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SUPPORTING WORK
“…for His name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.” 3 John 3:7
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Table of Contents
PRINCIPLES OF SELF-SUPPORTING WORK ............................................................................................................................. i
Table of Contents................................................................................................................................................................. ii
A Call for God’s Church...................................................................................................................................................... 2
The Second Coming ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Why we should pray for the angels to hold the 4 winds: ............................................................................. 2
What was the majority of the church doing? ..................................................................................................... 3
God is Waiting................................................................................................................................................................. 4
The Example of Paul .................................................................................................................................................... 4
The Self-Supporter ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
Highways and Hedges ................................................................................................................................................. 9
Words of Encouragement to Self-Supporting Workers ................................................................................ 9
‘Two Heads are Better than One’ .......................................................................................................................... 12
The Madison School ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
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A Call for God’s Church
The Second Coming
Great Controversy, p. 299. “One of the most solemn and yet most glorious truths revealed in the
Bible.” What should our attitude be? (Read Revelation 22:20 and 2 Peter 3:10-12)
In Heavenly Places, p. 96. “Why is it that all this wickedness does not break forth in decided violence
against righteousness and truth? It is because the four angels are holding the four winds, that they
shall not blow upon the earth.”
Last Day Events, p. 125. (after quoting Rev. 7:1-3) “This points out the work we now have to do, which
is to cry to God for the angels to hold the four winds…”
Are we to pray for a delay? Why are we crying for the violence not to come? Shouldn’t we
rejoice because we see signs of Jesus’ soon coming? What about hastening the coming of the
Lord?
Review and Herald, December 18, 1888. (Revelation 7:1 -3 quoted) “Here was a work to be done
before the angels should let go the four winds (the sealing); and if we shall awake to what is
transpiring right around us, we must admit that we are not ready for the contest and the perplexities
which are to be brought upon us, after the decree shall go forth… We are to cry to the God of heaven
in earnest, united prayer, for the angels to hold the four winds till missionaries shall be sent to all
parts of the world, till we have proclaimed the warning against disobedience to the law of Jehovah,
and against worshiping the beast and his image. The claims of God's law must be made known to the
inhabitants of the earth. This is our work; but every conceivable thing that the enemy can do will be
done to hinder the people of God from awaking.”
Review and Herald, January 1, 1889. “It is essential that we be much in prayer to God, that his voice
and his power may be manifested in behalf of his people, and that the angels may hold the four winds
until the truth is more fully proclaimed, and the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads.”
Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 713, 714. “We as a people have not accomplished the work which God has
committed to us. We are not ready for the issue to which the enforcement of the Sunday law will
bring us. It is our duty, as we see the signs of approaching peril, to arouse to action..…Fervent,
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effectual prayer should be ascending to heaven that this calamity may be deferred until we can
accomplish the work which has so long been neglected. Let there be more earnest prayer; and then
let us work in harmony with our prayers.”
In Summary, we need to pray for the angels to hold the winds:
►Because we are not ready to meet the coming events ►So that we may arouse to action
►To proclaim the truth more fully ►To be sent and to send missionaries to all
parts of the earth
►To proclaim the warning against disobedience to the law of God
►To work to preserve liberty of conscience ►So that we have time to be ready for the
sealing of God
If we are doing all of this in answer to our prayer that the angels hold the four winds, we really are
hastening the coming of the Lord.
2 Peter 3:3-12
8 Testimonies, p. 148. “Not one in a hundred among us is doing anything beyond engaging in common,
worldly enterprises. We are not half awake to the worth of the souls for whom Christ died.”
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Maranatha, p. 242. “I saw that many were neglecting the preparation so needful and were looking to
the time of "refreshing" and the "latter rain" to fit them to stand in the day of the Lord and to live in
His sight. Oh, how many I saw in the time of trouble without a shelter!”
God is Waiting
Acts of the Apostles, p. 111. “Long has God waited for the spirit of service to take possession of the
whole church so that everyone shall be working for Him according to his ability. When the members
of the church of God do their appointed work in the needy fields at home and abroad, in fulfillment of
the gospel commission, the whole world will soon be warned and the Lord Jesus will return to this
earth with power and great glory.”
Review and Herald, July 21, 1896. “When we have entire, wholehearted consecration to the service of
Christ, God will recognize the fact by an outpouring of His Spirit without measure; but this will not be
while the largest portion of the church are not laborers together with God.”
Medical Ministry, p. 248. “The ordained ministers, alone, are not equal to the task. God is calling Bible
workers, and other consecrated laymen of varied talent who have a knowledge of present truth, to
consider the needs of the unwarned cities. There should be one hundred believers actively engaged
in personal missionary work where now there is but one. Time is rapidly passing. There is much
work to be done before satanic opposition shall close up the way. Every agency must be set in
operation, that present opportunities may be wisely improved.”
Gospel Workers, p. 200. “Let ministers teach church -members that in order to grow in spirituality,
they must carry the burden that the Lord has laid upon them,--the burden of leading souls into the
truth… In thus working they will have the co-operation of heavenly angels, and will obtain an
experience that will increase their faith, and give them a strong hold on God.”
Ministry of Healing, p. 105. “By all that has given us advantage over another,--be it education and
refinement, nobility of character, Christian training, religious experience,-- we are in debt to those
less favored; and, so far as lies in our power, we are to minister unto them. If we are strong, we are to
stay up the hands of the weak.”
7 Testimonies, p. 254. “Many fields ripe for the harvest have not yet been entered because of our lack
of self-sacrificing helpers. These fields must be entered, and many laborers should go to them with
the expectation of bearing their own expenses.”
Review and Herald, January 1, 1889 par. 21. “Will we now, who have such great light, make some
sacrifice for Jesus, who for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich?
We must arouse, and through piety and earnest work for the Master, partake of his spirit of love for
souls, of faith in God, that he may work with us, by us, and through us.”
Without financial support from the church, what can laymen do?
1. Trust God to provide as did the twelve apostles – see Matthew 10:5-10; Luke 22:35
2. Follow the example of Paul as a self-supporting worker.
Why did Paul, an ordained minister, an apostle and prophet, work to support his and others
livelihood?
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Acts of the Apostles, p. 347. “Before he became a disciple of Christ, Paul had occupied a high position
and was not dependent upon manual labor for support. But afterward, when he had used all his
means in furthering the cause of Christ, he resorted at times to his trade to gain a livelihood.
Especially was this the case when he labored in places where his motives might have been
misunderstood.”
1 Corinthians 9:6,7,12,14,15,18 “…they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel” is the
principle of God’s regular organized work for full time service. See AA 335
1 Thessalonians 2:9 - “For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night and day,
because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God”
2 Thessalonians 3:8 - “Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labor and
travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you”
Acts 20:34 - “Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to
them that were with me”
Acts of the Apostles, p. 348. “Paul was not wholly dependent upon the labor of his hands for support
while at Thessalonica. Referring later to his experiences in that city, he wrote to the Philippian
believers in acknowledgment of the gifts he had received from them while there, saying, "Even in
Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity." Philippians 4:16. Notwithstanding the fact
that he received this help he was careful to set before the Thessalonians an example of diligence, so
that none could rightfully accuse him of covetousness, and also that those who held fanatical views
regarding manual labor might be given a practical rebuke.”
Acts of the Apostles p. 349. “When Paul first visited Corinth, he found himself among a people who
were suspicious of the motives of strangers. The Greeks on the seacoast were keen traders. So long
had they trained themselves in sharp business practices, that they had come to believe that gain was
godliness, and that to make money, whether by fair means or foul, was commendable. Paul was
acquainted with their characteristics, and he would give them no occasion for saying that he
preached the gospel in order to enrich himself. He might justly have claimed support from his
Corinthian hearers; but this right he was willing to forgo, lest his usefulness and success as a minister
should be injured by the unjust suspicion that he was preaching the gospel for gain. He would seek to
remove all occasion for misrepresentation, that the force of his message might not be lost.”
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“There were some who objected to Paul's toiling with his hands, declaring that it was inconsistent
with the work of a gospel minister. Why should Paul, a minister of the highest rank, thus connect
mechanical work with the preaching of the word? Was not the laborer worthy of his hire? Why
should he spend in making tents time that to all appearance could be put to better account?”
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Religion in the Workshop - Child Guidance, pp. 358, 359. – concluded
“It requires strong spiritual nerve and muscle to carry religion into the workshop and business
office, sanctifying the details of everyday life, and ordering every worldly transaction to the
standard of a Bible Christian.”
The Self-Supporter
A. The self-supporting missionary workers
Acts 20:18-35 - Possessing a spirit of self-sacrifice
John 15:8 - Talents and Faculties to be used for him
Isaiah 43:10 - A co-operation with Christ
John 9:29 - Calling unqualified, humble men and women
Matthew 28:20 - Comfort in the Savior’s words
Commitment: The self-sacrificing servant of God who labors untiringly in word and doctrine,
carries on his heart a heavy burden. Would you like to be like the apostle peter, possessing a spirit
of love and self-sacrifice in carrying the last message of warning to the world?
Ezekiel
A. Prophecies of Judgment concerning Israel
Ezekiel 2:1-3 -- Divine commission to the prophet
Ezekiel 34:16, 25, 28 -- Holy Sprit spoke through Ezekiel
Ezekiel 31:15-16 -- Prophesying that the proud will fall
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Ezekiel 12:22-28 -- Denial of sure work of prophecy rebuked by Ezekiel
Ezekiel 8:10-12 -- Vision given of abominations practiced in temple
Isaiah
A. The Call of Isaiah to prophetic Ministry
Isaiah 6:8 -- Isaiah's Call and Commission
Isaiah 6:9-10 -- The call to protest against the prevailing evils
Isaiah 6:5 -- Isaiah Humiliation was genuine
Isaiah 6:13 -- The assurance his mission would not be fruitless
Isaiah 60:1 -- Christ spoke through Isaiah
Commitment: The position of those who have been called of God to labor in word and doctrine for
the upbuilding of His church, is one of grave responsibility. Will take up the banner of Christ as like
Isaiah did and reprove and protest against the prevailing evils both in the world and church?
Jeremiah
A. Called into the prophetic ministry by God
Jeremiah 1:9-10 -- Of his call to the prophetic mission
Jeremiah 1:5-6 -- Ordained as a prophet from Childhood
Jeremiah 1:7-8 -- The call to be a good soldier of the cross
Jeremiah 1:17-19 -- Spoke plainly of sin in high places
Jeremiah 25:3-5 -- Jeremiah reproves Israel
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C. Reception of Jeremiah's prophetic messages
Jeremiah 9:1-2 -- Endured cruel mockings
Jeremiah 38:6, 15-16 -- God raised up friends for Jeremiah
Jeremiah 15:20-21 -- Suffered persecution
Jeremiah 3:12-14, 19, 22 -- Wonderful pleadings to return and repent
Jeremiah 17:24-25 -- Emphasized teachings of mosaic law
Commitment: There is a large field open before the self-supporting gospel worker. Will you be like
the brave prophet Jeremiah and proclaim with holy boldness the present truth God has given us for
this time?
Rev 14:6 …and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people…
Luke 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel
them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 226 (Luke 14:23) Here Christ pointed to the work of the gospel outside
the pale of Judaism, in the highways and byways of the world.”
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understand the truth. This is the very work that is to be done. Let every one of us stand in our lot
and in our place. And if there are those whom the Lord moves upon to give themselves to the
neglected portions of the vineyard, let no man seek to turn them away from their appointed work.
If those who know the truth, conceal from others the great light that has shined into their own
hearts, they are held accountable for neglecting their duty.” p. 4
“In preparation for the coming of our Lord, we are to do a large work in the great cities. We have
a solemn testimony to bear in these great centers. But in our planning for the extension of the
work, far more than the cities alone, must be comprehended. In out-of-the-way places are many,
many families that need to be looked after in order to learn whether they understand the work that
Jesus is doing for his people. Those in the highways are not to be neglected, neither are those in the
hedges; and as we journey about from place to place, and pass by house after house, we should
often inquire, "Have the people who are living in these places, heard the message? Has the truth of
God's Word been brought to their ears? Do they understand that the end of all things is at hand,
and that the judgments of God are impending? Do they realize that every soul has been bought with
an infinite price?" As I meditate upon these things my heart goes out in deep longing to see the
truth carried in its simplicity to the homes of these people along the highways and places far
removed from the crowded centers of population. We are not to wait for workers of the very
highest talent to prepare the way and to show us how to labor; but, whether old or young, we have
the privilege of understanding the truth as it is in Jesus, and as we see persons who are not in the
possession of the comfort of God's grace, it is our privilege to visit them, and acquaint them with
God's love for them and with his wonderful provision for the salvation of their souls.
In this work in the highways and the hedges, there are serious difficulties to be met and
overcome. The worker, as he searches for souls, is not to fear nor be discouraged, for God is his
helper, and will continue to be his helper; and he will open up ways before his servants.” p. 6
“Everywhere we can find souls longing for the help that we might give them; and in arranging
our work so as to meet this need, we must not lose sight of the neglected parts of the vineyard. Men
may say that it is a waste of valuable time and money for strong young men and young women to
go out into these hills and out-of-the-way places to labor. Some may contend that we cannot afford
to allow young persons of talent to engage in this line of work.
"Can not afford it!" If there is but one soul to be saved, that soul is more precious than all the
combined wealth of this world.” p. 9
“There are those among us who have been in the truth for years, who have never seen nor
sensed the need there is for working the highways and the hedges. All such should seek for
reconversion of heart, for divine enlightenment, that they may discern the needs of a dying world.”
p. 10
“The light is given that we must not have special anxiety to crowd too many interests into one
locality, but should look for places in out-of-the-way districts and work in new places. . . The
seeds of truth are to be sown in uncultivated centers. . . .” p. 21
Review and Herald, Aug. 2, 1906. “Those of our people who are living in large centers would gain a
precious experience if, with their Bibles in their hands, and their hearts open to the impressions of
the Holy Spirit, they would go forth to the highways and byways of the world with the message they
have received.”
Christian Service, p. 66. “Students, go out into the highways and hedges. Endeavor to reach the higher
as well as the lower classes. Enter the homes of the rich as well as the poor.”
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Manuscript 11, 1908. “Prepare workers to go out in the highways and hedges. We need wise
nurserymen who will transplant trees to different localities and give them advantages, that they may
grow. It is the positive duty of God's people to go into the regions beyond. Let forces be set at work to
clear new ground, to establish new centers of influence wherever an opening can be found.”
Fundamentals of Christian Education, p 366. “God is waiting for men to engage in home missionary
work in our large cities, and men and women are retained in Battle Creek when they should be
distributed in the cities and towns, along the highways and hedges.”
The Workers
Personal Letter, Oct., 1908. “The church-members should be drawn out to labor. . . . I am instructed to
say that the angels of God will direct in the opening of fields nigh as well as afar off. . . . God calls upon
believers to obtain an experience in missionary work by branching out into new territory, and
working intelligently for the people in the byways. . . . The Lord is certainly opening the way for us as
a people to divide and subdivide the companies that have been growing too large to work together to
the greatest advantage.”
Pamphlet 005, An Appeal for Self-Supporting Laborers to Enter Unworked Fields, p.29 . “The whole
church needs to be imbued with the missionary spirit; then there will be many to work unselfishly in
various ways as they can, without being salaried… Young men need to catch the missionary spirit, to
be thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the message.”
Medical Ministry, p. 321. “Young men, go forth into the places to which you are directed by the Spirit
of the Lord. Work with your hands, that you may be self-supporting, and as you have opportunity
proclaim the message of warning.”
Pamphlet 113, Words of Encouragement to Self-Supporting Workers. “I am glad that our people are
established here at Madison. I am glad to meet these workers here, who are offering themselves to go
to different places. God's work is to advance steadily; his truth is to triumph. To every believer we
would say: Let no one stand in the way. Say not, "We cannot afford to work in a sparsely-settled field,
and largely in a self-supporting way, when out in the world are great fields where we might reach
multitudes." And let none say, "We cannot afford to sustain you in an effort to work in those out-of-
the-way places." What! Cannot afford it! You cannot afford not to work in these isolated places; and if
you neglect such fields, the time will come when you will wish that you had afforded it. There is a
world to be saved. Let some of our consecrated teachers go out into the highways and the hedges,
and compel the honest in heart to come in,-- not by physical force; oh, no! but with the weight of
evidence as presented in God's Word.”
Letter 136, 1902. “Let married men and women who know the truth go forth to the neglected fields to
enlighten others. Follow the example of those who have done pioneer work in new fields. Wisely
work in places where you can best labor. Learn the principles of health reform, in order that you may
be able to teach them to others. By reading and studying the various books and periodicals on the
subject of health, learn to give treatment to the sick, and thus to do better work for the Master.”
Pamphlet 005, An Appeal for Self-Supporting Laborers to Enter Unworked Field, p. 35. “How are the
people to be warned in these countries, is the question. What can be done to proclaim the message
when we have so little means to work with, and so few workers.
If several families who could understand the situation would move to these countries and engage in
some business in places where a few keeping the Sabbath, and do missionary work for Christ's sake, I
know that by personal labor and holding a steady influence they could do much good. O that the Lord
would stir up the minds of many in America to give themselves to this work! I have tried again and
again to place the situation before our people in Battle Creek, but no one responds.
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Sometimes I feel that I must never leave this field until families are settled here from America as
missionaries, not ordained ministers, but workers in different lines.”
Review and Herald, May 25, 1897. “Why has it not been understood from the Word of God that the
work being done in medical missionary lines is a fulfillment of the scripture, "Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
. . . The servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord
said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my
house may be filled."
This is a work that the churches in every locality, north and south and east and west, should do. The
churches have been given the opportunity of answering this work. Why have they not done it?
Someone must fulfill the commission.”
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, p. 521. “No one man, whether a teacher, a physician, or a
minister, can ever hope to be a complete whole. God has given to every man certain gifts and has
ordained that men be associated in His service in order that the varied talents of many minds may be
blended. The contact of mind with mind tends to quicken thought and increase the capabilities. The
deficiencies of one laborer are often made up by the special gifts of another; and as physicians and
teachers thus associated unite in imparting their knowledge, the youth under their training will
receive a symmetrical, well-balanced education for service.”
Counsels on Health, p. 493. “Let schools and sanitariums now be established in many places in the
Southern States. Let centers of influence be made in many of the Southern cities by the opening of
food stores and vegetarian restaurants. Let there also be facilities for the manufacture of simple,
inexpensive health foods. But let not selfish, worldly policy be brought into the work, for God forbids
this. Let unselfish men take hold of this work in the fear of God and with love for their fellow men.”
City Work
7 Testimonies, pp. 122,123. “I have been instructed that one of the principal reasons why hygienic
restaurants and treatment-rooms should be established in the centers of large cities, is that by this
means the attention of leading men will be called to the third angel's message. Noticing that these
restaurants are conducted in a way altogether different from the way in which ordinary restaurants
are conducted, men of intelligence will begin to inquire into the reasons for the difference in business
methods, and will investigate the principles that lead us to serve superior food. Thus they will be led
to a knowledge of the message for this time.”
7 Testimonies, p. 129. “The knowledge of methods for the manufacture of health foods, which God
gave to His people as a means of helping to sustain His cause, these men have disclosed to worldly
businessmen, who are using it for personal gain. They have sold the Lord's goods for personal profit.”
Counsels on Health, p. 468. “In every city where we have a church, there is need of a place where
treatment can be given.”
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Outpost Centers
Country Living, p. 31. “Repeatedly the Lord has instructed us that we are to work the cities from
outpost centers. In these cities we are to have houses of worship, as memorials for God, but
institutions for the publication of our literature, for the healing of the sick, and for the training of
workers, are to be established outside the cities. Especially is it important that our youth be shielded
from the temptations of city life.”
Medical Ministry, pp. 308,309. “Let men of sound judgment be appointed, not to publish abroad their
intentions, but to search for such properties in the rural districts, in easy access to the cities, suitable
for small training schools for workers, and where facilities may also be provided for treating the sick
and weary souls who know not the truth. Look for such places just out from the large cities, where
suitable buildings may be secured, either as a gift from the owners, or purchased at a reasonable
price by the gifts of our people. Do not erect buildings in the noisy cities.”
Training Schools
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, p. 469. “And while God is calling upon young men and
women who have already gained a practical knowledge of how to treat the sick, to labor as gospel
medical missionaries in connection with experienced evangelical workers, He is also calling for many
recruits to enter our medical missionary training schools to gain a speedy and thorough preparation
for service. Some need not spend so long a time in these schools as do others. It is not in harmony
with God's purpose that all should plan to spend exactly the same length of time, whether three, four,
or five years, in preparation, before beginning to engage in active field work. Some, after studying for
a time, can develop more rapidly by working along practical lines in different places, under the
supervision of experienced leaders, than they could by remaining in an institution. As they advance in
knowledge and ability, some of these will find it much to their advantage to return to one of our
sanitarium training schools for more instruction. Thus they will become efficient medical
missionaries, prepared for trying emergencies.”
8 Testimonies, pp. 229,230. "The youth should be encouraged to attend our training schools for
Christian workers, which should become more and more like the schools of the prophets. These
institutions have been established by the Lord, and if they are conducted in harmony with His
purpose, the youth sent to them will quickly be prepared to engage in various lines of missionary
work. Some will be trained to enter the field as missionary nurses, some as canvassers, and some as
gospel ministers."
Spalding and Magan Collection, p. 397. “We need schools that will be self-supporting; and this can be,
if teachers and students will be helpful, industrious, and economical.”
Pamphlet 119, An Appeal for the Madison School, p.2 . “It is essential that there shall be a sanitarium
connected with the Madison school. The educational work at the school and the sanitarium can go
forward hand in hand. The instruction given at the school will benefit the patients, and the
instruction given to the sanitarium patients will be a blessing to the school.”
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Manuscript 5, 1908. “ To preach the gospel means much more than many realize. It is a broad, far-
reaching work. Our sanitariums have been presented to me as most efficient mediums for the
promotion of the gospel message.”
Letter 213, 1902. “The conversion of souls is the one great object to be sought for in our medical
institutions. It is for this that these institutions are established.”
Medical Ministy, p. 327. “Our sanitariums are to help to make up the number of God's people. We are
not to establish a few mammoth institutions; for thus it would be impossible to give the patients the
messages that will bring health to the soul. Small sanitariums are to be established in many places.”
Counsels on Health, p. 211. “not expensive, mammoth sanitariums, but homelike institutions in
pleasant places.”
Medical Ministry, p. 158. "Break up the large centers," has been the word of the Lord. "Carry the light
to many places." Those who are desirous of receiving a training for effective medical missionary
work should understand that large
sanitariums will be conducted so much like institutions of the world that students laboring in such
sanitariums cannot obtain a symmetrical training for Christian medical missionary work.”
Counsels on Health, p. 469. “When the light came that we should begin sanitarium work, the reasons
were plainly given. There were many who needed to be educated in regard to healthful living. As the
work developed, we were instructed that suitable places were to be provided, to which we could
bring the sick and suffering who knew nothing of our people and scarcely anything of the Bible, and
there teach them how to regain health by rational methods of treatment without having recourse to
poisonous drugs, and at the same time surround them with uplifting spiritual influences. As a part of
the treatment, lectures were to be given on right habits of eating and drinking and dressing.
Instruction was to be given regarding the choice and the preparation of food, showing that food may
be prepared so as to be wholesome and nourishing and at the same time appetizing and palatable.”
Manuscript 5, 1908. “Let the spiritual atmosphere of these institutions be such that men and women
who are brought to the sanitariums to receive treatment for their bodily ills shall learn the lesson
that their diseased souls need healing. . . .
Simple, earnest talks may be given in the parlors, pointing the sufferers to their only hope for the
salvation of the soul. These religious meetings should be short and right to the point, and they will
prove a blessing to the hearers…Publications containing the precious truths of the gospel should be
in the rooms of the patients, or where they can have easy access to them. There should be a library in
every sanitarium, and it should be supplied with books containing the light of the gospel. Judicious
plans should be laid that the patients may have constant access to reading matter that contains the
light of present truth. . . .
Let our sanitariums become what they should be-- homes where healing is ministered to sin-sick
souls. And this will be done when the workers have a living connection with the Great Healer.”
Medical Ministry, p.27. “As to drugs' being used in our institutions, it is contrary to the light which the
Lord has been pleased to give. The drugging business has done more harm to our world and killed
more than it has helped or cured. The light was first given to me why institutions should be
established, that is, sanitariums were to reform the medical practices of physicians.”
Ministry of Healing, p. 237. “But many have never learned by experience the beneficial effects of the
proper use of water, and they are afraid of it. Water treatments are not appreciated as they should be,
and to apply them skillfully requires work that many are unwilling to perform. But none should feel
excused for ignorance or indifference on this subject. There are many ways in which water can be
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applied to relieve pain and check disease. All should become intelligent in its use in simple home
treatments. Mothers, especially, should know how to care for their families in both health and
sickness.”
Medical Ministry, p. 191. “Let every means be devised to bring about the saving of souls in our medical
institutions. This is our work. If the spiritual work is left undone, there is no necessity of calling upon
our people to build these institutions. Those who have no burning desire to save souls are not the
ones who should connect with our sanitariums.”
All the powers of the mind should be called into use, and developed, in order for men and women to
have well-balanced minds. The world is full of one-sided men and women, because one set of the
faculties is cultivated, while others are dwarfed from inaction. The education of most youth is a
failure. They overstudy, while they neglect that which pertains to practical business life.
There should have been in past generations provisions made for education upon a larger scale.... I
have been led to inquire, Must all that is valuable in our youth be sacrificed in order that they may
obtain an education at the schools? If there had been agricultural and manufacturing establishments
in connection with our schools, and competent teachers had been employed to educate the youth in
the different branches of study and labor, devoting a portion of each day to mental improvement, and
a portion of the day to physical labor, there would now be a more elevated class of youth to come
upon the stage of action, to have influence in moulding society. The youth who would graduate at
such institutions would many of them come forth with stability of character. They would have
perseverance, fortitude, and courage to surmount obstacles, and principles that would not be
swerved by wrong influence, however popular. There should have been experienced teachers to give
lessons to young ladies in the cooking department. Young girls should have been instructed to
manufacture wearing apparel, to cut, make, and mend garments, and thus become educated for the
practical duties of life.
For young men there should be establishments where they could learn different trades, which would
bring into exercise their muscles as well as their mental powers. If the youth can have but a one-
sided education, and it is asked, Which is of the greater consequence, the study of the sciences with
all the disadvantages to health and life, or the knowledge of labor for practical life, we unhesitatingly
say, The latter. If one must be neglected, let it be the study of books.
The impression that work is degrading to fashionable life, has laid thousands in the grave who might
have lived....Intellectual, physical, and moral culture should be combined in order to have well-
developed and well-balanced men and women. Some are qualified to exercise greater intellectual
strength than others, while others are inclined to love and enjoy physical labor. Both of these should
seek to improve where they are deficient, that they may present to God their entire being, a living
sacrifice, holy and acceptable to him, which is their reasonable service. The habits and customs of
fashionable society should not shape their course of action. The inspired apostle adds, "And be not
conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God." ROM. 12:2”
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6 Testimonies, p 145. “Though in many respects our institutions of learning have swung into worldly
conformity, though step by step they have advanced toward the world, they are prisoners of hope.
Fate has not so woven its meshes about their workings that they need to remain helpless and in
uncertainty. If they will listen to His voice and follow in His ways, God will correct and enlighten
them, and bring them back to their upright position of distinction from the world.”
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students. “Yet the study of the sciences is not to be neglected.
Books must be used for this purpose; but they should be in harmony with the Bible, for that is the
standard. Books of this character should take the place of many of those now in the hands of
students.”
Christian Educator, August 1, 1897 par. 4. "Now as never before we need to understand the true
science of education. If we fail to understand this, we shall never have a place in the kingdom of God."
SpTB11, The Madison School, p. 21. “Words of instruction were given me to speak to you and Elders---
-- ,-----, and ----. I said: You have a work to do to encourage the school work in Madison,
Tennessee….The workers who have been striving to carry out the mind and will of God in Madison
have not received the encouragement they should have….The brethren who have influence should do
all in their power to hold up the hands of these workers by encouraging and supporting the work of
the Madison school. Means should be appropriated to the needs of the work in Madison, that the
labors of the teachers may not be so hard in the future.”
Pamphlet 119, An Appeal for the Madison School. pp. 2-3. There are many suffering from disease and
injury, who, when relieved of pain, will be prepared to listen to the truth. Our Saviour was a mighty
Healer. In His name there may be many miracles wrought in the South and in other fields, through
the instrumentality of the trained medical missionary.
It is essential that there shall be a sanitarium connected with the Madison school. The educational
work at the school and the sanitarium can go forward hand in hand. The instruction given at the
school will benefit the patients, and the instruction given to the sanitarium patients will be a blessing
to the school.
The class of education given at the Madison school is such as will be accounted a treasure of great
value by those who take up missionary work in foreign fields. If many more in other schools were
receiving a similar training, we as a people would be a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
The message would be quickly carried to every country, and souls now in darkness would be brought
to the light.
It would have been pleasing to God if, while the Madison school has been doing its work, other such
schools had been established in different parts of the Southern field. There is plenty of land lying
waste in the South that might have been improved as the land about the Madison school has been
improved. The time is soon coming when God's people, because of persecution, will be scattered in
many countries. Those who have received as all-round education will have a great advantage
wherever they are. The Lord reveals divine wisdom in thus leading His people to train all their
faculties and capabilities for the work of disseminating truth.
Every possible means should be devised to establish schools of the Madison order in various parts of
the South; and those who lend their means and their influence to help this work, are aiding the cause
of God. I am instructed to say to those who have means to spare: Help the work at Madison. You have
no time to lose. Satan will soon rise up to create hindrances; let the work go forward while it may.
Let us strengthen this company of educators to continue the good work in which they are engaged,
and labor to encourage others to do a similar work. Then the light of truth will be carried in a simple
and effective way, and a great work will be accomplished for the Master in a short time.
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9 Testimonies, p. 172. “Workers--gospel medical missionaries--are needed now. You cannot afford to
spend years in preparation.”
Pamphlet 012, An Appeal to Seventh-day Adventists to Fulfil Their Duty to the South, p. 15.
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