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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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come to Him in faith. Earnestly, tenderly, strive to<br />

help the soul that is hovering between life and<br />

death.<br />

Direct the Mind to Jesus<br />

The physician should never lead his patients to<br />

fix their attenti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> him. He is to teach them to<br />

grasp with the hand of faith the outstretched hand<br />

of the Saviour. Then the mind will be illuminated<br />

with the light radiating from the Sun of<br />

Righteousness. What physicians attempt to do,<br />

Christ did in deed and in truth. They try to save<br />

life; He is life itself.<br />

The physician’s effort to lead the minds of his<br />

patients to healthy acti<strong>on</strong> must be free from all<br />

human enchantment. It must not grovel to<br />

humanity, but soar aloft to the spiritual, grasping<br />

the things of eternity.<br />

The physician should not be made the object of<br />

unkind criticism. This places <strong>on</strong> him an<br />

unnecessary burden. His cares are heavy, and he<br />

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