Testimonies for the Church Vol 1 - Lansing SDA Church

Cutting and Slashing 567physician there would have his patients believe that his judgment isperfect, even as the judgment of God. Yet he often fails. He exaltshimself as God and fails to exalt the Lord as the only dependence.Those who have no trust or confidence in God, and who can see nobeauty in holiness or in the cross-bearing life of the Christian, canreceive more benefit at-----than at any other health institution in theUnited States. The great secret of the success at this place is in thecontrol which the managers have over the minds of their patients.I saw that my husband and myself could not receive as much benefitthere as could those of different experience and faith. Said the angel:“God has not designed that the mind of His servant, whom He haschosen for a special purpose, to do a special work, should be controlledby any living man, for that is His prerogative alone.” Angels of Godkept us while we were at-----. They were round about us, sustainingus every hour. But the time came when we could not benefit nor bebenefited, and then the cloud of light, which had rested with us there,moved away, and we could find rest only in leaving there and goingamong the brethren in Rochester, where the cloud of light rested.I saw that God would have us go to-----for several reasons. Ourposition while there, the earnest prayers we offered, our manifest trustin God, the cheerfulness, courage, hope, and faith with which He inspiredus amidst our afflictions, had an influence and were a testimonyto all that the Christian has a source of strength and happiness to whichthe lovers of pleasure are strangers. God gave us a place in the heartsof all of influence at-----, and in the future as the patients now thereshall be scattered to their different homes, our labors will bring usagain to their notice, and when we are assailed, some at least willbe our defenders. Again, in going to-----, the Lord would have usbenefited by an experience which we would not obtain while at Battle [617]Creek, surrounded by sympathizing brethren and sisters. We must beseparated from them, lest we lean upon them instead of leaning uponthe Lord and trusting in Him alone. Separated almost entirely fromGod’s people, we were shaken from every earthly help and led to lookto God alone. In so doing we obtained an experience which we couldnot have had if we had not gone to-----.When my husband’s courage and hope began to waver, we couldnot benefit anyone at that place and could not be benefited by a furtherexperience there. It was the will of God that my husband should not