Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

Lord has a people upon the earth whom He
respects. But your words, and the way in which
they are often spoken, create unbelief in the
position that we occupy as a people. You are in
danger of failing to hold fast the faith once
delivered to the saints, of making shipwreck of
your faith. The words were spoken: “A very small
leak will sink a ship. One defective link makes a
chain worthless.”
Educate Medical Missionaries
Remember, my brother, that medical
missionary work is not to take men from the
ministry, but is to place men in the field, better
qualified to minister because of their knowledge of
medical missionary work. Young men should
receive an education in medical missionary lines
and should then go forth to connect with the
ministers. They should not be influenced to give
themselves exclusively to the work of rescuing the
fallen and degraded. That work is found
everywhere, and is to be combined with the work
of preparing a people to make Bible truth their
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