Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Ready for Every Good Work
[Health, Philanthropic, and Medical Missionary
Work, 36-40 (1892).] The Lord will hear and
answer the prayer of the Christian physician, and
he may reach an elevated standard if he will but lay
hold upon the hand of Christ and determine that he
will not let go. Golden opportunities are open to
the Christian physician, for he may exert a precious
influence upon those with whom he is brought in
contact. He may guide and mold and fashion the
lives of his patients by holding before them
heavenly principles.
The physician should let men see that he does
not regard his work as of a cheap order, but looks
upon it as high, noble, elevated work, even that to
which is attached the sacred accountability of
dealing with both the souls and the bodies of those
for whom Christ has paid the infinite price of His
most precious blood. If the physician has the mind
of Christ, he will be cheerful, hopeful, and happy,
but not trifling. He will realize that heavenly angels
accompany him to the sickroom and will find
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