanied
by the power of persuasion, the power of prayer, the power of the love
of God, this work will not, cannot, be without fruit.—
The Ministry of
Healing, 143, 144
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