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Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

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its influence upon <strong>the</strong> poor, afflicted, believing patients, which would affect <strong>the</strong> causegenerally. They have been taught to trust in <strong>the</strong> prayer of faith, and many of <strong>the</strong>mare bowed down in spirit because prayer is not now more fully answered. I saw that<strong>the</strong> reason why God did not hear <strong>the</strong> prayers of His servants <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> sick among usmore fully was that He could not be glorified in so doing while <strong>the</strong>y were violating<strong>the</strong> laws of health. And I also saw that He designed <strong>the</strong> health re<strong>for</strong>m and HealthInstitute to prepare <strong>the</strong> way <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> prayer of faith to be fully answered. Faith and goodworks should go hand in hand in relieving <strong>the</strong> afflicted among us, and in fitting <strong>the</strong>m toglorify God here and to be saved at <strong>the</strong> coming of Christ. God <strong>for</strong>bid that <strong>the</strong>se afflictedones should ever be disappointed and grieved in finding <strong>the</strong> managers of <strong>the</strong> Instituteworking only from a worldly standpoint instead of adding to <strong>the</strong> hygienic practice <strong>the</strong>blessings and virtues of nursing fa<strong>the</strong>rs and mo<strong>the</strong>rs in Israel.Let no one obtain <strong>the</strong> idea that <strong>the</strong> Institute is <strong>the</strong> place <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>m to come to be raisedup by <strong>the</strong> prayer of faith. That is <strong>the</strong> place to find relief from disease by treatment andright habits of living, and to learn how to avoid sickness. But if <strong>the</strong>re is one place under<strong>the</strong> heavens more than ano<strong>the</strong>r where soothing, sympathizing prayer should be offeredby men and women of devotion and faith it is at such an institute. Those who treat <strong>the</strong>sick should move <strong>for</strong>ward in <strong>the</strong>ir important work with strong reliance upon God <strong>for</strong>His blessing to attend <strong>the</strong> means which He has graciously provided, and to which Hehas in mercy called our attention as a people, such as pure air, cleanliness, healthfuldiet, proper periods of labor and repose, and <strong>the</strong> use of water. They should have noselfish interest outside of this important and solemn work. To care properly <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>physical and spiritual interests of <strong>the</strong> afflicted people of God who have reposed almostunlimited confidence in <strong>the</strong>m and have at great expense placed <strong>the</strong>mselves under561

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