Last night I seemed to be speaking to our
people, telling them that, as Seventh-day Adventists, we must
cultivate love, patience, and true courtesy. Jesus will strengthen
the leaders of His people if they will learn of Him. God's people
must strive to reach the very highest standard of excellence.
Especially should those who are medical missionaries manifest
in spirit, word, and character that they are following Christ
Jesus, the divine Model of medical missionary effort.
I have a most earnest desire that in every
place the work shall be carried forward in accordance with His
commands. I see trouble ahead as high as mountains for our people
in the way in which some things are now being done, and especially
in regard to the health food business. As we advance we shall
have to meet very difficult problems of human invention, which
will bring much perplexity. Scheming tends to dishonesty.
With great skill, and with painstaking
effort, Dr. Kellogg and his associates have prepared a special
line of health foods. Their chief motive has been to benefit
humanity, and God's blessing has rested upon their efforts. If
they follow in the counsel of God, if they walk after the example
of Christ, they will continue to advance; for God will give skill
and understanding to those who seek Him unselfishly. In many
respects improvements can be made in the health foods sent out
from our factories. The Lord will teach His servants how to make
food preparations that are more simple and less expensive. There
are many whom He will teach in this
line if they will walk in His counsel, and in harmony with their
brethren.