The Ministry of Healing

Ellen G. White

1905

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Preface

The world is sick, and wherever the children of men dwell, suffering abounds. On every hand there is a seeking for relief.

It is not the Creator’s purpose that mankind shall be weighed down with a burden of pain, that his activities shall be curtailed by illness, that his strength wane, and his life be cut short by disease. But all too frequently the laws established by God to govern the life are flagrantly transgressed; sin enters the heart, and man loses sight of his dependence upon God, the source of life and health. Then follow the penalties of transgression—pain, sickness, death.

To understand the physical laws governing the body and to bring the life practices into harmony with these laws is a duty of first importance. There is a need for an understanding of the many factors contributing to true happiness—a cheerful home, obedience to the laws of life, proper relationship to one’s fellow men.

When sickness comes, it is essential that we employ the varied agencies which, in co-operation with nature’s efforts, will build up the body and restore the health. There is, also, a larger and more vitally important question—that of our relationship to the Creator who originally gave man his life, who made every provision for his continued happiness, and who today is interested in his welfare.

In this volume, the author, a woman of large experience in the practical affairs of life, and one particularly favored with rare insight and knowledge, has brought within the reach of every father and mother, every man and woman, lay and professional, a vast fund of information on life and its laws, on health and its requisites, on [8] disease and its remedies, on the sickness of the soul and the healing balm of Gilead.

The book is written in clear, simple, beautiful language, instruc- tive to the learner, hopeful to the despondent, cheering to the sick, and restful to the weary. Through several decades it has conveyed its helpful message to hundreds of thousands, as it has been issued and reissued in many lands, in a dozen of the world’s leading languages.

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That this work, which presents a better way, revealing to us a simpler, sweeter life, full of joy and gladness, with room for that helpful service which “it is more blessed to give than to receive,” may fully accomplish its mission is the sincere hope of the publishers and

The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Publications.

Contents Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

The True Medical Missionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Chapter 1—Our Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Brotherly Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Personal Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 2—Days of Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 “He Shall Gather the Lambs With His Arm” . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Parental Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Five Small Barley Loaves Feed the Multitude. . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter 3—With Nature and With God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chapter 4—The Touch of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

“According to His Mercy He Saved Us” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 “Thou Canst Make Me Clean” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 “Ye Shall Find Rest” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 5—Healing of the Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 “Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 “Go, and Sin No More” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 “I Give Unto You Power” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Chapter 6—Saved to Serve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 “My Praise Shall Be Continually of Thee” . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 “Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

The Work of the Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chapter 7—The Co-Working of the Divine and the Human . 68

The Source of Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 God’s Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Chapter 8—The Physician, an Educator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Need of Education in Health Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Natural Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Training for Life’s Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Power of Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 The Physician and the Temperance Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Medical Missionaries and their Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Chapter 9—Teaching and Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Work of the Disciples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Teaching Health Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 A Broader Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Little Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Self-Supporting Missionaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Chapter 10—Helping the Tempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Saved by Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chapter 11—Working for the Intemperate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 The Power of the Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Disappointments; Dangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Chapter 12—Help for the Unemployed and the Homeless . 120 God’s Plan for Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Industrial Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Consideration for the Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Business Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 The City Slums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Missionary Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Hope and Courage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Life’s Best Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Chapter 13—The Helpless Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 The Household of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Widows and Orphans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 The Aged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 A Test of Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 “Give, and it shall be given unto you” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Chapter 14—Ministry to the Rich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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