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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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healing in His wings.” Malachi 4:2. Not all that this<br />

world bestows can heal a broken heart or impart<br />

peace of mind or remove care or banish disease.<br />

Fame, genius, talent—all are powerless to gladden<br />

the sorrowful heart or to restore the wasted life.<br />

The life of God in the soul is man’s <strong>on</strong>ly hope.<br />

The love which Christ diffuses through the<br />

whole being is a vitalizing power. Every vital<br />

part—the brain, the heart, the nerves—it touches<br />

with healing. By it the highest energies of the being<br />

are aroused to activity. It frees the soul from the<br />

guilt and sorrow, the anxiety and care, that crush<br />

the life forces. With it come serenity and<br />

composure. It implants in the soul joy that nothing<br />

earthly can destroy,—joy in the Holy Spirit,—<br />

health-giving, life-giving joy.—The Ministry of<br />

Healing, 115 (1905).<br />

Christ’s Manner of Healing<br />

[The Desire of Ages, 823-825 (1898).] This<br />

world is a vast lazar house, but Christ came to heal<br />

the sick, to proclaim deliverance to the captives of<br />

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