Call to Medical Evangelism and Health Education
has degraded. They can bring a ray of hope into the lives of the
defeated and disheartened. Their unselfish love, manifested in acts
of disinterested kindness, will make it easier for these suffering ones
to believe in the love of Christ.
Many have no faith in God and have lost confidence in man. But
they appreciate acts of sympathy and helpfulness. As they see one
with no inducement of earthly praise or compensation coming to
their homes, ministering to the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the
naked, comforting the sad, and tenderly pointing all to Him of whose
love and pity the human worker is but the messenger- as they see
this, their hearts are touched. Gratitude springs up, faith is kindled.
They see that God cares for them, and as His Word is opened they
are prepared to listen.—The Review and Herald, May 9, 1912.
There should be companies organized and educated most thoroughly
to work as nurses, as evangelists, as ministers, as canvassers,
as gospel students, to perfect a character after the divine similitude.
To prepare to receive the higher education in the school above is
now to be our purpose....
Do Not Wait
Workers-gospel medical missionaries-are needed now. You can-
[30] not afford to spend years in preparation. Soon doors now open to the
truth will be forever closed. Carry the message now. Do not wait,
allowing the enemy to take possession of the fields now open before
you. Let little companies go forth to do the work to which Christ
appointed His disciples. Let them labor as evangelists, scattering our
publications, and talking of the truth to those they meet. Let them
pray for the sick, ministering to their necessities, not with drugs, but
with nature’s remedies, and teaching them how to regain healt