Chapter 6—Our Example in Welfare Ministry
Christ Stands Before Us as the Great Pattern—Make Christ’s
work your example. Constantly He went about doing good—feeding
the hungry and healing the sick. No one who came to Him for sympa-
thy was disappointed. The commander of the heavenly courts, He was
made flesh and dwelt among us, and His lifework is an example of the
work we are to do. His tender, pitying love rebukes our selfishness and
heartlessness.—
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Christ stood at the head of humanity in the garb of humanity. So
full of sympathy and love was His attitude that the poorest was not
afraid to come to Him. He was kind to all, easily approached by the
most lowly. He went from house to house, healing the sick, feeding
the hungry, comforting the mourners, soothing the afflicted, speaking
peace to the distressed.... He was willing to humble Himself, to deny
Himself. He did not seek to distinguish Himself. He was the servant
of all. It was His meat and drink to be a comfort and a consolation to
others, to gladden the sad and heavy-laden one with whom He daily
came in contact.
Christ stands before us as a pattern Man, the great Medical
Missionary—an example for all who should come after. His love,
pure and holy, blessed all who came within the sphere of its influence.
His character was absolutely perfect, free from the slightest stain of
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sin. He came as an expression of the perfect love of God, not to crush,
not to judge and condemn, but to heal every weak, defective character,
to save men and women from Satan’s power. He is the Creator, Re-
deemer, and Sustainer of the human race. He gives to all the invitation,
“Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is
easy, and My burden is light.”
What, then, is the example that we are to set to the world? We
are to do the same work that the great Medical Missionary undertook
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