Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Constantly asking for blessings, they should keep
the windows of the soul closed earthward against
the malarious atmosphere of the world, and opened
heavenward to receive the bright beams of the Sun
of Righteousness.
Who is preparing to take hold understandingly
of medical missionary work? By this work the
minds of those who come to our sanitariums for
treatment are to be led to Christ and taught to unite
their weakness with His strength. Every worker
should be understandingly efficient. Then in a high,
broad sense he can present the truth as it is in
Jesus.
The workers in our sanitariums are continually
exposed to temptation. They are brought in contact
with unbelievers, and those who are not sound in
the faith will be harmed by the contact. But those
who are abiding in Christ will meet unbelievers as
He met them, refusing to be drawn from their
allegiance, but always ready to speak a word in
season, always ready to sow the seeds of truth.
They will watch unto prayer, firmly maintaining
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