Divine Principles Of Medical Missionary

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Introduction.......................................................................................................................................3
Who originated medical missionary work?........................................................................................3
What is true medical missionary Work?.............................................................................................4
It is the compassion of Christ revealed,..........................................................................................4
It is the pioneer work of the gospel................................................................................................4
It is the right hand of the gospel.....................................................................................................4
It is the door for entrance of truth for this time.............................................................................5
It is an entering wedge...................................................................................................................5
What is the object of medical missionary work..................................................................................5
How many are called to do medical missionary work?......................................................................5
What are the qualifications of True Medical Missionary?..................................................................6
How long should be the training and where should I be trained?..................................................6
Who is our example in medical missionary work?..........................................................................7
How was Jesus able to accomplish this work?................................................................................8
Jesus was fully surrenderd to the control of the Holy Spirit...........................................................8
Jesus led a prayerful life.................................................................................................................8
How will we come to this expereince?...........................................................................................8
What will give us the confidence to do this work and what are our credentials?..........................9
What methods are we to follow in doing this work?........................................................................10
Follow the Saviour's Methods......................................................................................................10
Where should medical missionary work be done and what methods are we to use?..................10
Short study of God’s methods according to the Blue print...........................................................12
How Do I Establish A Homelike Or Small Sanitarium?......................................................................25
They should be small....................................................................................................................25
They should be out of the cities...................................................................................................25
Not in the surroundings of wealthy people..................................................................................26
Look for cheap properties with buildings.....................................................................................26
With land for agriculture..............................................................................................................26
Training schools connected to our sanitariums............................................................................26

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 A training place for missionaries..................................................................................................26
Economy in buildings....................................................................................................................27
Comfortable rooms without luxury..............................................................................................27
Prosperity depends upon God’s blessings, not human skills........................................................27
For the poor and for the rich........................................................................................................28
God-fearing doctors and nurses...................................................................................................28
Well prepared physicians.............................................................................................................28
All departments should be memorials for God.............................................................................28
All workers need to practice health reform..................................................................................28
Without drugs..............................................................................................................................29
Observance of the Sabbath..........................................................................................................29
No amusements...........................................................................................................................29
No place for discussion of religious differences............................................................................29
Have selected literature visible everywhere................................................................................29
Not to serve meat in the cafeteria................................................................................................29
Women to treat women...............................................................................................................30
Prayer for the sick.........................................................................................................................30
In contact With Others.....................................................................................................................30
Exercise self-control, forbearance, and sympathy........................................................................31
Self is the enemy we most need to fear.......................................................................................31
We should not allow our feelings to be wounded........................................................................31
Do not retaliate............................................................................................................................31
Psalms 133....................................................................................................................................33

Introduction
(Our memory verse everyday-Ps.51:10-13)
 In order to do medical missionary work,we must have a right conception of God.
(Students must study the Bible, DA,MH)
1. “The very first thing that medical missionaries need to do is to gain a right conception of
God, not a conception based on their own human judgment, but a conception based on a
constant study of God's word and of the character and life of Christ.” {MM 91.4}
2. “How shall we reveal Christ? I know of no better way . . . than to take hold of the medical
missionary work in connection with the ministry.”General Conference Bulletin, 1901, Extra
No. 18. {MM 319.1}
3. “The work of the true medical missionary is largely a spiritual work. It includes prayer
and the laying on of hands; he therefore should be as sacredly set apart for his work as is the
minister of the gospel.”-- Manuscript 5, 1908.

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 4. “I wish to tell you that soon there will be no work done in ministerial lines but medical
missionary work.” Evangelism, 523
5. “As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those who would stand for
freedom of conscience will be placed in unfavorable positions. For their own sake, they
should, while they have the opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes,
prevention, and cure. All those who do this will find a field of labor anywhere. There will
be suffering ones, plenty of them, who will need help, not only among those of our own
faith, but largely among those who know not the truth. The shortness of time demands an
energy that has not been aroused among those who claim to believe the present truth.--
Counsels on Health, p. 506. {CME 11.4}
6. "The truth for this time, the third angel's message, is to be proclaimed with a loud voice as we
approach the great final test. This test must come to the churches in connection with true
medical missionary work." We are told that in time of trouble "there will be sick ones, plenty
of them, that will need help" so because of the need, but also "for their own sake, they should,
while they have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes, prevention and
cure, and those who will do this will find a field of labor anywhere." C. H. 506. {PH144
29.2}
7. “The union that should exist between the medical missionary work and the ministry is
clearly set forth in the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah. There is wisdom and blessing for
those who will engage in the work as here presented. This chapter is explicit, and there is in it
enough to enlighten anyone who wishes to do the will of God. It presents abundant
opportunity to minister to suffering humanity, and at the same time to be an instrument in
God's hands of bringing the light of truth before a perishing world. If the work of the third
angel's message is carried on in right lines, the ministry will not be given an inferior place, nor
will the poor and sick be neglected. In His word God has united these two lines of work,
and no man should divorce them.” {CH 514.4}

Who originated medical missionary work?

1. “True medical missionary work is of heavenly origin. It was not originated by any person
who lives. But in connection with this work we see so much which dishonors God that I am
instructed to say, the medical missionary work is of divine origin and has a most glorious
mission to fulfill. In all its bearings it is to be in conformity with Christ's work”.--Medical
Ministry, p. 24. {Call to the Medical Evangelism 8.1}
2. “Christ is no longer in this world in person, to go through our cities and towns and villages,
healing the sick; but He has commissioned us to carry forward the medical missionary
work that He began.--Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 168. {ChS 135.5}

What is true medical missionary Work?

It is the compassion of Christ revealed,
 “Medical missionary work brings to humanity the gospel of release from suffering. It is the
pioneer work of the gospel. It is the gospel practiced, the compassion of Christ revealed.
Of this work there is great need, and the world is open for it. God grant that the importance
of medical missionary work shall be understood, and that new fields may be immediately
entered.”--Medical Ministry, p. 239. {Call to the Medical Evangelism 7.4}

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It is the pioneer work of the gospel
 “Medical missionary work is the pioneer work of the gospel, the door through which the
truth for this time is to find entrance to many homes.” Review and Herald, Dec. 17, 1914.
{WM 125.1}

It is the right hand of the gospel

1. Medical missionary work is the right hand of the gospel. It is necessary to the
advancement of the cause of God. As through it men and women are led to see the
importance of right habits of living, the saving power of the truth will be made known.
Every city is to be entered by workers trained to do medical missionary work. As the
right hand of the third angel's message, God's methods of treating disease will open
doors for the entrance of present truth.--Testimonies, Vol. 7, p. 59. {Call to the
Medical Evangelism
2. “The medical missionary work is as the right hand and arm to the third angel's
message which must be proclaimed to a fallen world; and physicians, managers, and
workers in any line, in acting faithfully their part, are doing the work of the message.
From them the sound of the truth will go forth to every nation and kindred and tongue
and people. In this work the heavenly angels bear a part. They awaken spiritual joy and
melody in the hearts of those who have been freed from suffering, and joy and
thanksgiving to God arise from many hearts that have received the precious truth. . . . “
{MM 188.4}
3. “Medical missionary work is the right hand of the gospel. It is necessary to the
advancement of the cause of God.”{7T 59.1}
4. “My brethren, the Lord calls for unity, for oneness. We are to be one in the faith. I want
to tell you that when the gospel ministers and the medical missionary workers are not
united, there is placed on our churches the worst evil that can be placed there.”MS. 46,
1904. {MM 241.1}
5. “The health reform is as closely related to the third angel's message as the arm to
the body; but the arm cannot take the place of the body. The proclamation of the
third angel's message, the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus, is the
burden of our work. The message is to be proclaimed with a loud cry, and is to go to the
whole world. The presentation of health principles must be united with this message, but
must not in any case be independent of it, or in any way take the place of it.” {CD
75.1}

It is the door for entrance of truth for this time

1. “Medical missionary work is the pioneer work of the gospel, the door through which
the truth for this time is to find entrance to many homes.” Review and Herald, Dec. 17,
1914. {WM 125.1}

It is an entering wedge
1. “I can see in the Lord's providence that the medical missionary work is to be a great
entering wedge, whereby the diseased soul may be reached.” {Counsels on Health
535.2}
2. “Do medical missionary work. Thus you will gain access to the hearts of the people.
The way will be prepared for more decided proclamation of the truth. You will find that
relieving their physical suffering gives an opportunity to minister to their spiritual needs.”
{Call to the Medical Evangelism 7.2}

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 3. “When properly conducted, the health work is an entering wedge, making a way for
other truths to reach the heart”.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, p. 327 (1900).{CH
434.2}
4. “As the medical missionary works upon the body, God works upon the heart.--Manuscript
58, 1901.” {CME 12.3}

What is the object of medical missionary work.

1. “We should ever remember that the object of the medical missionary work is to point
sin-sick men and women to the Man of Calvary, who taketh away the sin of the world.
By beholding Him, they will be changed into His likeness. We are to encourage the sick and
suffering to look to Jesus and live. Let the workers keep Christ, the Great Physician,
constantly before those to whom disease of body and soul has brought discouragement. Point
them to the One who can heal both physical and spiritual disease. Tell them of the One who is
touched with the feeling of their infirmities. Encourage them to place themselves in the care of
Him who gave His life to make it possible for them to have life eternal. Talk of His love; tell
of His power to save.” {MH 144.1}
2. To take people right where they are, whatever their position, whatever their condition, and
help them in every way possible, this is gospel ministry. It may be necessary for ministers to
go into the homes of the sick and say, "I am ready to help you, and I will do the best I can. I
am not a physician, but I am a minister, and I like to minister to the sick and afflicted." Those
who are sick in body are nearly always sick in soul, and when the soul is sick, the body is
made sick.--Medical Ministry, p. 238. {CME 28.3}

How many are called to do medical missionary work?

1. “We have come to a time when every member of the church should take hold of medical
missionary work. The world is a lazar house filled with victims of both physical and spiritual
disease. Everywhere people are perishing for lack of knowledge of the truths that have been
committed to us. The members of the church are in need of an awakening, that they may
realize their responsibility to impart these truths.”--Testimonies, Vol. 7, p. 62. {A Call to be a
Medical Evangelism 10.5}
2. You will never be ministers after the gospel order till you show a decided interest in
medical missionary work, the gospel of healing and blessing and strengthening. . . . {Ev
523.4}
3. “Let our ministers who have gained an experience in preaching the Word, learn how to give
simple treatments, and then labor intelligently as medical missionary evangelists.”{SpM
319.8}
4. “The minister will often be called upon to act the part of a physician. He should have a
training that will enable him to administer the simpler remedies for the relief of
suffering. Ministers and Bible workers should prepare themselves for this line of work; for in
doing it, they are following the example of Christ. They should be as well prepared by
education and practice to combat disease of the body as they are to heal the sin-sick soul by
pointing to the great Physician. They are fulfilling the commission which Christ gave to the
twelve and afterwards to the seventy: "Into whatsoever city ye enter . . . heal the sick that are
therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you." Christ stands by
their side, as ready to heal the sick as when He was on this earth in person.”-- Medical
Ministry, p. 253. {CME 28.2}

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 5. “All gospel workers should know how to give the simple treatments that do so much to relieve
pain and remove disease.”-- Ministry of Healing, p. 146. {CME 28.4}
6. “Every gospel worker should feel that the giving of instruction in the principles of
healthful living is a part of his appointed work. Of this work there is great need, and the world
is open for it.”--Ministry of Healing, p. 147. {CME 28.5}

What are the qualifications of True Medical Missionary?

How long should be the training and where should I be trained?
1. “Workers-gospel medical missionaries-are needed now. You cannot afford to spend years in
preparation. Soon doors now open to the truth will be forever closed. Carry the message
now. Do not wait, allowing the enemy to take possession of the fields now open before you.
Let little companies go forth to do the work to which Christ appointed His disciples. Let them
labor as evangelists, scattering our publications, and talking of the truth to those they meet.
Let them pray for the sick, ministering to their necessities, not with drugs, but with nature's
remedies, and teaching them how to regain health and avoid disease.”--Testimonies, Vol. 9,
pp. 171, 172.
2. “The Lord calls upon our young people to enter our schools and quickly fit themselves
for service. In various places, outside of cities, schools are to be established where our youth
can receive an education that will prepare them to go forth to do evangelical work and medical
missionary work.” {CH 395.2}
3. “In the work of the school maintain simplicity. No argument is so powerful as is success
founded on simplicity. You may attain success in the education of students as medical
missionaries without a medical school that can qualify physicians to compete with the
physicians of the world. Let the students be given a practical education. The less dependent
you are upon worldly methods of education, the better it will be for the students. Special
instruction should be given in the art of treating the sick without the use of poisonous drugs
and in harmony with the light that God has given. In the treatment of the sick, poisonous drugs
need not be used. Students should come forth from the school without having sacrificed the
principles of health reform or their love for God and righteousness. {9T 175.1}
4. “The education that meets the world's standard is to be less and less valued by those who
are seeking for efficiency in carrying the medical missionary work in connection with the
work of the third angel's message. They are to be educated from the standpoint of
conscience, and, as they conscientiously and faithfully follow right methods in their treatment
of the sick, these methods will come to be recognized as preferable to the methods to which
many have become accustomed, which demand the use of poisonous drugs.” {9T 175.2}

Who is our example in medical missionary work?

(i) Jesus Our Example-
1. “With Him love was life, and life was service.” {Ed 80.2}
2. “Our Lord Jesus Christ came to this world as the unwearied servant of man's
necessity. He "took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses," that He might minister to
every need of humanity. Matthew 8:17. The burden of disease and wretchedness and
sin He came to remove. It was His mission to bring to men complete restoration;
He came to give them health and peace and perfection of character.” {MH 17.1}
3. “……From Him flowed a stream of healing power, and in body and mind and soul
men were made whole.” {MH 17.2}

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 4. “Jesus carried the awful weight of responsibility for the salvation of men. He knew that
unless there was a decided change in the principles and purposes of the human race, all would
be lost. …..Yet He did not fail or become discouraged.” {MH 18.1}
5. “In all things He brought His wishes into strict abeyance to His mission. He glorified His
life by making everything in it subordinate to the will of His Father. When in His youth His
mother, finding Him in the school of the rabbis, said, "Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with
us?" He answered,--and His answer is the keynote of His lifework,--"How is it that ye sought
Me? wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?" Luke 2:48, 49. {MH 19.1}
6. “His life was one of constant self-sacrifice. He had no home in this world except as the
kindness of friends provided for Him as a wayfarer. He came to live in our behalf the life of
the poorest and to walk and work among the needy and the suffering. Unrecognized and
unhonored, He walked in and out among the people for whom He had done so much.” {MH
19.2}
7. “He was always patient and cheerful, and the afflicted hailed Him as a messenger of life
and peace. He saw the needs of men and women, children and youth, and to all He gave the
invitation, "Come unto Me." {MH 19.3}
8. “During His ministry, Jesus devoted more time to healing the sick than to preaching. His
miracles testified to the truth of His words, that He came not to destroy, but to save. Wherever
He went, the tidings of His mercy preceded Him. Where He had passed, the objects of His
compassion were rejoicing in health and making trial of their new-found powers. Crowds were
collecting around them to hear from their lips the works that the Lord had wrought. His voice
was the first sound that many had ever heard, His name the first word they had ever spoken,
His face the first they had ever looked upon. Why should they not love Jesus and sound His
praise? As He passed through the towns and cities He was like a vital current, diffusing life
and joy.”{MH 19.4}
9. “The Saviour made each work of healing an occasion for implanting divine principles in
the mind and soul. This was the purpose of His work. He imparted earthly blessings, that
He might incline the hearts of men to receive the gospel of His grace.” {MH 20.1}
10. “The Scriptures of the Old Testament were His constant study, and the words, "Thus saith
the Lord," were ever upon His lips.” {DA 84.1}
11. “………His voice was heard explaining the Scriptures. Often He taught in the outer court
of the temple, that the Gentiles might hear His words. {MH 20.2}
12. “What a busy life He led! Day by day He might have been seen entering the humble abodes
of want and sorrow, speaking hope to the downcast and peace to the distressed. Gracious,
tenderhearted, pitiful, He went about lifting up the bowed-down and comforting the sorrowful.
Wherever He went, He carried blessing.” {MH 24.1}
13. “While He ministered to the poor, Jesus studied also to find ways of reaching the rich. He
sought the acquaintance of the wealthy and cultured Pharisee, the Jewish nobleman, and
the Roman ruler. He accepted their invitations, attended their feasts, made Himself
familiar with their interests and occupations, that He might gain access to their hearts, and
reveal to them the imperishable riches.”{MH 24.2}

How was Jesus able to accomplish this work?

(i) He was dependant upon His Father
1. Joh.5:30 “I can of mine own self do nothing.”
2. “It was not on the cross only that Christ sacrificed Himself for humanity. As He "went about
doing good" (Acts 10:38), every day's experience was an outpouring of His life. In one way
only could such a life be sustained. Jesus lived in dependence upon God and communion
with Him. To the secret place of the Most High, under the shadow of the Almighty, men now
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 and then repair; they abide for a season, and the result is manifest in noble deeds; then their
faith fails, the communion is interrupted, and the lifework marred. But the life of Jesus was a
life of constant trust, sustained by continual communion; and His service for heaven and
earth was without failure or faltering.” {Ed 80.3}

Jesus was fully surrendered to the control of the Holy Spirit.

1. Lk.4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them
that are bruised.”
2. Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil;
for God was with him.
3. Joh.14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?
the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth
in me, he doeth the works.

Jesus led a prayerful life

1. “Not until the last sufferer had been relieved did Jesus cease His work. It was far into the night
when the multitude departed and silence settled down upon the home of Simon. The long,
exciting day was past, and Jesus sought rest. But while the city was wrapped in slumber,
the Saviour, "rising up a great while before day," "went out, and departed into a solitary
place, and there prayed." Mark 1:35. {MH 29.4}
2. “The Saviour's life on earth was a life of communion with nature and with God. In this
communion He revealed for us the secret of a life of power………Jesus was an earnest,
constant worker…. Yet His was a life of health….. In body as in soul He was an example of
what God designed all humanity to be through obedience to His laws.” {MH 51.2}
3. “All day He ministered to the throngs that came to Him, and at eventide, or in the early
morning, He went away to the sanctuary of the mountains for communion with His
Father.” {MH 55.1}
4. “……….But as He returned from the hours of prayer that closed the toilsome day, they
marked the look of peace upon His face, the freshness and life and power that seemed to
pervade His whole being. From hours spent alone with God He came forth, morning by
morning, to bring the light of heaven to men.” {MH 55.2}

How will we come to this expereince?

Remember this statement….
 “If we were as closely connected with Christ as were His disciples, God could
work through us to heal many who are suffering.” {CH 534.2}
1. “All who are under the training of God need the quiet hour for communion with
their own hearts, with nature, and with God. In them is to be revealed a life that is
not in harmony with the world, its customs, or its practices; and they need to have a
personal experience in obtaining a knowledge of the will of God. We must
individually hear Him speaking to the heart. When every other voice is hushed, and in
quietness we wait before Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of
God. He bids us, "Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10. This is the
effectual preparation for all labor for God. Amidst the hurrying throng, and the strain
of life's intense activities, he who is thus refreshed will be surrounded with an
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 atmosphere of light and peace. He will receive a new endowment of both physical and
mental strength. His life will breathe out a fragrance, and will reveal a divine power
that will reach men's hearts.” {MH 58.3}

What will give us the confidence to do this work and what are our credentials?
1. “Brethren, it is your privilege to carry with you the credentials that you are Christ's,—
love, joy, and peace.”{HS 126.1}
2. “The harmony and unity of the church are the credentials that they present to the
world that Jesus is the Son of God. Genuine conversion will ever lead to genuine love
for Jesus and for all those for whom He died.” {5T 279.1}
3. “…. Experience in practical life is indispensable. Order, thoroughness, punctuality,
self-control, a sunny temper, evenness of disposition, self-sacrifice, integrity, and
courtesy are essential qualifications.” {Ed 277.1}
4. “ …..The laborer for souls needs consecration, integrity, intelligence, industry,
energy, and tact. Possessing these qualifications, no man can be inferior; instead, he will
have a commanding influence for good.”{GW 111.1}
5. “Seek the Lord most earnestly, that you may become more and more refined, more
spiritually cultured. Then you will have the very best diploma that anyone can have--
the endorsement of God.” {7T 281.2}
(i) As medical missionaries,we should know our charter
1. “The gospel commission is the great missionary charter of Christ's kingdom. The disciples
were to work earnestly for souls, giving to all the invitation of mercy. They were not to
wait for the people to come to them; they were to go to the people with their message.”
{AA 28.1}
2. “The commission that Christ gave to His disciples just before His ascension is the great
missionary charter of His kingdom. In giving it to the disciples, the Saviour made them
His ambassadors and gave them their credentials. If, afterward, they should be challenged
and asked by what authority they, unlearned fishermen, went forth as teachers and healers,
they could reply: "He whom the Jews crucified, but who rose from the dead, appointed us
to the ministry of His word, declaring, 'All power is given unto Me in heaven and in
earth.'" {8T 14.2}

What methods are we to follow in doing this work?

Follow the Saviour's Methods
 “Christ's method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The
Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His
sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He
bade them, "Follow Me." {CD 458.3}
 There is need of coming close to the people by personal effort. If less time were
given to sermonizing, and more time were spent in personal ministry, greater
results would be seen. The poor are to be relieved, the sick cared for, the
sorrowing and bereaved comforted, the ignorant instructed, the inexperienced
counseled. We are to weep with those that weep, and rejoice with those that
rejoice. Accompanied by the power of persuasion, the power of prayer, the power
of the love of God, this work will not, cannot, be without fruit. {CD 458.4}

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  “We should ever remember that the object of the medical missionary work is to
point sin-sick men and women to the Man of Calvary, who taketh away the sin of
the world.”{CD 458.5}

Let us analyse these steps

 He mingled with the people as one who desired their good
 He showed His sympathy for them,
 He ministered to their needs and won their confidence
 The He bade them follow me.

Where should medical missionary work be done and what methods are we to use?

Medical Missionary work in towns and villages

 “From the instruction that the Lord has given me from time to time, I know that
there should be workers who make medical evangelistic tours among the towns
and villages. Those who do this work will gather a rich harvest of souls from both
the higher and lower classes. The way for this work is best prepared by the
efforts of the faithful canvasser.” {CME 20.2}

Medical missionary work in the cities

 “The work in the cities is the essential work for this time, and is now to be
taken hold of in faith. When the cities are worked as God would have them, the
result will be the setting in operation of a mighty movement such as we have not
yet witnessed. May the Lord give wisdom to our brethren that they may know how
to carry forward the work in harmony with His will. With mighty power the cry
is to be sounded in our large centers of population: "Behold, the Bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet Him." {MM 331.3}

 “The message that I am bidden to bear to our people at this time is, Work the cities
without delay, for time is short. The Lord has kept this work before us for the last
twenty years or more. A little has been done in a few places, but much more might be
done. I am carrying a burden day and night, because so little is being accomplished to
warn the inhabitants of our great centers of population of the judgments that will fall upon
the transgressors of God's law.”--Letter 168, 1909. {MM 300.4}

 The medical missionary work is a door through which the truth is to find entrance to
many homes in the cities.--Counsels on Health, p. 556. {CME 15.1}

 “The importance of making our way in the great cities is still kept before me. For
many years the Lord has been urging upon us this duty, and yet we see but comparatively
little accomplished in our great centers of population. If we do not take up this work in a
determined manner, Satan will multiply difficulties which will not be easy to surmount.
We are far behind in doing the work that should have been done in these long-neglected
cities. The work will now be more difficult than it would have been a few years ago. But

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 if we take up the work in the name of the Lord, barriers will be broken down, and
decided victories will be ours.” {CME 14.1}

 “In this work physicians and gospel ministers are needed. We must press our petitions to
the Lord and do our best, pressing forward with all the energy possible to make an
opening in the large cities. Had we in the past worked after the Lord's plans, many
lights would be shining brightly that are going out.”--Medical Ministry, pp. 301, 302.
{CME 14.2}

 “The terrible disasters that are befalling great cities ought to arouse us to intense activity
in giving the warning message to the people in these congested centers of population
while we still have an opportunity. The most favorable time for the presentation of our
message in the cities has passed by. Sin and wickedness are rapidly increasing; and now
we shall have to redeem the time by laboring all the more earnestly.”--Medical Ministry,
p. 310. {CME 14.3}

 “ There is a world perishing in sin, and who will take up the work in our cities? The
greatest physician is the one who walks in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.--Counsels on
Health, p. 544. {CME 28.1}

 Let many now ask, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" It is the Lord's purpose that
His method of healing without drugs shall be brought into prominence in every large
city through our medical institutions. God invests with holy dignity those who go
forth in His power to heal the sick. Let the light shine forth farther and still farther, in
every place to which it is possible to obtain entrance. Satan will make the work as difficult
as possible, but divine power will attend all true-hearted workers. Guided by our
heavenly Father's hand, let us go forward, improving every opportunity to extend the work
of God.--Medical Ministry, p. 325. {CME 16.1}

 Henceforth medical missionary work is to be carried forward with an earnestness with

which it has never yet been carried. This work is the door through which the truth is to
find entrance to the large cities.--Testimonies, Vol. 9, p. 167. {CME 17.1}

Short study of God’s methods according to the Blue print

(For more information on medical missionary work in the cities,read volume 7,8 & 9 of the
Testimonies)

 Mobile medical missionary evangelists

 We should have Hygienic restaurants(vegetarian restaurants) in the cities
 We should have Treatment rooms
 We should have Food stores
 We should have Cooking schools
 We should have sanitariums in the countryside

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Mobile medical missionary evangelists
(i) “From the instruction that the Lord has given me from time to time, I know that there should
be workers who make medical evangelistic tours among the towns and villages. Those who
do this work will gather a rich harvest of souls from both the higher and lower classes. The
way for this work is best prepared by the efforts of the faithful canvasser.” {CME 20.2}

Why should we have Hygienic restaurants and city treatment rooms?

 “Our restaurants bring us in contact with many people,.” {CD 473.3}

 “I have been instructed that one of the principal reasons why hygienic restaurants and
treatment-rooms should be established in the centers of large cities, is that by this means
the attention of leading men will be called to the third angel's message. Noticing that
these restaurants are conducted in a way altogether different from the way in which ordinary
restaurants are conducted, men of intelligence will begin to inquire into the reasons for the
difference in business methods, and will investigate the principles that lead us to serve
superior food. Thus they will be led to a knowledge of the message for this time.”--
Testimonies, vol. 7, pp. 122, 123. {ChS 139.1}

 “When the restaurant work was started, it was expected that it would be the means of
reaching many with the message of present truth. Has it done this?”{7T 116.4}
 “For all who are engaged in the health food business I have words of counsel. I have said that
food stores and hygienic restaurants should be established in cities, and that they should
be so conducted that they will be the means of reaching people with the gospel message
for this time.”{HFM 67.2}

 “But our restaurants can be so conducted that they will be the means of saving souls. Let
us seek the Lord earnestly for humility of heart, that He may teach us how to walk in the light
of His counsel, how to understand His word, how to accept it, and how to put it into
practice.”{7T 120.1}

 “The smaller restaurants will recommend the principles of health reform just as well as the
larger establishment and will be much more easily managed. We are not commissioned to
feed the world, but we are instructed to educate the people. In the smaller restaurants there
will not be so much work to do, and the helpers will have more time to devote to the study of
the word, more time to learn how to do their work well, and more time to answer the inquiries
of the patrons who are desirous of learning about the principles of health reform.”{7T 119.2}

 In Connection With Hygienic Restaurants.--Hygienic restaurants are to be established

in the cities, and by them the message of temperance is to be proclaimed. Arrangements
should be made to hold meetings in connection with our restaurants. Whenever possible, let a
room be provided where the patrons can be invited to lectures on the science of health and
Christian temperance, where they can receive instruction on the preparation of wholesome
food and on other important subjects. In these meetings there should be prayer and singing
and talks, not only on health and temperance topics, but also on other appropriate Bible
subjects. As the people are taught how to preserve physical health, many opportunities

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 will be found to sow the seeds of the gospel of the kingdom.-- Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 115.
{Te 248.3}

 The closing message of the gospel is to be carried to "every nation, and kindred, and tongue,
and people." Revelation 14:6. In foreign countries many enterprises for the advancement of
this message must yet be begun and carried forward.The opening of hygienic restaurants
and treatment rooms, and the establishment of sanitariums for the care of the sick and the
suffering, is just as necessary in Europe as in America. In many lands medical missions are
to be established to act as God's helping hand in ministering to the afflicted.--Testimonies,
Vol. 7, p. 51. {CME 30.2}

 God has declared that sanitariums and hygienic restaurants should be established for the
purpose of making known to the world His law. The closing of our restaurants on the
Sabbath is to be a witness that there is a people who will not for worldly gain, or to
please people, disregard God's holy rest day. These restaurants are to be established in
our cities to bring the truth before many who are engrossed in the business and pleasure
of this world. Many of these are professed Christians, but are "lovers of pleasures more than
lovers of God." These are to know that God has a people who fear Him and keep His
commandments. They are to be taught how to choose and prepare the simple food that is best
suited to nourish the body and preserve the health.--MS. 115, 1903. {MM 306.1}

What kind of restaurants should these be?

 “I wish that some of those who have means tied up in banks, could be led to study the
situation, and devise means whereby this work of establishing vegetarian restaurants
could be enlarged, so that more might be benefited.” {RH, February 19, 1901 par. 8}
 “…Vegetarian restaurants, treatment rooms, cooking schools, are to be established. The
people are to be taught how to prepare wholesome food. They are to be educated by showing
the need of discarding tea, coffee, and flesh meat. There are to be suitable furnished rooms,
where people can be received, and given religious instruction.--Letter 49, 1902, p. 12. (To S.
N. Haskell and wife, February 5, 1902.) {7MR 398.1}

What is the danger that should be avoided in restaurant work?

 “There is danger that our restaurants will be conducted in such a way that our helpers
will work very hard day after day and week after week, and yet not be able to point to
any good accomplished. This matter needs careful consideration. We have no right to bind
our young people up in a work that yields no fruit to the glory of God.” {7T 120.2}

 “There is danger that the restaurant work, though regarded as a wonderfully successful way of
doing good, will be so conducted that it will promote merely the physical well-being of
those whom it serves. A work may apparently bear the features of supreme excellence, but it
is not good in God's sight unless it is performed with an earnest desire to do His will and
fulfill His purpose. If God is not recognized as the author and end of our actions, they are
weighed in the balances of the sanctuary and found wanting.”{7T 120.3}

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How big should be our restaurants and why?
 “The care that should be given to these employees is one of the reasons in favor of
having in a large city several small restaurants instead of one large one. But this is not the
only reason why it will be best to establish several small restaurants in different parts of our
large cities. The smaller restaurants will recommend the principles of health reform just
as well as the larger establishment and will be much more easily managed……In the
smaller restaurants there will not be so much work to do, and the helpers will have more
time to devote to the study of the word, more time to learn how to do their work well,
and more time to answer the inquiries of the patrons who are desirous of learning about
the principles of health reform.” {7T 119.2}

What should be the spiritual experience of the workers?

 “The workers in our restaurants should live in such close connection with God that they
will recognize the promptings of His Spirit to talk personally about spiritual things to
such and such a one who comes to the restaurant. When self is crucified and Christ is
formed within, the hope of glory, we shall reveal, in thought, word, and deed, the reality of
our belief in the truth. The Lord will be with us, and through us the Holy Spirit will work to
reach those who are out of Christ.” {7T 116.2}
 “It is important that wise plans be laid for the care of the helpers in all our institutions and
especially for those employed in our restaurants. Good helpers should be secured, and
every advantage should be provided that will aid them to grow in grace and in the
knowledge of Christ. They are not to be left to the mercy of haphazard circumstances, with
no regular time for prayer and no time at all for Bible study. When left thus, they become
heedless and careless, indifferent to eternal realities.” {7T 118.3}
 “With every restaurant there should be connected a man and his wife who can act as
guardians of the helpers, a man and woman who love the Saviour and the souls for whom He
died, and who keep the way of the Lord.” {7T 118.4}
 “The young women should be under the care of a wise, judicious matron, a woman who is
thoroughly converted, who will carefully guard the workers, especially the younger ones.”
{7T 119.1}
 “The question has been asked: "Should our restaurants be opened on the Sabbath?" My
answer is: No, no! The observance of the Sabbath is our witness to God, the mark, or sign,
between Him and us that we are His people. Never is this mark to be obliterated. {7T 121.1}
 “Were the workers in our restaurants to provide meals on the Sabbath the same as they do
through the week for the mass of people who would come, where would be their day of rest?
What opportunity would they have to recruit their physical and spiritual strength?” {7T
121.2}
 “Not long since, special light was given me on this subject. I was shown that efforts would be
made to break down our standard of Sabbath observance, that men would plead for the
opening of our restaurants on the Sabbath; but that this must never be done.” {7T 121.3}

Why Should Cooking Schools be established?

 “Often health reform is made health deform by the unpalatable preparation of food.
The lack of knowledge regarding healthful cookery must be remedied before health
reform is a success.”-- Medical Ministry, p. 270. {CME 36.2}
 “The great backsliding upon health reform is because unwise minds have handled it and
carried it to such extremes that it has disgusted in place of converting people to it. I have
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 been where these radical ideas have been carried out. Vegetables prepared with only water,
and everything else in like manner. This kind of cookery is health deform, and there are some
minds so constituted that they will accept anything that bears the features of rigorous diet or
reform of any kind.” {CD 212.1}
 “One reason why many have become discouraged in practicing health reform is that
they have not learned how to cook so that proper food, simply prepared, would supply
the place of the diet to which they have been accustomed. They become disgusted with the
poorly prepared dishes, and next we hear them say that they have tried the health reform and
cannot live in that way. Many attempt to follow out meager instructions in health reform and
make such sad work that it results in injury to digestion, and in discouragement to all
concerned in the attempt. You profess to be health reformers, and for this very reason you
should become good cooks. Those who can avail themselves of the advantages of properly
conducted hygienic cooking schools will find it a great benefit both in their own practice and
in teaching others.-- Counsels on Health, pp. 450, 451. {CME 36.1}
 “Wherever medical missionary work is carried on in our large cities, cooking schools should
be held; and wherever a strong educational missionary work is in progress, a hygienic
restaurant of some sort should be established, which shall give a practical illustration of the
proper selection and the healthful preparation of foods.” {7T 55.2}
 “Cooking schools are to be established in many places. This work may begin in a humble
way, but as intelligent cooks do their best to enlighten others, the Lord will give them skill
and understanding. The word of the Lord is: "Forbid them not, for I will reveal Myself to
them as their Instructor." He will work with those who carry out His plans, teaching the
people how to bring about reformation in their diet by the preparation of healthful,
inexpensive foods. Thus the poor will be encouraged to adopt the principles of health reform;
they will be helped to become industrious and self-reliant.” {7T 113.2}
 “It has been presented to me that men and women of capability were being taught of
God how to prepare wholesome, palatable foods in an acceptable manner. Many of these
were young, and there were also those of mature age. I have been instructed to encourage the
conducting of cooking schools in all places where medical missionary work is being done.
Every inducement to lead the people to reform must be held out before them. Let as much
light as possible shine upon them. Teach them to make every improvement that they can
in the preparation of food, and encourage them to impart to others that which they
learn.” {7T 113.3}
 377. Connected with our sanitariums and schools there should be cooking schools, where
instruction is given on the proper preparation of food. In all our schools there should be those
who are fitted to educate the students, both young men and women, in the art of cooking.
Women especially should learn how to cook. {CD 254.3} R. & H., June 6, 1912
 378. Good service can be done by teaching the people how to prepare healthful food. This
line of work is as essential as any that can be taken up. More cooking schools should be
established, and some should labor from house to house, giving instruction in the art of
cooking wholesome foods.
 [SEE "COOKING SCHOOLS" IN SECTION XXV] {CD 254.4}

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The work of Sanitariums

Why should we have Sanitariums?

 “I have been instructed that our medical institutions are to stand as witnesses for God. They
are established to relieve the sick and the afflicted, to awaken a spirit of inquiry, to
disseminate light, and to advance reform. These institutions, rightly conducted, will be the
means of bringing a knowledge of the reforms essential to prepare a people for the coming of
the Lord, before many that otherwise it would be impossible for us to reach.” {CH 234.1}
(i) As a means of enlightening the sick who come for treatment
 “The Sanitarium is to be the Lord's instrumentality for sowing the seeds of truth in human
hearts and removing the unjust stigma which has been placed upon Seventh-day
Adventists.--Letter 42, 1900, p. 8. (To S. N. Haskell, March, 1900.)
 “Those who have to do with the locating of our sanitariums should prayerfully study the
character and aim of sanitarium work. They should ever bear in mind that they are
working for the restoration of the image of God in man. In one hand they are to
carry remedies for the relief of physical suffering, and in the other the gospel for the
relief of sin-burdened souls. Thus they are to work as true medical missionaries. In many
hearts they are to sow the seeds of truth.” {7T 80.1}
 “Why do we establish sanitariums? That the sick who come to them for treatment may
receive relief from physical suffering and may also receive spiritual help. Because of their
condition of health they are susceptible to the sanctifying influence of the medical
missionaries who labor for their restoration. Let us work wisely, for their best interests.”
{7T 95.2}
 “Our sanitariums are to be established for one object, the advancement of present
truth. And they are to be so conducted that a decided impression in favor of the truth will
be made on the minds of those who come to them for treatment. The conduct of the
workers, from the head manager to the worker occupying the humblest position, is to tell
on the side of truth. The institution is to be pervaded by a spiritual atmosphere. We have a
warning message to bear to the world, and our earnestness, our devotion to God's service,
is to impress those who come to our sanitariums.” {7T 97.2}
 “Our sanitariums are to be the means of enlightening those who come to them for
treatment. The patients are to be shown how they can live upon a diet of grains, fruits,
nuts, and other products of the soil. I have been instructed that lectures should be
regularly given in our sanitariums on health topics. People are to be taught to discard
those articles of food that weaken the health and strength of the beings for whom Christ
gave His life. The injurious effects of tea and coffee are to be shown. The patients are to
be taught how they can dispense with those articles of diet that injure the digestive organs.
. . . Let the patients be shown the necessity of practicing the principles of health reform, if
they would regain their health. Let the sick be shown how to get well by being temperate
in eating and by taking regular exercise in the open air. . . . By the work of our
sanitariums, suffering is to be relieved and health restored. People are to be taught how,
by carefulness in eating and drinking, they may keep well. . . . Abstinence from flesh meat
will benefit those who abstain. The diet question is a subject of living interest. . . . Our
sanitariums are established for a special purpose, to teach people that we do not live
to eat, but that we eat to live.” {CD 444.2}
 “The light given me was that a sanitarium should be established, and that in it drug
medication should be discarded, and simple, rational methods of treatment employed
for the healing of disease. In this institution people were to be taught how to dress,
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 breathe, and eat properly--how to prevent sickness by proper habits of living.” {CD
303.4}
 “The Lord has ordained that sanitariums be established in many places to stand as
memorials for Him. This is one of His chosen ways of proclaiming the third angel's
message. By this means the truth will reach many who, but for these agencies, would
never be lightened by the brightness of the gospel message….Our sanitarium work is to
help make up the number of God's people. Through this line of missionary effort
infidels will be converted. By the wonderful restorations taking place in our
sanitariums many will be led to look to Christ as the healer of soul and body.” {CH
248.1}
 “Live out My law "as the apple of thine eye." God's commandments, obeyed, are "life
unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh." Proverbs 4:22. {CH 206.3}Our
sanitariums are an educating power to teach the people in these lines. Those who are
taught can in turn impart to others a knowledge of health-restoring and health-preserving
principles. Thus our sanitariums are to be an instrumentality for reaching the people, an
agency for showing them the evil of disregarding the laws of life and health, and for
teaching them how to preserve the body in the best condition. Sanitariums are to be
established in different countries that are entered by our missionaries, and are to be
centers from which a work of healing, restoring, and educating shall be carried on.”
{CH 207.1}
 Our sanitariums are to be established for one object --the advancement of present
truth. And they are to be so conducted that a decided impression in favor of the truth will
be made on the minds of those who come to them for treatment. The conduct of the
workers, from the head manager to the worker occupying the humblest position, is to tell
on the side of truth. The institution is to be pervaded by a spiritual atmosphere. We have a
warning message to bear to the world, and our earnestness, our devotion to God's service,
is to impress those who come to our sanitariums. . . . {CH 272.3}

Where should they be located?

 “My warning is: Keep out of the cities. Build no sanitariums in the cities.”{CL 10.4}

 In August, 1901 while attending the Los Angeles camp meeting, I was, in the visions of
the night, in a council meeting. The question under consideration was the establishment of
a sanitarium in Southern California. By some it was urged that this sanitarium should be
built in the city of Los Angeles, and the objections to establishing it out of the city were
pointed out. Others spoke of the advantages of a country location. {CH 166.1}
 There was among us One who presented this matter very clearly and with the utmost
simplicity. He told us that it would be a mistake to establish a sanitarium within the
city limits. A sanitarium should have the advantage of plenty of land, so that the invalids
can work in the open air. For nervous, gloomy, feeble patients, outdoor work is
invaluable. Let them have flower beds to care for. In the use of rake and hoe and spade,
they will find relief for many of their maladies. Idleness is the cause of many diseases.
{CH 166.2}
 Life in the open air is good for body and mind. It is God's medicine for the restoration of
health. Pure air, good water, sunshine, the beautiful surroundings of nature--these are His
means for restoring the sick to health in natural ways. To the sick it is worth more than
silver or gold to lie in the sunshine or in the shade of the trees. {CH 166.3}

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  In the country our sanitariums can be surrounded by flowers and trees, orchards and
vineyards. Here it is easy for physicians and nurses to draw from the things of nature
lessons teaching of God. Let them point the patients to Him whose hand has made the
lofty trees,the springing grass, and the beautiful flowers, encouraging them to see in every
opening bud and blossoming flower an expression of His love for His children. {CH
166.4
 It is the expressed will of God that our sanitariums shall be established as far
from the cities as is consistent. So far as possible, these institutions should be located in
quiet, secluded places, where opportunity will be afforded for giving the patients
instruction concerning the love of God and the Eden home of our first parents, which,
through the sacrifice of Christ, is to be restored to man. {CH 167.1}
 Out of the Cities - Light has been given me that in medical missionary work we have lost
great advantages by failing to realize the need of a change in our plans in regard to the
location of sanitariums. It is the Lord's will that these institutions shall be established
outside the city. They should be situated in the country, in the midst of surroundings as
attractive as possible. In nature--the Lord's garden--the sick will always find something to
divert their attention from themselves and lift their thoughts to God. {CH 265.3}
 I have been instructed that the sick should be cared for away from the bustle of the cities,
away from the noise of streetcars and the continual rattling of carts and carriages. People
who come to our sanitariums from country homes will appreciate a quiet place, and
in retirement patients will be more readily influenced by the Spirit of God. {CH
265.4}
 Not Among the Wealthy [TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH, VOL. 7, PP. 88, 89
(1902).]
It might seem to us that it would be best to select for our sanitariums places among the
wealthy, that this would give character to our work and secure patronage for our institutions.
But in this there is no light. "The Lord seeth not as man seeth." 1 Samuel 16:7. Man looks at
the outward appearance; God looks at the heart. The fewer grand buildings there are around
our institutions, the less vexation we shall experience.
 How far from the city? - “The Lord in His providence has opened the way for His
workers to take an advance step in New England--a field where much special work should
be done. The brethren there have been enabled to arrange to change the location of the
sanitarium from South Lancaster to Melrose, a place much nearer Boston, and yet far
enough removed from the busy city so that the patients may have the most favorable
conditions for recovery of health. The transfer of the New England Sanitarium to a place
so convenient to the city of Boston is in God's providence.” {LDE 103.2}
 “I have received much instruction regarding the location of sanitariums. They
should be a few miles distant from the large cities, and land should be secured in
connection with them. Fruit and vegetables should be cultivated, and the patients should
be encouraged to take up outdoor work. Many who are suffering from pulmonary disease
might be cured if they would live in a climate where they could be out-of-doors most of
the year. Many who have died of consumption might have lived if they had breathed more
pure air. Fresh outdoor air is as healing as medicine, and leaves no injurious
aftereffects....” {2SM 291.1}

Co-operation of School and sanitarium

 “An educational work should be carried on in connection with all our sanitariums. There
is a close relation between the work of our schools and our sanitariums, and wherever it is
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 practicable, there are decided advantages in having a school in close connection with a
sanitarium.There would be in such an arrangement decided advantages to both lines of
work.” {CH 242.4}

Why not pray for the healing of the sick instead of having sanitarium?
 “The way in which Christ worked was to preach the word, and to relieve suffering by
miraculous works of healing. But I am instructed that we cannot now work in this
way; for Satan will exercise his power by working miracles. God's servants today
could not work by means of miracles, because spurious works of healing, claiming to
be divine, will be wrought.” {MM 14.2}
 “For this reason the Lord has marked out a way in which His people are to carry forward a
work of physical healing combined with the teaching of the word. Sanitariums are to be
established, and with these institutions are to be connected workers who will carry
forward genuine medical missionary work. Thus a guarding influence is thrown
around those who come to the sanitariums for treatment.” {MM 14.3}
 “This is the provision the Lord has made whereby gospel medical missionary work is to
be done for many souls. These institutions are to be established out of the cities, and in
them educational work is to be intelligently carried forward.”--Letter 53, 1904. {MM
14.4}
 “Some have asked me, "Why should we have sanitariums? Why should we not, like
Christ, pray for the sick, that they may be healed miraculously?" I have answered,
"Suppose we were able to do this in all cases; how many would appreciate the healing?
Would those who were healed become health reformers, or continue to be health
destroyers?" {CME 34.2}

 “In letters received from our brethren, the questions are asked, "Why do we expend so
much effort in establishing sanitariums? Why do we not pray for the healing of the
sick, instead of having sanitariums?" CH 469.1

 “There is more to these questions that is at first apparent. In the early history of our
work, many were healed by prayer. And some, after they were healed, pursued the
same course in the indulgence of appetite that they had followed in the past. They did
not live and work in such a way as to avoid sickness. They did not show that they
appreciated the Lord's goodness to them. Again and again they were brought to
suffering through their own careless, thoughtless course of action. How could the Lord
be glorified in bestowing on them the gift of health?” CH 469.2

 “When the light came that we should begin sanitarium work, the reasons were plainly
given. There were many who needed to be educated in regard to healthful living.
As the work developed, we were instructed that suitable places were to be provided, to
which we could bring the sick and suffering who knew nothing of our people and
scarcely anything of the Bible, and there teach them how to regain health by rational
methods of treatment without having recourse to poisonous drugs, and at the same
time surround them with uplifting spiritual influences. As a part of the treatment,
lectures were to be given on right habits of eating and drinking and dressing.
Instruction was to be given regarding the choice and the preparation of food, showing
that food may be prepared so as to be wholesome and nourishing and at the same time
appetizing and palatable.” CH 469.3

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  “In all our medical institutions, patients should be systematically and carefully
instructed how to prevent disease by a wise course of action. Through lectures and the
consistent practice of the principles of healthful living on the part of consecrated
physicians and nurses, the blinded understanding of many will be opened, and truths
never before thought of will be fastened on the mind. Many of the patients will be led
to keep the body in the most healthy condition possible, because it is the Lord's
purchased possession. . . .” CH 470.1

 “When we have shown the people that we have right principles regarding health
reform, we should then take up the temperance question in all its bearings, and drive it
home to the hilt.” CH 470.2

 “It is to save the souls, as well as to cure the bodies, of men and women, that at
much expense our sanitariums are established. God designs that by means of these
agencies of His own planting, the rich and the poor, the high and the low, shall find
the bread of heaven and the water of life. He designs that they shall be educated in
right habits of living, spiritual and physical. The salvation of many souls is at stake. In
the providence of God, many of the sick are to be given the opportunity of separating
for a time from harmful associations and surroundings and of placing themselves in
institutions where they may receive health-restoring treatments and wise instruction
from Christian nurses and physicians. The establishment of sanitariums is a
providential arrangement, whereby people from all churches are to be reached
and made acquainted with the truth for this time.” CH 470.3

God wants us to educate the sick on the simple natural remedies He has given us.
 “Jesus Christ is the Great Healer, but He desires that by living in conformity with His laws,
we may co-operate with Him in the recovery and the maintenance of health. Combined
with the work of healing there must be an imparting of knowledge of how to resist
temptations. Those who come to our sanitariums should be aroused to a sense of their own
responsibility to work in harmony with the God of truth.” {CME 34.3}
 “We cannot heal. We cannot change the diseased conditions of the body. But it is our part, as
medical missionaries, as workers together with God, to use the means that He has
provided. Then we should pray that God will bless these agencies. We do believe in a God;
we believe in a God who hears and answers prayer. He has said, "Ask, and ye shall receive;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."--Medical Ministry, p. 13.
{CME 35.1}

God wants us to combine prayer and the use of natural remedies

 “Many have expected that God would keep them from sickness merely because they
have asked Him to do so. But God did not regard their prayers, because their faith was
not made perfect by works. God will not work a miracle to keep those from sickness who
have no care for themselves, but are continually violating the laws of health and make no
efforts to prevent disease. When we do all we can on our part to have health, then may we
expect that the blessed results will follow, and we can ask God in faith to bless our efforts for
the preservation of health. He will then answer our prayer, if His name can be glorified
thereby. But let all understand that they have a work to do. God will not work in a miraculous
manner to preserve the health of persons who are taking a sure course to make themselves
sick, by their careless inattention to the laws of health.” {CME 35.2}
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  “Those who will gratify their appetite, and then suffer because of their intemperance, and take
drugs to relieve them, may be assured that God will not interpose to save health and life which
are so recklessly periled. The cause has produced the effect. Many, as their last resort, follow
the directions in the Word of God, and request the prayers of the elders of the church for their
restoration to health. God does not see fit to answer prayers offered in behalf of such, for He
knows that if they should be restored to health, they would again sacrifice it upon the altar of
unhealthy appetite.”--Medical Ministry, pp. 13, 14. {CME 35.3}

The sick should not neglect to employ nature´s agencies for the restoration of health.
 “Not all understand these principles. Many who seek the Lord's healing mercy think that they
must have a direct and immediate answer to their prayers or their faith is defective. For this
reason, those who are weakened by disease need to be counseled wisely, that they may act
with discretion. They should not disregard their duty to the friends who may survive
them, or neglect to employ nature's agencies for the restoration of health.”{Ministry of
Healing 231.1}

 “Those who seek healing by prayer should not neglect to make use of the remedial
agencies within their reach. It is not a denial of faith to use such remedies as God has
provided to alleviate pain and to aid nature in her work of restoration. It is no denial of faith to
co-operate with God, and to place themselves in the condition most favorable to recovery.
God has put it in our power to obtain a knowledge of the laws of life. This knowledge has
been placed within our reach for use. We should employ every facility for the restoration of
health, taking every advantage possible, working in harmony with natural laws. When we
have prayed for the recovery of the sick, we can work with all the more energy, thanking
God that we have the privilege of co-operating with Him, and asking His blessing on the
means which He Himself has provided. {MH 231.3}

 “We have the sanction of the word of God for the use of remedial agencies. Hezekiah,
king of Israel, was sick, and a prophet of God brought him the message that he should die. He
cried unto the Lord, and the Lord heard His servant and sent him a message that fifteen years
should be added to his life. Now, one word from God would have healed Hezekiah instantly;
but special directions were given, "Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon
the boil, and he shall recover." Isaiah 38:21.”{MH 232.1}

 “On one occasion Christ anointed the eyes of a blind man with clay and bade him, "Go, wash
in the pool of Siloam. . . . He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing." John 9:7.
The cure could be wrought only by the power of the Great Healer, yet Christ made use of the
simple agencies of nature. While He did not give countenance to drug medication, He
sanctioned the use of simple and natural remedies. {MH 233.1}

 “ When we have prayed for the recovery of the sick, whatever the outcome of the case, let us
not lose faith in God. If we are called upon to meet bereavement, let us accept the bitter cup,
remembering that a Father's hand holds it to our lips. But should health be restored, it
should not be forgotten that the recipient of healing mercy is placed under renewed
obligation to the Creator. When the ten lepers were cleansed, only one returned to find Jesus
and give Him glory. Let none of us be like the unthinking nine, whose hearts were untouched
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 from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James
1:17.” {MH 233.2}

 “In praying for the sick, it is essential to have faith; for it is in accordance with the word of
God. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." James 5:16. So we
cannot discard praying for the sick, and we should feel very sad if we could not have the
privilege of approaching God, to lay before Him all our weaknesses and our infirmities, to tell
the compassionate Saviour all about these things, believing that He hears our petitions.
Sometimes answers to our prayers come immediately; sometimes we have to wait patiently
and continue earnestly to plead for the things that we need, our cases being illustrated by the
case of the importunate solicitor for bread.”{Counsel of Health 380.1}

 “We need grace, we need divine enlightenment, that through the Spirit we may know how to
ask for such things as we need. If our petitions are indited by the Lord they will be
answered.” {CH 380.2}

 “There are precious promises in the Scriptures to those who wait upon the Lord. We all desire
an immediate answer to our prayers and are tempted to become discouraged if our prayer is
not immediately answered. Now, my experience has taught me that this is a great mistake. The
delay is for our special benefit. We have a chance to see whether our faith is true and sincere
or changeable like the waves of the sea. We must bind ourselves upon the altar with the strong
cords of faith and love, and let patience have her perfect work. Faith strengthens through
continual exercise. This waiting does not mean that because we ask the Lord to heal there
is nothing for us to do. On the contrary, we are to make the very best use of the means which
the Lord in His goodness has provided for us in our necessities.” {CH 380.3}

 “ I have seen so much of carrying matters to extremes, in praying for the sick, that I have felt
that this part of our experience requires much solid, sanctified thinking, lest we shall make
movements that we may call faith, but which are really nothing less than presumption.
Persons worn down with affliction need to be counseled wisely, that they may move
discreetly; and while they place themselves before God to be prayed for that they may be
healed, they are not to take the position that methods of restoration to health in
accordance with nature's laws are to be neglected.” {CH 381.1}

 “ If they take the position that in praying for healing they must not use the simple
remedies provided by God to alleviate pain and to aid nature in her work, lest it be a
denial of faith, they are taking an unwise position. This is not a denial of faith; it is in strict
harmony with the plans of God. When Hezekiah was sick, the prophet of God brought him the
message that he should die. He cried unto the Lord, and the Lord heard His servant and
worked a miracle in his behalf, sending him a message that fifteen years should be added to
his life. Now, one word from God, one touch of the divine finger, would have cured Hezekiah
instantly, but special directions were given to take a fig and lay it upon the affected part, and
Hezekiah was raised to life. In everything we need to move along the line of God's
providence.” {CH 381.2}

 The human agent should have faith and should cooperate with the divine power, using every
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 working in harmony with natural laws; and in doing this he neither denies nor hinders faith. “
{CH 382.1}

 “There are many more simple remedies which will do much to restore healthful action to
the body. All these simple preparations the Lord expects us to use for ourselves, but
man's extremities are God's opportunities. If we neglect to do that which is within the reach
of nearly every family, and ask the Lord to relieve pain when we are too indolent to make use
of these remedies within our power, it is simply presumption. The Lord expects us to work in
order that we may obtain food. He does not propose that we shall gather the harvest unless we
break the sod, till the soil, and cultivate the produce. Then God sends the rain and the sunshine
and the clouds to cause vegetation to flourish. God works and man cooperates with God. Then
there is seedtime and harvest.” {2Selected Messages 297.8}

 “the sick …. were violating the laws of health….. Those who treat the sick should move
forward in their important work with strong reliance upon God for His blessing to attend the
means which He has graciously provided, and to which He has in mercy called our attention
as a people, such as pure air, cleanliness, healthful diet, proper periods of labor and repose,
and the use of water. …Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 561 (1865). {Counsels on
Health 247.2}

 “The only hope of better things is in the education of the people in right principles.
Let physicians teach the people that restorative power is not in drugs, but in nature.
Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a
violation of the laws of health. In case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained.
Unhealthful conditions should be changed, wrong habits corrected. Then nature is to
be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the
system.” {MH 127.1}
 “Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust
in divine power--these are the true remedies. Every person should have a knowledge of
nature's remedial agencies and how to apply them. It is essential both to understand the
principles involved in the treatment of the sick and to have a practical training that will
enable one rightly to use this knowledge.” {MH 127.2}
 “The use of natural remedies requires an amount of care and effort that many are
not willing to give. Nature's process of healing and upbuilding is gradual, and to the
impatient it seems slow. The surrender of hurtful indulgences requires sacrifice. But in the
end it will be found that nature, untrammeled, does her work wisely and well. Those who
persevere in obedience to her laws will reap the reward in health of body and health of
mind.”{MH 127.3}
 “It is labor lost to teach people to look to God as a healer of their infirmities, unless they
are taught also to lay aside unhealthful practices. …. They must live in harmony with
the law of God, both natural and spiritual.” {Ministry of Healing 227.4}
 “ To those who desire prayer for their restoration to health, it should be made plain
that the violation of God's law, either natural or spiritual, is sin, and that in order for
them to receive His blessing, sin must be confessed and forsaken.” {MH 228.1}

 “… we were instructed that suitable places were to be provided, … and there teach them
how to regain health by rational methods of treatment without having recourse to
poisonous drugs, and at the same time surround them with uplifting spiritual influences.
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 As a part of the treatment, lectures were to be given on right habits of eating and drinking
and dressing. Instruction was to be given regarding the choice and the preparation of food,
showing that food may be prepared so as to be wholesome and nourishing and at the same
time appetizing and palatable.” {Counsels on Health 469.3}
 “Gospel workers should be able also to give instruction in the principles of healthful
living. There is sickness everywhere, and most of it might be prevented by attention to the
laws of health. The people need to see the bearing of health principles upon their well-
being, both for this life and for the life to come. ….. Thousands need and would gladly
receive instruction concerning the simple methods of treating the sick--methods that are
taking the place of the use of poisonous drugs. There is great need of instruction in regard
to dietetic reform. Wrong habits of eating and the use of unhealthful food are in no
small degree responsible for the intemperance and crime and wretchedness that
curse the world.” {Ministry of Healing 146.3}
 “In teaching health principles, keep before the mind the great object of reform--that its
purpose is to secure the highest development of body and mind and soul. Show that the
laws of nature, being the laws of God, are designed for our good; that obedience to them
promotes happiness in this life, and aids in the preparation for the life to come.” {MH
146.4}

What about Drugs?

 Christ made use of the simple agencies of nature. While He did not give countenance to
drug medication, He sanctioned the use of simple and natural remedies. {Desire of
Ages 824.1}
 The Counsel About Drugs - Our people should become intelligent in the treatment of
sickness without the aid of poisonous drugs. …. Thousands have gone down to the grave
because of the use of poisonous drugs, who might have been restored to health by simple
methods of treatment. Water treatments, wisely and skillfully given, may be the means
of saving many lives. {Medical Missionary 227.1}
 Drugs Are Not Natural Means - In treating the sick, the physician will seek God for
wisdom; then, instead of placing his dependence upon drugs and expecting that medicine
will bring health to his patients, he will use nature's restoratives, and employ natural
means whereby the sick may be aided to recover. The Lord will hear and answer the
prayers of the Christian physician.-- U. T., 1888. {HL 247.4}
 Drugs Are Poisonous - Our people should become intelligent in the treatment of sickness
without the aid of poisonous drugs. Many should seek to obtain the education that will
enable them to combat disease in its varied forms by the most simple methods.
Thousands have gone down to the grave because of the use of poisonous drugs, who
might have been restored to health by simple methods of treatment. Water treatments,
wisely and skillfully given, may be the means of saving many lives. {MM 227.1}

How Do I Establish A Homelike Or Small Sanitarium?

They should be small
 “...we plead for sanitariums--not expensive, mammoth sanitariums, but homelike
institutions in pleasant places.
 “The sick are to be reached, not by massive buildings, but by the establishment of many
small sanitariums, . . .” CH 211

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  “It is not the Lord's will for His people to erect mammoth sanitariums anywhere. Many
sanitariums are to be established. They are not to be large, but sufficiently complete to
do a good and successful work.” CH 225
 “I have been repeatedly shown that it is not wise to erect mammoth institutions. It is
not by the largeness of an institution that the greatest work for souls is to be
accomplished. A mammoth sanitarium requires many workers. And where so many are
brought together, it is exceedingly difficult to maintain a high standard of spirituality. In a
large institution it often happens that responsible places are filled by workers who are not
spiritual-minded, who do not exercise wisdom in dealing with those who, if wisely
treated, would be awakened, convicted, and converted.” CH 239

They should be out of the cities

 “Why are our physicians so eager to be located in the cities? The very atmosphere of the cities
is polluted. In them, patients who have unnatural appetites to overcome cannot be properly
guarded. To patients who are victims of strong drink, the saloons of a city are a continual
temptation. To place our sanitariums where they are surrounded by ungodliness is to
counterwork the efforts made to restore the patients to health. {CH 267.1}
 “In the future the condition of things in the cities will grow more and more objectionable, and
the influence of city surroundings will be acknowledged as unfavorable to the accomplishment
of the work that our sanitariums should do.” {CH 267.2}
 “From the standpoint of health, the smoke and dust of the cities are very objectionable.
And the patients who for a large part of their time are shut up within four walls, often feel that
they are prisoners in their rooms. When they look out of a window, they see nothing but
houses, houses, houses. Those who are thus confined to their rooms are liable to brood over
their suffering and sorrow. Sometimes an invalid is poisoned by his own breath.” {CH 267.3}
 “Many other evils follow the establishment of great medical institutions in the large cities.”
{CH 267.4}
 “Why deprive patients of the health-restoring blessing to be found in outdoor life? I have
been instructed that as the sick are encouraged to leave their rooms and spend time in the open
air, cultivating flowers, or doing some other light, pleasant work, their minds will be called
from self to something more health-giving. Exercise in the open air should be prescribed as a
beneficial, life-giving necessity. The longer patients can be kept out of doors the less care will
they require. The more cheerful their surroundings, the more hopeful will they be. Surround
them with the beautiful things of nature, place them where they can see the flowers growing
and hear the birds singing, and their hearts will break into song in harmony with the song of
the birds. Shut them in rooms and, be these rooms ever so elegantly furnished, they will grow
fretful and gloomy. Give them the blessing of outdoor life; thus their souls will be uplifted.
Relief will come to body and mind. {CH 267.5}
 "Out of the cities," is my message. Our physicians ought to have been wide-awake on this
point long ago. I hope and pray and believe that they will now arouse to the importance of
getting out into the country. {CH 268.1}

Not in the surroundings of wealthy people

 “It might seem to us that it would be best to select for our sanitariums places among the
wealthy, that this would give character to our work and secure patronage for our
institutions. But in this there is no light. "The Lord seeth not as man seeth." 1 Samuel
16:7. Man looks at the outward appearance; God looks at the heart. The fewer grand
buildings there are around our institutions, the less vexation we shall experience.” CH 269
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Look for cheap properties with buildings
 “The Lord will work upon human minds in unexpected quarters. Some who apparently are
enemies of the truth will, in God's providence, invest their means to develop properties
and erect buildings. In time, these properties will be offered for sale at a price far below
their cost. Our people will recognize the hand of Providence in these offers and will
secure valuable property for use in educational work. They will plan and manage with
humility, self-denial, and self-sacrifice. Thus men of means are unconsciously preparing
auxiliaries that will enable the Lord's people to advance His work rapidly. {CH 227.2}
 Ecc.2:26 “For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he
may give to [him that is] good before God.”
 “In various places, properties are to be purchased to be used for sanitarium
purposes. Our people should be looking for opportunities to purchase properties
away from the cities, on which are buildings already erected and orchards already in
bearing. Land is a valuable possession. Connected with our sanitariums there should be
lands, small portions of which can be used for the homes of the helpers and others who are
receiving a training for medical missionary work.” CH 227

With land for agriculture

 “It was His design that instead of rebuilding the one large sanitarium [Battle Creek], our
people should make plants in several places. These smaller sanitariums should have
been established where land could be secured for agricultural purposes. It is God's
plan that agriculture shall be connected with the work of our sanitariums and
schools. Our youth need the education to be gained from this line of work. It is well, and
more than well,--it is essential,--that efforts be made to carry out the Lord's plan in this
respect.” CH 223

Training schools connected to our sanitariums

 “Small local sanitariums are to be established in connection with our training schools.”
CH 220
 “An educational work should be carried on in connection with all our sanitariums. There
is a close relation between the work of our schools and our sanitariums, and wherever it is
practicable, there are decided advantages in having a school in close connection with a
sanitarium. There would be in such an arrangement decided advantages to both lines of
work.” CH 242

A training place for missionaries

 “In every sanitarium established, young men and young women should be trained to be
medical missionaries.” CH 225
 In Europe
 “Our brethren generally have not taken the interest that they ought in the establishment of
sanitariums in the European countries. In the work in these countries the most perplexing
questions will arise, because of the circumstances peculiar to the various fields. But from
the light given me, institutions will be established which, though at first small, will, by
God's blessing, become larger and stronger.” CH 216
Economy in buildings
 “Those who lead out in the establishment of medical institutions must set a right example.
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  “We must also remember that our work is to correspond with our faith. We believe that
the Lord is soon to come, and should not our faith be represented in the buildings we
erect? Shall we put a large outlay of money into a building that will soon be consumed in
the great conflagration?
 “Much more money than was necessary has been expended on our older institutions.
Those who have done this have supposed that this outlay would give character to the
work. But this plea is no excuse for unnecessary expenditure.” CH 275, 276
 “All who are connected with our institutions should have a jealous care that nothing be
wasted, even if the matter does not come under the very part of the work assigned them.
Everyone can do something toward economizing. All should perform their work, not to
win praise of men, but in such a manner that it may bear the scrutiny of God.” CH 281
Comfortable rooms without luxury
 “In all our advance work we must regard the necessity of economy. There must be no
needless expense. The Lord is soon to come, and our outlay in buildings is to be in
harmony with our faith. Our means is to be used in providing cheerful rooms, healthful
surroundings, and wholesome food.
 “Our ideas of building and furnishing our institutions are to be molded and fashioned by a
true, practical knowledge of what it means to walk humbly with God. Never should it be
thought necessary to give an appearance of wealth.
 “Men of common sense appreciate comfort above elegance and display. It is a mistake to
suppose that by keeping up an appearance, more patients, and therefore more means,
would be gained. But even if this course would bring an increase of patronage, we could
not consent to have our sanitariums furnished according to the luxurious ideas of the age.
Christian influence is too valuable to be sacrificed in this way. All the surroundings, inside
and outside our institutions, must be in harmony with the teachings of Christ and the
expression of our faith. Our work in all its departments should be an illustration, not of
display and extravagance, but of sanctified judgment.
 It is not large, expensive buildings, it is not rich furniture, it is not tables loaded with
delicacies, that will give our work influence and success. It is the faith that works by love
and purifies the soul; it is the atmosphere of grace that surrounds the believer, the Holy
Spirit working upon the mind and heart, that makes him a savor of life unto life and
enables God to bless his work.” CH 277, 278
Prosperity depends upon God’s blessings, not human skills
 “The Lord revealed that the prosperity of the sanitarium was not to be dependent
alone upon the knowledge and skill of its physicians, but upon the favor of God. It
was to be known as an institution where God was acknowledged as the Monarch of the
universe, an institution that was under His special supervision. Its managers were to make
God first and last and best in everything. And in this was to be its strength. If conducted
in a manner that God could approve, it would be highly successful and would stand
in advance of all other institutions of the kind in the world.” CH 205
 “The success of the sanitarium depends upon its maintaining the simplicity of godliness
and shunning the world's follies in eating, drinking, dressing, and amusements. It must be
reformatory in all its principles.” CH 255
For the poor and for the rich
 “Everywhere there is a work to be done for all classes of society. We are to come close to
the poor and depraved, those who have fallen through intemperance. And, at the same
time, we are not to forget the higher classes--the lawyers, ministers, senators, and judges,
many of whom are slaves to intemperate habits.” CH 218

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  “We are to invite everyone--the high and the low, the rich and the poor, all sects and
classes--to share the benefits of our medical institutions. We receive into our institutions
people of all denominations. But as for ourselves, we are strictly denominational;” CH
246

God-fearing doctors and nurses

 “Institutions for the care of the sick are to be established, where men and women may be
placed under the care of God-fearing medical missionaries and be treated without drugs.”
CH 212
 “A physician is not fit for medical missionary work until he has gained a knowledge of
Him who came to save perishing, sin-sick souls.” CH 213
Well prepared physicians
 “The physicians are not quacks nor infidels, but men who understand the human
system and the best methods of treating disease, men who fear God and who have an
earnest interest for the moral and spiritual welfare of their patients.” CH 256 7
All departments should be memorials for God
 “Our sanitariums in all their departments should be memorials for God, His
instrumentalities for sowing the seeds of truth in human hearts. This they will be if rightly
conducted.
 “The living truth of God is to be made known in our medical institutions. . . . The
religious influence that pervades these institutions inspires the guests with confidence.
The assurance that the Lord presides there, and the many prayers offered for the sick,
make an impression upon their hearts.
 “Many go away from our sanitariums with new hearts. The change is decided. These,
returning to their homes, are as lights in the world.” CH 208
All workers need to practice health reform
 “The Lord years ago gave me special light in regard to the establishment of a health
institution where the sick could be treated on altogether different lines from those
followed in any other institution in our world. It was to be founded and conducted upon
Bible principles, as the Lord's instrumentality, and it was to be in His hands one of the
most effective agencies for giving light to the world. It was God's purpose that it should
stand forth with scientific ability, with moral and spiritual power, and as a faithful sentinel
of reform in all its bearings. All who should act a part in it were to be reformers,
having respect to its principles and heeding the light of health reform shining upon
us as a people.” CH 205
 “Among the greatest dangers to our health institutions is the influence of physicians,
superintendents, and helpers who profess to believe the present truth, but who have
never taken their stand fully upon health reform. Some have no conscientious scruples
in regard to their eating, drinking, and dressing. How can the physician or anyone else
present the matter as it is when he himself is indulging in the use of harmful things?” CH
261

Without drugs
 “Institutions for the care of the sick are to be established, where men and women may be
placed under the care of God-fearing medical missionaries and be treated without drugs.”
CH 212
 “Drug medication, as it is generally practiced, is a curse. Educate away from drugs. Use
them less and less, and depend more upon hygienic agencies; then nature will respond to
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 God's physicians--pure air, pure water, proper exercise, a clear conscience. Those who
persist in the use of tea, coffee, and flesh meats will feel the need of drugs, but many
might recover without one grain of medicine if they would obey the laws of health. Drugs
need seldom be used.” CH 261
Observance of the Sabbath
 “The observance of the Sabbath is the sign between God and His people. Let us not be
ashamed to bear the sign that distinguishes us from the world.
 “A spirit of irreverence and carelessness in the observance of the Sabbath is liable to
come into our sanitariums. Upon the men of responsibility in the medical missionary
work rests the duty of giving instruction to physicians, nurses, and helpers in regard to the
sanctity of God's holy day.” CH 235, 236 8
No amusements
 “Worldly or theatrical entertainments are not essential for the prosperity of the sanitarium
or for the health of the patients. The more they have of this kind of amusements, the less
will they be pleased unless something of the kind shall be continually carried on. The
mind is in a fever of unrest for something new and exciting, the very thing it ought not to
have. But repose, rather than excitement, is what many of the patients need.” CH 240
No place for discussion of religious differences
 “Our peculiar faith should not be discussed with patients. Their minds should not be
unnecessarily excited upon subjects wherein we differ, unless they themselves desire
it; and then great caution should be observed not to agitate the mind by urging upon
them our peculiar faith. . . . Prayer meetings are held at the Institute, in which all may
take part if they choose; but there is an abundance to dwell upon in regard to Bible
religion without touching objectionable points of difference. Silent influence will do more
than open controversy.” CH 245
Have selected literature visible everywhere
 “While none should urge our faith upon the patients or engage in religious controversy
with them, our papers and publications, carefully selected, should be in sight almost
everywhere. The religious element must predominate. This has been and ever will be
the power of that institution.” CH 255

Not to serve meat in the cafeteria

 “The place of meat should be supplied with wholesome foods that are inexpensive. In this
matter very much depends on the cook.” CH 254
 “We are not building sanitariums for hotels. Receive into our sanitariums only those
who desire to conform to right principles, those who will accept the foods that we can
conscientiously place before them. Should we allow patients to have intoxicating liquor
in their rooms, or should we serve them with meat, we could not give them the help they
should receive in coming to our sanitariums. We must let it be known that from principle
we exclude such articles from our sanitariums and our hygienic restaurants. Do we not
desire to see our fellow beings freed from disease and infirmity, and in the enjoyment of
health and strength? Then let us be as true to principle as the needle to the pole.” CH 271
 “Persons with tumors running their life away should not be burdened with the question as
to whether they should leave meat eating or not. Be careful to make no stringent
resolution in regard to this matter. It will not help the case to force changes, but will do
injury to the nonmeat-eating principles. Give lectures in the parlor. Educate the mind, but
force no one; for such reformation made under a press is worthless. . . .” {CD 292.3}
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Women to treat women
 “It is not in harmony with the instructions given at Sinai that gentlemen physicians should
do the work of midwives. The Bible speaks of women at childbirth being attended by
women, and thus it ought always to be. Women should be educated and trained to act
skillfully as midwives and physicians to their sex. It is just as important that a line of
study be given to educate women to deal with women's diseases, as it is that there should
be gentlemen thoroughly trained to act as physicians and surgeons. And the wages of the
woman should be proportionate to her services. She should be as much appreciated in her
work as the gentleman physician is appreciated in his work. {CH 365.2}
 “Let us educate ladies to become intelligent in the work of treating the diseases of
their sex. They will sometimes need the counsel and assistance of experienced gentlemen
physicians. When brought into trying places let all be led by supreme wisdom. Let all bear
in mind that they need and may have the wisdom of the Great Physician in their work.”
CH 365

Prayer for the sick

 “Christ has empowered His church to do the same work that He did during His ministry.
Today He is the same compassionate physician that He was while on this earth. We
should let the afflicted understand that in Him there is healing balm for every disease,
restoring power for every infirmity. His disciples in this time are to pray for the sick as
verily as His disciples of old prayed. And recoveries will follow, for "the prayer of faith
shall save the sick." James 5:15.” CH 210
 “Let no one obtain the idea that the Institute is the place for them to come to be raised up
by the prayer of faith. This is the place to find relief from disease by treatment and right
habits of living, and to learn how to avoid sickness. But if there is one place under the
heavens more than another where soothing, sympathizing prayer should be offered by men
and women of devotion and faith, it is at such an institute.” CH 247 (See also the chapter
“Praying for the Sick”, CH 373-377)

In contact With Others

 One of the most effective ways in which Satan seeks to destabilize a ministry is by rupture on
interpersonal relations.
 Of course there, is no excuse among Christians for personal conflicts because God has given
us many wonderful counsels to guide our pathway, to keep us from developing animosities,
resentment and infighting.
 In most cases, most or all the people involved in the ministry live on the same ground. They
are living in the same community. They are working together and no doubt, are
fellowshipping together in worship, prayer meetings, and vespers. The staff may also be
witnessing together.
 The high intensity of such a situation does allow Satan to work and seek to bring conflicts and
divisions. If permitted, gossip and criticism develop rapidly.
 Satan also knows that unity and harmony in Christ make us strong; he will do everything
possible to destroy this. He knows that if this is accomplished, the cause of God will be
hindered. But praise God that we are not ignorant of his devices. If we allow the Holy Spirit to
control our lives and follow the counsels that the Lord has given us, we can have unity and
harmony among ourselves and the work can go forward. If disagreements occur among us, we
can solve them by the grace of God as long as we allow the Holy Spirit to control us.
 Let us see how God is helping us have this experience in our ministries.

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  “Study carefully the divine-human character, and constantly inquire, "What would Jesus do
were He in my place?" This should be the measurement of our duty.”{MH 491.1}

Exercise self-control, forbearance, and sympathy

 “Every association of life calls for the exercise of self-control, forbearance, and sympathy.
We differ so widely in disposition, habits, education, that our ways of looking at things
vary. We judge differently. Our understanding of truth, our ideas in regard to the
conduct of life, are not in all respects the same. There are no two whose experience is alike
in every particular. The trials of one are not the trials of another. The duties that one finds light
are to another most difficult and perplexing. {MH 483.1}
 “So frail, so ignorant, so liable to misconception is human nature, that each should be
careful in the estimate he places upon another. We little know the bearing of our acts upon
the experience of others. What we do or say may seem to us of little moment, when, could our
eyes be opened, we should see that upon it depended the most important results for good or for
evil. {MH 483.2}

Self is the enemy we most need to fear

 “We cannot afford to let our spirits chafe over any real or supposed wrong done to
ourselves. Self is the enemy we most need to fear. No form of vice has a more baleful effect
upon the character than has human passion not under the control of the Holy Spirit. No other
victory we can gain will be so precious as the victory gained over self.” {MH 485.1}

We should not allow our feelings to be wounded

 “We should not allow our feelings to be easily wounded. We are to live, not to guard our
feelings or our reputation, but to save souls. As we become interested in the salvation of
souls we cease to mind the little differences that so often arise in our association with one
another. Whatever others may think of us or do to us, it need not disturb our oneness with
Christ, the fellowship of the Spirit…..”{MH 485.2}

Do not retaliate
 “Do not retaliate. So far as you can do so, remove all cause for misapprehension. Avoid the
appearance of evil. Do all that lies in your power, without the sacrifice of principle, to
conciliate others. "If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother
hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled
to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." Matthew 5:23, 24.” {MH 485.3}
 “If impatient words are spoken to you, never reply in the same spirit. Remember that "a
soft answer turneth away wrath." Proverbs 15:1. And there is wonderful power in silence.
Words spoken in reply to one who is angry sometimes serve only to exasperate. But anger
met with silence, in a tender, forbearing spirit, quickly dies away. {MH 486.1}
 Prov.25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the
bone.
 “Under a storm of stinging, faultfinding words, keep the mind stayed upon the word of
God. Let mind and heart be stored with God's promises. If you are ill-treated or
wrongfully accused, instead of returning an angry answer, repeat to yourself the precious
promises:
 "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21.
 "Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. And He shall
bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday." Psalm 37:5, 6.
 "There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known."
Luke 12:2. {MH 486.5}

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 "Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but
Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place." Psalm 66:12.” {MH 486.6}
 “So long as we are in the world, we shall meet with adverse influences. There will be
provocations to test the temper; and it is by meeting these in a right spirit that the
Christian graces are developed. If Christ dwells in us, we shall be patient, kind, and
forbearing, cheerful amid frets and irritations….. This is our allotted task; but it cannot be
accomplished without help from Jesus, resolute decision, unwavering purpose, continual
watchfulness, and unceasing prayer. ….{MH 487.2}
 “If you do not feel lighthearted and joyous, do not talk of your feelings. Cast no shadow
upon the lives of others. A cold, sunless religion never draws souls to Christ. It drives them
away from Him into the nets that Satan has spread for the feet of the straying. Instead of
thinking of your discouragements, think of the power you can claim in Christ's name. Let your
imagination take hold upon things unseen. Let your thoughts be directed to the evidences of
the great love of God for you. Faith can endure trial, resist temptation, bear up under
disappointment. Jesus lives as our advocate. All is ours that His mediation secures.” {MH
488.1}
 “ If we have a sense of the long-suffering of God toward us, we shall not be found
judging or accusing others. …………….Let us never forget that those who love Him are
to represent Him in character.” {MH 489.1}
 "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another."
"Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye
are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing." Romans 12:10; 1 Peter 3:9. {MH
489.2}
 “Christianity will make a man a gentleman. Christ was courteous, even to His
persecutors; and His true followers will manifest the same spirit.”{MH 489.4}
 “The most careful cultivation of the outward proprieties of life is not sufficient to shut out all
fretfulness, harsh judgment, and unbecoming speech. True refinement will never be
revealed so long as self is considered as the supreme object. Love must dwell in the heart.
A thoroughgoing Christian draws his motives of action from his deep heart love for his
Master. Up through the roots of his affection for Christ springs an unselfish interest in
his brethren. Love imparts to its possessor grace, propriety, and comeliness of
deportment. It illuminates the countenance and subdues the voice; it refines and elevates
the whole being.” {MH 490.1}
 “Cultivate the habit of speaking well of others. Dwell upon the good qualities of those
with whom you associate, and see as little as possible of their errors and failings. When
tempted to complain of what someone has said or done, praise something in that person's life
or character……”{MH 492.1}
 “Earnest workers have no time for dwelling upon the faults of others. We cannot afford to
live on the husks of others' faults or failings. Evilspeaking is a twofold curse, falling more
heavily upon the speaker than upon the hearer. He who scatters the seeds of dissension and
strife reaps in his own soul the deadly fruits. The very act of looking for evil in others
develops evil in those who look. By dwelling upon the faults of others, we are changed into
the same image. But by beholding Jesus, talking of His love and perfection of character, we
become changed into His image. By contemplating the lofty ideal He has placed before us, we
shall be uplifted into a pure and holy atmosphere, even the presence of God. When we abide
here, there goes forth from us a light that irradiates all who are connected with us.” {MH
492.2}
 “So far as we are capable, we are to be to others what Jesus was to His disciples when He
walked and talked with them on the earth.” {MH 493.4}
 “Regard yourselves as missionaries, first of all, among your fellow workers. Often it
requires a vast amount of time and labor to win one soul to Christ. And when a soul turns from
sin to righteousness, there is joy in the presence of the angels. Think you that the
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 are treated by some who claim to be Christians? Should Jesus deal with us as we too
often deal with one another, who of us could be saved?”{MH 493.5}
 “Remember that you cannot read hearts. You do not know the motives which prompted the
actions that to you look wrong. There are many who have not received a right education; their
characters are warped, they are hard and gnarled, and seem to be crooked in every way. But
the grace of Christ can transform them. Never cast them aside, never drive them to
discouragement or despair by saying, "You have disappointed me, and I will not try to help
you." A few words spoken hastily under provocation--just what we think they deserve--may
cut the cords of influence that should have bound their hearts to ours.” {MH 494.1}
 “The consistent life, the patient forbearance, the spirit unruffled under provocation, is
always the most conclusive argument and the most solemn appeal. If you have had
opportunities and advantages that have not fallen to the lot of others, consider this, and be ever
a wise, careful, gentle teacher. {MH 494.2}
 “In order to have the wax take a clear, strong impression of the seal, you do not dash the seal
upon it in a hasty, violent way; you carefully place the seal on the plastic wax and quietly,
steadily press it down until it has hardened in the mold. In like manner deal with human
souls. The continuity of Christian influence is the secret of its power, and this depends on
the steadfastness of your manifestation of the character of Christ. Help those who have
erred, by telling them of your experiences. Show how, when you made grave mistakes,
patience, kindness, and helpfulness on the part of your fellow workers gave you courage and
hope.” {MH 494.3}

Psalms 133
 Ps.133:1 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for
brethren to dwell together in unity!
 Ps.133:2 [It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard,
[even] Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
 Ps.133:3 As the dew of Hermon, [and as the dew] that descended upon the mountains of
Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, [even] life for evermore.

 Unity, Love, and Peace.--Let fathers and mothers make a solemn promise to God, whom they
profess to love and obey, that by His grace they will not disagree between themselves, but will
in their own life and temper manifest the spirit that they wish their children to cherish. {AH
178.2}
 Parents should be careful not to allow the spirit of dissension to creep into the home;
for this is one of Satan's agents to make his impression on the character. If parents will
strive for unity in the home by inculcating the principles that governed the life of Christ,
dissension will be driven out, and unity and love will abide there. Parents and children will
partake of the gift of the Holy Spirit. {AH 178.3}
 Let the husband and wife remember that they have burdens enough to carry without
making their lives wretched by allowing differences to come in. Those who give place to
little differences invite Satan into their home. The children catch the spirit of contention
over mere trifles. Evil agencies do their part to make parents and children disloyal to God.
{AH 178.4}
 Although trials may arise in the married life, the husband and the wife are to keep their
souls in the love of God. The father should look upon the mother of his children as one
deserving of all kindness, tenderness, and sympathy. {AH 178.5}
 The Secret of Family Unity.--The cause of division and discord in families and in the
church is separation from Christ. To come near to Christ is to come near to one another. The
secret of true unity in the church and in the family is not diplomacy, not management, not a
superhuman effort to overcome difficulties--though there will be much of this to do--but union
with Christ. {AH 179.1}
 Picture a large circle, from the edge of which are many lines all running to the center. The
nearer these lines approach the center, the nearer they are to one another. {AH 179.2}
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 Thus it is in the Christian life. The closer we come to Christ, the nearer we shall be to one
another. God is glorified as His people unite in harmonious action. {AH 179.3}

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