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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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anch of His work. The law of reciprocal<br />

dependence and influence is to be recognized and<br />

obeyed. “N<strong>on</strong>e of us liveth to himself.” The enemy<br />

has used the chain of dependence to draw men<br />

together. They have united to destroy God’s image<br />

in man, to counterwork the gospel by perverting its<br />

principles. They are represented in God’s word as<br />

being bound in bundles to be burned. Satan is<br />

uniting his forces for perditi<strong>on</strong>. The unity of God’s<br />

chosen people has been terribly shaken. God<br />

presents a remedy. This remedy is not <strong>on</strong>e<br />

influence am<strong>on</strong>g many influences, and <strong>on</strong> the same<br />

level with them; it is an influence above all<br />

influences up<strong>on</strong> the face of the earth, corrective,<br />

uplifting, and ennobling. Those who work in the<br />

gospel should be elevated and sanctified; for they<br />

are dealing with God’s great principles. Yoked up<br />

with Christ, they are laborers together with God.<br />

Thus the Lord desires to bind His followers<br />

together, that they may be a power for good, each<br />

acting his part, yet all cherishing the sacred<br />

principle of dependence of the Head.<br />

The Medical Missi<strong>on</strong>ary’s Example<br />

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