Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

proprieties and courtesies of life has not sufficient
power to shut out all fretfulness, harsh judgment,
and unbecoming speech. The spirit of genuine
benevolence must dwell in the heart. Love imparts
to its possessor grace, propriety, and comeliness of
deportment. Love illuminates the countenance and
subdues the voice; it refines and elevates the entire
man. It brings him into harmony with God, for it is
a heavenly attribute.
Many are in danger of thinking that in the cares
of labor, in writing and practicing as physicians, or
performing the duties of the various departments,
they are excusable if they lay down prayer, neglect
the Sabbath, and neglect religious service. Sacred
things are thus brought down to meet their
convenience, while duties, denials, and crosses are
left untouched. Neither physicians nor helpers
should attempt to perform their work without
taking time to pray. God would be the helper of all
who profess to love Him, if they would come to
Him in faith and, with a sense of their own
weakness, crave His power. When they separate
from God their wisdom will be found to be
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