Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

character indispensable to those who occupy
positions of responsibility. All connected with the
sanitarium should have a sacred regard for the
rights of others, which is but obeying the principles
of the law of God.
Some at this institution are sadly deficient in
the qualities so essential to the happiness of all
connected with them. The physicians and the
helpers in the various branches of the work should
carefully guard against a selfish coldness, a distant,
unsocial disposition, for this will alienate the
affection and confidence of the patients. Many who
come to the sanitarium are refined, sensitive
people, of ready tact and keen discernment. These
persons discover such defects at once and comment
upon them. Men cannot love God supremely and
their neighbor as themselves and be as cold as
icebergs. Not only do they rob God of the love due
Him, but they rob their neighbor as well. Love is a
plant of heavenly growth and it must be fostered
and nourished. Affectionate hearts, truthful, loving
words, will make happy families and exert an
elevating influence upon all who come within the
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