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The Ministry of Healing
The physician who follows such a course is leading his patient
to the One upon whom he is dependent for life, the One who can
save to the uttermost all who come to Him.
Into the medical missionary work should be brought a deep
yearning for souls. To the physician equally with the gospel minister
is committed the highest trust ever committed to man. Whether he
realizes it or not, every physician is entrusted with the cure of souls.
In their work of dealing with disease and death, physicians too
often lose sight of the solemn realities of the future life. In their
earnest effort to avert the peril of the body, they forget the peril of
the soul. The one to whom they are ministering may be losing his
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hold on life. Its last opportunities are slipping from his grasp. This
soul the physician must meet again at the judgment seat of Christ.
Often we miss the most precious blessings by neglecting to speak
a word in season. If the golden opportunity is not watched for, it will
be lost. At the bedside of the sick no word of creed or controversy
should be spoken. Let the sufferer be pointed to the One who is
willing to save all that come to Him in faith. Earnestly, tenderly
strive to help the soul that is hovering between life and death.
The physician who knows that Christ is his personal Saviour,
because he himself has been led to the Refuge, knows how to deal
with the trembling, guilty, sin-sick souls who turn to him for help.
He can respond to the inquiry, “What must I do to be saved?” He can
tell the story of the Redeemer’s love. He can speak from experience
of the power of repentance
“The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the
learned, that I should know how to speak a word in
season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by
morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.”
Isaiah 50:4
. “A man hath joy by the answer of his
mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good
is it!”
Proverbs 15:23
. “A word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in pictures of silver.”
Proverbs 25:11
.
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him
that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that
bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation;
that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!”
Isaiah 52:7