Testimony Treasures, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

Chapter 15
The High Calling of Our Sanitarium Workers
The workers in our sanitariums have a high and holy calling. They need
to awake to a realization of the sacredness of their work. The character of
this work and the extent of its influence call for earnest effort and unreserved
consecration.
In our sanitariums the sick and suffering are to be led to realize that they
need spiritual help as well as physical restoration. They are to be given every
advantage for the restoration of physical health; and they should be shown
also what it means to be blessed with the light and life of Christ, what it
means to be bound up with Him. They are to be led to see that the grace of
Christ in the soul uplifts the whole being. And in no better way can they
learn of Christ's life than by seeing it revealed in the lives of His followers.
The faithful worker keeps his eyes fixed on Christ. Remembering that
his hope of eternal life is due to the cross of Christ, he is determined never to
dishonor Him who gave His life for him. He takes a deep interest in suffering
humanity. He prays and works, watching for souls as one that must give an
account, knowing that the souls whom God brings in contact with truth and
righteousness are worth saving.
Our sanitarium workers are engaged in a holy warfare. To the sick and
the afflicted they are to present the truth as it is in Jesus; they are to present it
in all its solemnity, yet with such simplicity and tenderness that souls will be
drawn to the Saviour. Ever, in word and deed, they are to keep Him uplifted
as the hope of eternal life. Not a harsh word is to be spoken, not a selfish act
done. The workers are to treat all with kindness. Their words are to be gentle
and loving. Those who show true modesty and Christian courtesy will win
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