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peas and beans; others find them wholesome. For some the coarser
grain preparations are good food, while others cannot use them.—
The
Ministry of Healing, 318-320
.
Light for the Salvation of the World—Those who act as teachers
are to be intelligent in regard to disease and its causes, understanding
that every action of the human agent should be in perfect harmony
with the laws of life. The light God has given on health reform is for
our salvation and the salvation of the world. Men and women should
be informed in regard to the human habitation, fitted up by our Creator
as His dwelling place, and over which He desires us to be faithful
stewards. “For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I
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will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they
shall be My people.”—
The Review and Herald, November 12, 1901
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Revives Confidence—Many have no faith in God and have lost
confidence in man, but they appreciate acts of sympathy and help-
fulness. As they see one with no inducement of earthly praise or
compensation coming to their homes, ministering to the sick, feed-
ing the hungry, clothing the naked, comforting the sad, and tenderly
pointing all to Him of whose love and pity the human worker is but
the messenger—as they see this, their hearts are touched. Gratitude
springs up, faith is kindled. They see that God cares for them, and
as His Word is opened they are prepared to listen.—
The Review and
Herald, May 9, 1912
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Many Saved From Degradation—I have been shown that the
medical missionary work will discover, in the very depths of degrada-
tion, men who once possessed fine minds, richest qualifications, who
will be rescued, by proper labor, from their fallen condition. It is the
truth as it is in Jesus that is to be brought before human minds after
they have been sympathetically cared for and their physical necessities
met. The Holy Spirit is working and cooperating with the human
agencies that are laboring for such souls, and some will appreciate
the foundation upon a rock for their religious faith. There is to be no
startling communication of strange doctrine to these subjects whom
God loves and pities; but as they are helped physically by the medical
missionary workers, the Holy Spirit cooperates with the minister of
human agencies to arouse the moral powers. The mental powers are
awakened into activity, and these poor souls will, many of them, be
saved in the kingdom of God.
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