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Look not to see who else is ready. If you are truly consecrated, God
will, through your instrumentality, bring into the truth others whom
He can use as channels to convey light to many that are groping in
darkness.
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All can do something. In an effort to excuse themselves, some say:
“My home duties, my children, claim my time and my means.” Parents,
your children should be your helping hand, increasing your power and
ability to work for the Master. Children are the younger members of
the Lord’s family. They should be led to consecrate themselves to God,
whose they are by creation and by redemption. They should be taught
that all their powers of body, mind, and soul are His. They should be
trained to help in various lines of unselfish service.—
Testimonies for
the Church 7:62, 63
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Everyone to Do His Best—The Lord desires every worker to do
his best. Those who have not had special training in one of our medical
institutions may think that they can do very little; but, my dear fellow
workers, remember that in the parable of the talents Christ did not
represent all the servants as receiving the same number. To one servant
was given five talents; to another, two; and to still another, one. If
you have but one talent, use it wisely, increasing it by putting it out
to the exchangers. Some cannot do as much as others, but everyone
is to do all he can to roll back the wave of disease and distress that is
sweeping over our world. Come up to the help of the Lord, to the help
of the Lord against the mighty powers of darkness. God desires every
one of His children to have intelligence and knowledge, so that with
unmistakable clearness and power His glory shall be revealed in our
world.—
The Review and Herald, June 9, 1904
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Laborers Together With God—A grand side of the work of God
is revealed by the words “medical missionary.” To be a medical mis-
sionary means to be a laborer together with God. Medical missionary
work, a work that is to be a great help and strength to the cause, is to
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be carried forward in all carefulness and wisdom. Into this work not
one thread is to be drawn that will spoil the beautiful pattern that God
designs shall be worked out.—
Manuscript 139, 1902
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Proclaiming the Truth to the Sick and the Well—The gospel
ministry is an organization for the proclamation of the truth to the
sick and to the well. It combines the medical missionary work and the
ministry of the Word. By these combined agencies opportunities are