Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

So the light has been gradually coming in. Over
and over again instruction was given that our
health institutions were to reach all classes of
people. The gospel of Jesus Christ includes the
work of helping the sick. When I heard that Dr.
Kellogg had taken up the medical missionary work,
I encouraged him with heart and soul, because I
knew that only by this work can the prejudice
which exists in the world against our faith be
broken down.
In Australia we have tried to do all we could in
this line. We located in Cooranbong, and there,
where the people have to send twenty-five miles
for a doctor, and pay him twenty-five dollars a
visit, we helped the sick and suffering all we could.
Seeing that we understood something of disease,
the people brought their sick to us, and we cared
for them. Thus we entirely broke down the
prejudice in that place....
Medical missionary work is the pioneer work.
It is to be connected with the gospel ministry. It is
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