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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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great loss if worked independently of the other.<br />

The work of preaching the third angel’s<br />

message has not been regarded by some as God<br />

designs it should be. It has been treated as an<br />

inferior work, while it should occupy an important<br />

place am<strong>on</strong>g the human agencies in the salvati<strong>on</strong> of<br />

man. The minds of men must be called to the<br />

Scriptures as the most effective agency in the<br />

salvati<strong>on</strong> of souls, and the ministry of the word is<br />

the great educati<strong>on</strong>al force to produce this result.<br />

Those who disparage the ministry and try to<br />

c<strong>on</strong>duct the medical missi<strong>on</strong>ary work<br />

independently are trying to separate the arm from<br />

the body. What would be the result, should they<br />

succeed? We should see hands and arms flying<br />

about, dispensing means without the directi<strong>on</strong> of<br />

the head. The work would become disproporti<strong>on</strong>ate<br />

and unbalanced. That which God designed should<br />

be the hand and arm would take the place of the<br />

whole body, and the ministry would be belittled or<br />

altogether ignored. This would unsettle minds and<br />

bring c<strong>on</strong>fusi<strong>on</strong>, and many porti<strong>on</strong>s of the Lord’s<br />

vineyard would be left unworked.<br />

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