Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Workers, 11-15 (1907).] Sanitarium, California,
June 3, 1907. The physician stands in a difficult
place. Strong temptations will come to him, and
unless kept by the power of God, that which he
hears and sees in his work will discourage his heart
and pollute his soul. His thoughts should be
constantly uplifted to God. This is his only safety.
Countless are the opportunities that a physician
has for winning souls to God, for cheering the
discouraged and relieving the despair that comes to
the soul when the body is tortured with pain.
But some who have chosen the medical
profession are too easily led away from the duties
resting upon the physician. Some by misuse
enfeeble their powers, so that they cannot render to
God perfect service. They place themselves where
they cannot act with vigor, tact, and skill, and they
do not realize that by disregard to physical laws
they bring upon themselves inefficiency, and thus
they rob and dishonor God.
Physicians should not allow their attention to
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