Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Never should familiarity with suffering cause
the physician to become careless or unsympathetic.
In cases of dangerous illness, the afflicted one feels
that he is at the mercy of the physician. He looks to
that physician as his only earthly hope, and the
physician should ever point the trembling soul to
One who is greater than himself, even the Son of
God, who gave His life to save him from death,
who pities the sufferer, and who by His divine
power will give skill and wisdom to all who ask
Him.
When the patient knows not how his case will
turn is the time for the physician to impress the
mind. He should not do this with a desire to
distinguish himself, but that he may point the soul
to Christ as a personal Saviour. If the life is spared,
there is a soul for that physician to watch for. The
patient feels that the physician is the very life of his
life. And to what purpose should this great
confidence be employed? Always to win a soul to
Christ and magnify the power of God.
Let Praise Be Given to God
535