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Medical Ministry
carry various lines of work according to worldly plans and worldly
wisdom.
Our people are now being tested as to whether they will obtain
their wisdom from the greatest Teacher the world ever knew, or seek
to the God of Ekron. Let us determine that we shall not be tied
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by so much as a thread to the educational policies of those who
do not discern the voice of God and who will not hearken to His
commandments.
We are to take heed to the warning: “Enter ye in at the strait gate.”
Matthew 7:13, 14
. Those who walk in the narrow way are following
in the footprints of Jesus. The light from heaven illuminates their
path.
Shall we represent before the world that our physicians must
follow the pattern of the world before they can be qualified to act as
successful physicians? This is the question that is now testing the
faith of some of our brethren. Let not any of our brethren displease
the Lord by advocating in their assemblies the idea that we need to
obtain from unbelievers a higher education than that specified by the
Lord.
The representation of the Great Teacher is to be considered an all-
sufficient revelation. Those in our ranks who qualify as physicians
are to receive only such education as is in harmony with these divine
truths. Some have advised that students should, after taking some
work at Loma Linda, complete their medical education in worldly
colleges. But this is not in harmony with the Lord’s plan. God is our
wisdom, our sanctification, and our righteousness. Facilities should
be provided at Loma Linda that the necessary instruction in medical
lines may be given by instructors who fear the Lord and who are in
harmony with His plans for the treatment of the sick.
I have not a word to say in favor of the world’s ideas of higher
education in any school that we shall organize for the training of
physicians. There is danger in their attaching themselves to worldly
institutions and working under the ministrations of worldly physi-
cians. Satan is giving his orders to those whom he has led to depart
from the faith. I would now advise that none of our young people
attach themselves to worldly medical institutions in the hope of
gaining better success or stronger influence as physicians.—
Letter
132, 1909
.