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Table of Contents
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Information about this Book 5 -
Preface to the First Edition 7 -
Preface to the Second Edition 10 -
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Historical Background of the Ellen G. White Writings on Health 10 -
The Primary E. G. White Articles on Health 11 -
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 1890 12 -
Healthful Living, 1897 12 -
The Ministry of Healing, 1905 12 -
Counsels on Health, 1923 13 -
Medical Ministry, 1932 13 -
Counsels on Diet and Foods, 1938 14 -
Temperance, 1949 14 -
Welfare Ministry, 1952 14 -
Counsels Vital for Today 15 -
Objectives and Conditions of Prosperity Unchanged 16 -
The Testimonies and the Meaning of Words 17
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Section 1—Healing Power and Its Source 36 -
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Nature the Servant of God 36 -
Christ the Life and Light 36 -
Life by the Power of God 36 -
Life of God in Nature 37 -
God Feeding Earth’s Millions 37 -
Kept in Activity 37 -
Through Natural Laws 38 -
God in Nature 38 -
Laws of Physical Life 39 -
Nature’s Message 39 -
The Message of Love 40 -
Nature Is Not God 40 -
The Source of Healing 40 -
The Great Healer 41 -
A Combined Work 41 -
The Holy Spirit Renews the Body 41 -
The Best Medicine 42 -
What the Physician Attempts, Christ Accomplishes 42 -
Education Better Than Miraculous Healing 42 -
When Prayer for Healing Is Presumption 43 -
Provision for Gospel Medical Missionary Work 43 -
Miracles Not a Sure Evidence of God’s Favor 44 -
When Christ Refused to Work Miracles 44 -
Reformation to Precede Miracle Working 45 -
Prayer for the Sick 46 -
For Further Study 47
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Section 2—The Divine Plan in the Medical Missionary Work 48 -
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The Majesty of Heaven as a Medical Missionary 48 -
A Servant of All 48 -
An Expression of God’s Love 49 -
Following in His Footsteps 49 -
His Name to be Honored 50 -
Understood Through Practice 50 -
Follow the Master 50 -
Time to Advance 51 -
The Purpose of Christ’s Humility 52 -
Disciples of Christ to Represent His Character 52 -
To Heights of Faith 52 -
Cleansed from Earthliness 53 -
The Source of Success 54 -
Types of God’s Saving Power 55 -
The Highest Aim 56 -
Memorials for God 56 -
To Reform Medical Practices 56 -
An Honor to God 56 -
To Lift Up Christ 57 -
Christ to Bring Relief and Healing 57 -
To Awaken Faith in the Great Healer 58 -
For Further Study 59
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Section 3—The Christian Physician and His Work 60 -
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Responsibility for Soul and Body 60 -
A Sad Mistake 61 -
Faithfulness and Perseverance 61 -
Bringing the Lord’s Work Into Disrepute 61 -
Give Heed to Character Building 62 -
The Physician’s Influence 62 -
A Pattern of Good Judgment 63 -
Heavenly Assistants 63 -
Give God the Glory 63 -
God the Physician’s Efficiency 64 -
The Peril of Popularity 64 -
Safety Only by a Miracle 65 -
Evil Traits Strengthened by Indulgence 65 -
Examples of Success in Humility 66 -
The Physician’s First Work 66 -
To Prepare Souls for Death 67 -
The Duty of Truthfulness 68 -
Leading Souls to the Mighty Healer 68 -
Evangelistic Duties 69 -
A Deeper Yearning for Souls 70 -
Take Time to Commune With God 70 -
To a Young Physician Under Discouragement 70 -
Without Excuse 71 -
Building a Character for Eternity 72 -
Choice of Associates 73 -
Give Christ the Best 73 -
To a Physician in Perplexity 74 -
To Impart God’s Love 75 -
To Link Up with Brethren 75 -
Counsel with Your Brethren 76 -
Shall Self Rule? 76 -
Temptation to Feel Self-sufficient 77 -
A Plea for Brotherly Union 77 -
Physicians to Counsel Together 78 -
A Student of Cause and Effect 78 -
The Physician as a Sabbath Observer 79 -
Rest for the Overweary 79 -
Behold the Eternal and the Unseen 80 -
Hiding Self in Christ 81 -
For Further Study 82
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Section 4—Our Medical College 85 -
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In the Providence of God 85 -
To Be An Educational Center 86 -
A Place to Be Appreciated 86 -
A Practical Training 86 -
An Appeal in Behalf of Our Medical College 86 -
To Provide What Is Essential 87 -
The Wisest Talent Called For 88 -
The Classes of Workers to Be Trained 88 -
To Prepare for Many Lines of Work 89 -
Women to Be Especially Trained 90 -
No Compromise 91 -
Christ’s Part and Ours 93 -
Genuine Missionaries as Pioneers 93 -
The Medical Student 93 -
Opportunities 94 -
No Wasted Hours 95 -
Thoroughness 95 -
A High Aim 96 -
Integrity of Students 96 -
Without Boasting 97 -
Victory 98 -
Welfare of Patients 98 -
Preparatory Education 99 -
Importance of Bible Study 100 -
Bible Classes 100 -
Development of Experience 101 -
Be True 102 -
Be Steadfast 103 -
Study Your Leader 104 -
Caution Needed in Encouraging Students 104 -
A Call for the Best Talent 105 -
The High Order of the Loma Linda School 105 -
Who Should Apply 106 -
Students Should Have Moral Strength 107 -
Strength of Character Essential 107 -
Amenable to Authority 107 -
Mental and Physical Effort Proportionate 107 -
Dull Minds and Dietetic Errors 108 -
The Teacher’s Health Habits 108 -
Educate in the Simplicity of Christ 109 -
Count the Cost 110 -
He Must Know Himself 110 -
Accountability to God 111 -
Overtaxing the Body 111 -
Manual Labor in the Schools 112 -
Study Practical Matters 112 -
Intemperance in Study 112 -
Not Amusements, but Consecrated Work 113 -
Missionary Labor 113 -
Let Not Truth Be Supplanted 113 -
Advice to Those Having Limited Powers of Endurance 114 -
Our Relation to Legal Requirements 115 -
Cooperation with the Great Physician 116 -
For Further Study 116
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Section 5—Warning Against Spiritistic Sophistry 118 -
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Building on the Rock 118 -
Spurious Scientific Theories 118 -
The True Higher Education 119 -
Truth Strengthens the Understanding 120 -
Mental Effect of Receiving Error 120 -
The Church is Christ’s Fortress 121 -
Exalting Nature Above Nature’s God 121 -
Work of False Educators 121 -
The Theory of Nature’s Immutability 122 -
A Right Knowledge of God 122 -
Where Silence is Eloquence 123 -
The Simplicity of Christ’s Teaching 124 -
Resisting the Enemy 124 -
A Call to Awake 125 -
God Revealed in His Word and His Works 125 -
Conjectures Regarding God 126 -
Is Man Born a King? 126 -
Peril in Vanity 126 -
Speculation Regarding God’s Personality 127 -
Subtle Theories Regarding God 127 -
Restraint and Moral Control Destroyed 128 -
Not a Thread of Pantheism 129 -
The Issue Foreseen 129 -
Morality Inseparable from Religion 130 -
Speculation Regarding the Future Life 131 -
Preach the Word 131 -
Deception Regarding Spiritual Affinity 131 -
A Counterfeit Heaven 132 -
Neglecting Fundamental Truths for Idle Speculation 133 -
Honoring Superstition and Falsehood 134 -
For Further Study 135
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Section 6—True and False Systems of Mind Cure 136 -
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Happiness and Health 136 -
Thousands Needlessly Sick 136 -
Health Through Service for Others 136 -
Drudgery Versus Healthful Activity 137 -
Contentment and Cheerfulness 137 -
Enlisting the Willpower 138 -
Deceptive Ailments 138 -
The Holy Spirit as a Restorative 139 -
Sanctified Mind Cure 139 -
Chronic Invalidism 140 -
Indigestion Caused by Fear 140 -
Inspire the Despondent 141 -
Counterfeit Miracles 141 -
Taking Hold of the Eternal 142 -
Satan’s Apparent Miracles 142 -
Efforts of Satan to Confuse Minds 142 -
A Dangerous System of Mind Cure 143 -
A Deceptive Fallacy 143 -
A Call to Perfection 144 -
Personal Experience in Meeting False Science 145 -
Through the Mind Satan May Control the Body 145 -
A Positive Peril 146 -
Directing the Mind to Christ 147 -
A Perilous Science 148 -
For Further Study 149
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Section 7—Fees and Wages 150 -
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Exorbitant Fees 150 -
God’s Lesson For Israel 150 -
In Christ’s Stead 151 -
The Source of the Physician’s Skill 152 -
Called To Righteous Judgment 153 -
The Cleansing of the Temple 153 -
A Conscience Taught of God 154 -
What Would Jesus Do? 155 -
New Methods 156 -
Represent Upright Principles 156 -
Religious Principles to be Maintained 157 -
The Percentage Plan a Snare 158 -
Duty to be Holy and Uncorrupted 158 -
Care in Expenditure 159 -
The Policy Principle a Dishonor to God 159 -
Promises for Self-Sacrificing Workers 160 -
Prepare for Eternity 160 -
Advice to a Young Physician 161 -
Cultivate Integrity, Self-Denial, and Humility 162 -
The Church an Angel of Light 162 -
Heaven is Watching 163 -
A Contagious Example 163 -
Divine Authority to be Acknowledged 163 -
As the Servants of Christ 164 -
Heart-Searching Questions 164 -
Two Classes of Servants 165 -
A Commendation for Soul Winners 166 -
Gain That Is Loss 166 -
For Further Study 166
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Section 8—Counsels and Cautions 168 -
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Our Attitude Toward the Lord’s Institutions 168 -
Relation of Church Members to Medical Workers 169 -
Reckless and Cruel Criticism 169 -
Experience and Wisdom Needed 170 -
The Minister and His Wife 171 -
The Physician and His Wife 171 -
Subtle Temptations 172 -
Maintaining a High Moral Standard 172 -
Necessary Precautions 173 -
Instruction Regarding Association 173 -
The Sin of the Age 174 -
Avoid the First Wrong Step 175 -
Like Streams From a Pure Fountain 176 -
Educate to Purity of Thought 176 -
Avoid Favoritism 177 -
Leading Others to Perdition 178 -
An Appeal for More Sympathy 179 -
Obtaining the Confidence of Patients 179 -
Thinking of Disagreeable Matters 180 -
Christian Courtesy and Delicacy 180 -
Directing Gratitude to God 181 -
False Ideas of Etiquette 182 -
The Unseen Witness 182 -
Establishment of New Sanitariums 182 -
Sanitariums for Personal Profit 183 -
Spiritual Loss Through Selfish Aims 184 -
In Wisdom and Equity 184 -
Counting the Cost 184 -
Sanitarium Work as a Speculation 185 -
God’s Instrumentalities to be Pure, Holy, Elevated 186 -
Departure from Correct Principles 186 -
A Solemn Warning 187 -
Move Carefully 188 -
Contentment with Slow Growth 188 -
Honor Through Lowliness 189 -
Disadvantages of Large Institutions 190 -
Danger in Separation From the Gospel 190 -
The Sabbath a Test for this Time 191 -
Greater Power in Truth than in Worldly Show 192 -
No Compromise 192 -
For Further Study 193
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Section 9—The Management of Sanitariums 194 -
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A Noble Work 194 -
A High Standard 194 -
Essential Qualifications for Management 195 -
The Use of Means 196 -
All Ye are Brethren 196 -
Willing to Take Counsel 197 -
Quick to Discern 197 -
Unnecessary Debts 197 -
Not With Outward Show 198 -
Simplicity in Furnishing 198 -
God’s Way is Best 199 -
The Ministry of Trials 199 -
Men of Discernment Needed 200 -
Moderation in Rates 201 -
A Change Called For 201 -
To an Inexperienced Manager 202 -
Consideration for an Injured Worker 203 -
Be Kind to the Lowly 203 -
Sanctified Dignity to Be Preserved 204 -
The Influence of a Beautiful Character 204 -
Experienced Workers Needed 205 -
Wholly Devoted to God 205 -
The Selection of Workers 206 -
Sanitariums and Education 206 -
To be Training Schools 207 -
The Elimination of Waste 207 -
The Spirit of Cheerful Service 208 -
Patient Dealing with the Erring 209 -
Overcoming Parental Neglect 210 -
Responsibilities of Leaders 211 -
Gentleness in Discipline 211 -
Strive to Exemplify Christ 212 -
In the Place of a Father 213 -
Just Dealing Regarding Wages 215 -
The Heavenly Record 215 -
“Be Ye Clean” 216 -
For Further Study 217
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Section 10—Opportunities for Ministry In Hospitals and Sanitariums 219 -
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Restoration Through Reformation 219 -
To Reveal the Principles of God’s Kingdom 219 -
Opening Fast-Closed Doors 220 -
Point to a Sin-Pardoning Saviour 220 -
With Tenderness and Wisdom 221 -
Learning to Work as He Worked 221 -
Give Heed to Soul-Winning Effort 222 -
Daily Efforts in Soul Winning 222 -
Faithful Service 222 -
A Mouthpiece for God 223 -
The Workers Needed 224 -
Overcoming Nervous Timidity 224 -
Promptness in Meeting Appointments 224 -
Promptness and Efficiency 225 -
The Privilege of Ministry 226 -
Prayer for the Sick 227 -
The Saviour’s Love to be Experienced 227 -
To Teach and to Comfort 228 -
A Winning Influence 228 -
Consecrated Nurses 229 -
Many Converted and Healed 229 -
For Further Study 230
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Section 11—The Sanitarium Family 231 -
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Christians to Be Light Bearers 231 -
To Send Forth Light and Knowledge 231 -
Training for Various Lines of Work 231 -
The Training of Nurses 233 -
Put On Christ 233 -
No Haphazard Work 234 -
Regular Bible Instruction for Nurses 234 -
Laying Our Burdens at His Feet 234 -
In the Daily Round of Duties 235 -
Imitate God’s Perfect Ways 236 -
A Sacred Responsibility 237 -
The Results of Right Principles 238 -
Chosen for the Work 238 -
Harmony Among Workers 239 -
Qualifications of the Matron 239 -
A Woman of Experience 239 -
To Exalt the Word of God 240 -
To Bring Comfort and Encouragement 240 -
Consideration for the Thoughtless 240 -
Dealing with the Unreasonable 241 -
The Dull Student 243 -
Attitude of the Instructor 243 -
This World Not Heaven 244 -
Cultivate an Atmosphere of Praise 244 -
Neatness and Order 244 -
Gossip 245 -
Rejoice in the Lord 245 -
Deep Earnestness and Joy 246 -
The Observance of the Sabbath 246 -
The Physician Not Exempt 247 -
At the Peril of the Soul 248 -
Sabbath Work 248 -
The Tithe 249 -
An Opportune Place for Backsliding 249 -
Build Harmoniously 249 -
Changed Into the Divine Likeness 250 -
Modesty in Deportment 250 -
Not of the World 251 -
For Further Study 252
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Section 12—The Prevention of Disease and Its Cure by Rational Methods 254 -
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Prevention of Disease 254 -
Early Teaching of Physiology 254 -
Educate the Sick 255 -
Stimulants and Narcotics 255 -
The Physician’s Example an Educating Influence 256 -
Obedience to Nature’s Laws 257 -
Confidence in Nature’s Remedies to be Cultivated 258 -
Self-indulgence a Cause of Disease 258 -
The Law of Faith and Works 259 -
Combat Disease by Simple Methods 260 -
Hygienic Principles 260 -
Drug Medication 261 -
Seeds of Death 262 -
Thousands Might Recover 262 -
What We Can Do for Ourselves 263 -
Presumption and Indolence 263 -
Instruction for Missionaries 264 -
Sunlight, Ventilation, and Temperature 264 -
Nature’s Great Medicinal Resources 265 -
Healing Power in Outdoor Life 265 -
An Elixir of Life 266 -
Life Only in Christ 267 -
Benefits of Open-Air Exercise 267 -
Health and Joy in Field and Orchard 268 -
Awaken Faith in the Great Healer 268 -
For Further Study 269
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Section 13—Medical Missionary Work and the Gospel Ministry 270 -
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A United Work 270 -
The Body—the Arm—the Head 270 -
To Open Doors 271 -
No Other Work So Successful 272 -
A Revelation of Christ’s Compassion 272 -
Brings Rays of Heavenly Brightness 272 -
This is True Ministry 273 -
An Effective Instrument 273 -
Encourage the Workers 273 -
The Worst Evil 274 -
A Means of Entrance to Hearts 274 -
Earnest Appeal to Physicians 275 -
Many Saved From Degradation 275 -
The Poor Not to Be Neglected 276 -
Labor for the Wealthy 276 -
By Personal Efforts and Living Faith 277 -
The Value of Medical Work 278 -
Will Break Down Prejudice 279 -
What the Missionary Nurse Can Do 279 -
With No Inducement of Praise or Compensation 280 -
Efficiency and Power 280 -
An Example of Healing and Soul-Winning Work 280 -
A Blended Ministry 281 -
Physicians as City Evangelists 282 -
A Twofold Service 282 -
Sent Forth Two and Two 282 -
Cooperation 283 -
Stripped of All Selfishness 284 -
Not by Proxy 284 -
The Distinguishing Sign 284 -
True Charity 285 -
The Atmosphere of Love 285 -
Sowing and Reaping 286 -
Ministers to Combat Disease 286 -
As He Is Perfect 287 -
Love Your Enemies 287 -
An Enlarged Experience 288 -
Do Right Regardless of Results 289 -
Zeal and Perseverance in Medical Missionary Work 290 -
In Excellent Company 290 -
A Revival Will Come 291 -
For Further Study 291
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Section 14—Teaching Health Principles 293 -
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The Gospel of Health 293 -
The First Work 293 -
Educate in the Laws of Life 293 -
The Science of Self-Denial 294 -
Counsel to a Sanitarium Physician 294 -
How to Present the Principles of Healthful Diet 295 -
Lead the People 296 -
Labor Lost Without Instruction 296 -
Educate, Educate, Educate 296 -
Deeds of Ministry 297 -
Teach Self-Denial 297 -
Abstinence and Health 298 -
Christ’s Victory a Lesson for Us 298 -
Responsibility of Physicians and Ministers 299 -
Hygienic Restaurants as Schools 299 -
Instruction in Homes and in Schools 300 -
Cooperation With Other Temperance Workers 300 -
Educate the Poor 300 -
The Voice of Wisdom 301 -
Purpose of Health-Food Work 301 -
Like the Manna 301 -
The Lord Will Teach the Obedient 302 -
Instruction in the Art of Cooking 302 -
United Action Necessary 302 -
Incentives to Activity 303 -
Tolerance for Others’ Opinions 303 -
Teaching Extreme Views 304 -
Good Cooking a Science 304 -
Cooking Schools 305 -
A Talent of the Highest Value 305 -
Many Will Be Rescued 306 -
For Further Study 306
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Section 15—Diet and Health 307 -
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Important Principles 307 -
Provide Nourishing Food 307 -
Intelligent Advancement 308 -
Sanctification and Self-Mastery 309 -
Show the Value of Health Reform 309 -
To the Glory of God 309 -
Individual Rights 309 -
Integrity of Daniel 310 -
Appeal to a Physician 311 -
Back to the Primitive Diet 311 -
The Murmuring of Israel 311 -
A Cause of Mortality 312 -
Appeal to a Minister 313 -
Do Not Counterwork Reform 313 -
An Appeal to Parents 314 -
Examples in Rightdoing 315 -
Making Dyspeptics 315 -
Eating Too Frequently 316 -
The Two-Meal Plan 316 -
Perseverance in Overcoming 316 -
Pray for Moral Courage 317 -
Feeding Upon Christ 317 -
The True Fast 318 -
Suggestions for Sanitarium Diet 318 -
Avoid Sudden Changes 318 -
No Flesh-Meat on Sanitarium Tables 319 -
A Liberal Variety 319 -
Lectures to be Given 320 -
To a Physician Dying from Overwork and a Meager Diet 321 -
The Use of Milk and Eggs 321 -
Use Appetizing Foods 322 -
Nutritious, Palatable Food Essential 322 -
Wisdom in Teaching 323 -
Light Given in Love and Pity 324 -
For Further Study 324
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Section 16—The Worker’s Health 326 -
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We Belong to God 326 -
Habits of Regularity Important 327 -
Faithful Guardians of Their Powers 327 -
Breaking Under the Strain 328 -
The Physician to Conserve Strength 328 -
Spiritual Loss Through Overfatigue 329 -
The Minister’s Duty to Safeguard Health 329 -
Strengthening the Mental and Moral Powers 331 -
In Warm Climates 331 -
Gardening and Health 331 -
Regular Exercise 332 -
For Further Study 332
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Section 17—Medical Missionary Work in the Great Cities 334 -
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Christ’s Labors in Cities and Towns 334 -
Medical Evangelism for the Cities 335 -
The Training of Workers 336 -
Difficulties Will Increase 336 -
No Time to Colonize 337 -
Our Delay is Satan’s Opportunity 338 -
A Mission in Every City 338 -
A Mighty Movement 339 -
Cooperation 339 -
Move Forward 339 -
A Parable of What Should Be 340 -
Rural Outposts 341 -
Sanitariums and Hygienic Restaurants 341 -
Danger of Missing the Mark 341 -
Personal Work to be Done 342 -
Usefulness Determined by Results 342 -
A Sanitarium Near New York 343 -
Securing of Buildings 344 -
Location of Workers 344 -
Redeeming the Time 345 -
Seek Rural Homes 345 -
Rural Location for Institutions 346 -
Work for the Outcasts 346 -
Safeguard the Youth 348 -
Difficulties Overcome 348 -
For Further Study 348
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Section 18—Extent of the Work 350 -
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Co-workers With Christ 350 -
The Purpose of Churches 350 -
Ministers as Medical Missionaries 350 -
An Army of Workers 351 -
Work the Works of Christ 351 -
A Living Church 352 -
Opportunities 352 -
A Thousand Streams 353 -
Lifework a School 353 -
Truth to Be Presented in Many Ways 353 -
How to Reveal Christ 354 -
A New Element 354 -
Opportunities for All 355 -
Will Revive the Churches 355 -
Be Practical Missionaries 355 -
Work for Children and Youth 356 -
In Time of Persecution 356 -
The Appeal of Unpromising Fields 356 -
Self-Supporting Effort 357 -
Medical Missions in Every City 357 -
Advantages of Small Schools 357 -
Many Training Schools 358 -
Sanitariums Connected With Schools 358 -
Many Small Sanitariums 358 -
Opportunities to Purchase Sanitarium Properties 359 -
Sanitariums to Educate 360 -
Not as a Business Speculation 361 -
Faith Needed 361 -
The Light to Shine 362 -
A United Work 362 -
Be Vigilant 363 -
Move With Understanding 363 -
Fulfilling God’s Plans 364 -
Securing Help From the Wealthy 364 -
Our Needs to Be Presented 364 -
Plants in Foreign Fields 365 -
Health Institutions in Many Lands 366 -
Go Forward 366 -
Every Agency to be Set in Operation 367 -
A Time of Overwhelming Interest 368 -
As a Lamp that Burneth 369 -
A Call to Greater Self-Denial 369 -
For Further Study 370
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