There are souls in many places who have
not yet heard the message. Henceforth medical missionary work
is to be carried forward with an earnestness with which it has
never yet been carried. This work is the door through which the
truth is to find entrance to the large cities, and sanitariums
are to be established in many places.
Sanitarium work is one of the most successful
means of reaching all classes of people. Our sanitariums are
the right hand of the gospel, opening ways whereby suffering
humanity may be reached with the glad tidings of healing
through Christ. In these institutions the
sick may be taught to commit their cases to the Great Physician,
who will co-operate with their earnest efforts to regain health,
bringing to them healing of soul as well as healing of body.
Christ is no longer in this world in person,
to go through our cities and towns and villages, healing the
sick; but He has commissioned us to carry forward the medical
missionary work that He began. In this work we are to do our
very best. Institutions for the care of the sick are to be established,
where men and women suffering from disease may be placed under
the care of God-fearing physicians and nurses, and be treated
without drugs.
I have been instructed that we are not
to delay to do the work that needs to be done in health reform
lines. Through this work we are to reach souls in the highways
and byways. I have been given special light that in our sanitariums
many souls will receive and obey present truth. In these institutions
men and women are to be taught how to care for their own bodies
and at the same time how to become sound in the faith. They are
to be taught what is meant by eating the flesh and drinking the
blood of the Son of God. Said Christ: "The words that I
speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." John
6:63.
Our sanitariums are to be schools in which
instruction shall be given in medical missionary lines. They
are to bring to sin-sick souls the leaves of the tree of life,
which will restore to them peace and hope and faith in Christ
Jesus.
Let the Lord's work go forward. Let the
medical missionary and the educational work go forward. I am
sure that this is our great lack--earnest,
devoted, intelligent, capable workers. In every large city there
should be a representation of true medical missionary work. Let
many now ask: "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"
Acts 9:6. It is the Lord's purpose that His method of healing
without drugs shall be brought into prominence in every large
city through our medical institutions. God invests with holy
dignity those who go forth farther and still farther, in every
place to which it is possible to obtain entrance. Satan will
make the work as difficult as possible, but divine power will
attend all truehearted workers. Guided by our heavenly Father's
hand, let us go forward, improving every opportunity to extend
the work of God.
The Lord speaks to all medical missionaries,
saying: Go, work today in My vineyard to save souls. God hears
the prayers of all who seek Him in truth. He has the power that
we all need. He fills the heart with love, and joy, and peace,
and holiness. Character is constantly being developed. We cannot
afford to spend the time working at cross-purposes with God.
There are physicians who, because of a
past connection with our sanitariums, find it profitable to locate
close to these institutions; and they close their eyes to the
great field, neglected and unworked, in which unselfish labor
would be a blessing to many. Missionary physicians can exert
an uplifting, refining, sanctifying influence. Physicians who
do not do this abuse their power and do a work that the Lord
repudiates.