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The Ministry of Health and Healing
so identified with His that in thought and aim we shall be one with
Him.
It was through faith and prayer that Jacob, from being a man of
feebleness and sin, became a prince with God. It is thus that you may
become men and women of high and holy purpose, of noble life,
men and women who will not for any consideration be swayed from
truth, right, and justice. All are pressed with urgent cares, burdens,
and duties, but the more difficult your position and the heavier your
burdens, the more you need Jesus.
It is a serious mistake to neglect the public worship of God. The
privileges of divine service should not be lightly regarded. Those
who attend upon the sick are often unable to avail themselves of
these privileges, but they should be careful not to absent themselves
needlessly from the house of worship.
In ministering to the sick, more than in any merely secular busi-
ness, success depends on the spirit of consecration and self-sacrifice
with which the work is done. Those who bear responsibilities need
to place themselves where they will be deeply impressed by the
Spirit of God. You should have as much greater anxiety than do
others for the aid of the Holy Spirit and for a knowledge of God as
your position of trust is more responsible than that of others.
Nothing is more needed in our work than the practical results
of communion with God. We should show by our daily lives that
we have peace and rest in the Savior. His peace in the heart will
shine forth in the countenance. It will give to the voice a persuasive
power. Communion with God will ennoble the character and the
life. People will take knowledge of us, as of the first disciples, that
we have been with Jesus. This will impart to workers a power that
nothing else can give. Of this power they must not allow themselves
to be deprived.
We must live a twofold life—a life of thought and action, of
silent prayer and earnest work. The strength received through com-
munion with God, united with earnest effort in training the mind
to thoughtfulness and caretaking, prepares one for daily duties and
keeps the spirit in peace under all circumstances, however trying.