Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

neglecting to speak a word in season. Too often a
precious talent that ought to produce a
thousandfold is left unused. If the golden privilege
is not watched for it will pass. Something was
allowed to prevent the physician from doing his
appointed work as a minister of righteousness.
There are none too many godly physicians to
minister in their profession. There is much work to
be done, and ministers and doctors are to work in
perfect union. Luke, the writer of the Gospel that
bears his name, is called the beloved physician, and
those who do a work similar to that which he did
are living out the gospel.
Countless are the opportunities of the physician
for warning the impenitent, cheering the
disconsolate and hopeless, and prescribing for the
health of mind and body. As he thus instructs the
people in the principles of true temperance, and as
a guardian of souls gives advice to those who are
mentally and physically diseased, the physician is
acting his part in the great work of making ready a
people prepared for the Lord. This is what medical
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