Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

carried forward too earnestly in one direction. The
Lord has not appointed this. He sent out His twelve
apostles and afterward the Seventy to preach the
word to the people, and He gave them power to
heal the sick and to cast out devils in His name.
The two lines of work must not be separated. Satan
will invent every possible scheme to separate those
whom God is seeking to make one. We must not be
misled by his devices. The medical missionary
work is to be connected with the third angel’s
message as the hand is connected with the body;
and the education of students in medical
missionary lines is not complete unless they are
trained to work in connection with the church and
the ministry.
There are in the ministry men of faith and
experience, men who can say: “That which was
from the beginning, which we have heard, which
we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked
upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of
life; ... that which we have seen and heard declare
we unto you.” 1 John 1:1-3. These men are to
instruct others....
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