Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Economy and Benevolence
From the light given me, the managers of all
our institutions, and especially of newly established
sanitariums, are to be careful to economize in the
expenditure of means, that they may be in a
position to help similar institutions that are to be
established in other parts of the world. Even if they
have a large amount of money in the treasury, they
should make every plan with reference to the needs
of God’s great missionary field.
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.
Cautions have been given me in reference to
the work of training nurses and medical missionary
evangelists. We are not to centralize this work in
any one place. In every sanitarium established,
young men and young women should be trained to
be medical missionaries. The Lord will open the
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