Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

upon your supreme affections and the very highest
services of your life. He has a right to use you in
your body and in your spirit, to the fullest extent of
your capabilities, for His own honor and glory.
Whatever crosses you may be required to bear,
whatever labors or sufferings are imposed upon
you by His hand, you are to accept without a
murmur.
Those for whom you labor are your brethren in
distress, suffering from physical disorders and the
spiritual leprosy of sin. If you are any better than
they, it is to be credited to the cross of Christ.
Many are without God and without hope in the
world. They are guilty, corrupt, and degraded,
enslaved by Satan’s devices. Yet these are the ones
whom Christ came from heaven to redeem. They
are subjects for tenderest pity, sympathy, and
tireless effort, for they are on the verge of ruin.
They suffer from ungratified desires, disordered
passions, and the condemnation of their own
consciences; they are miserable in every sense of
the word, for they are losing their hold on this life
and have no prospect for the life to come.
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