Testimonies for the Church, Volume 8 - Ellen G. White

it have been blended many things that have marred
its sacredness. But the Lord will take supervision
of His cause, and will see that it does not become
disproportionate in this one branch. The work will
not be marred if the church will arise and shine,
making it manifest that her light has come, and that
the glory of the Lord is risen upon her.
The medical missionary workers are to be
purified, sanctified, ennobled. They are to rise to
the highest point of excellence. They are to be
molded and fashioned after the divine similitude.
Then they will see that health reform and medical
missionary work are to be bound up with the
preaching of the gospel.
The reason why church members do not
understand this branch of the work is that they are
not following the light, walking step by step after
their great Leader. The medical missionary work is
of God and bears His signature. For this reason let
man keep his hands off it and not desire to manage
it according to his own ideas.
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