The Ministry of Healing (1905)

1 The Ministry of Healing Ellen G. White 1905. Copyright 2017. Ellen G. White Estate, Inc. Information about this Book Overview This eBook is provided by the Ellen G. White Estate. It is included in the larger free Online Books collection on the Ellen G. White Estate Web site. About the Author Ellen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author, her works having been published in more than 160. languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one's faith. Further Links A Brief Biography of Ellen G. White About the Ellen G. White Estate End User License Agreement The viewing, printing or downloading of this book grants you only a limited, nonexclusive and nontransferable license for use solely by you for your own personal use.

2 This license does not permit republication, distribution, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works, or other use. Any unauthorized use of this book terminates the license granted hereby. Further Information For more information about the author, publishers, or how you can support this service, please contact the Ellen G. White Estate at We are thankful for your interest and feedback and wish you God's blessing as you read. i ii 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.

3 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].

4 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. iii 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.

5 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.

6 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. v vi The Ministry of Healing 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.

7 133. 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 .. 139. The Care of the Sick .. 145. Chapter 15 In the Sickroom .. 146. Sunlight, Ventilation, and Temperature .. 147. Diet .. 147. Duties of Attendants .. 147. Visiting the Sick .. 148. Institutional Nursing .. 148. Chapter 16 Prayer for the Sick .. 150. Confession of Sin .. 152. Chapter 17 The Use of Remedies .. 157. Rational Remedies .. 157. Rest as a Remedy .. 158. Contents vii Chapter 18 Mind Cure .. 162. Control of Mind Over Mind .. 162. Sympathy .. 164. Bible Principles of Cure .. 166. The Healing Promises .. 169. Sing Praises .. 171. Marah and Elim .. 175. Blessed Assurance .. 176. Chapter 19 In Contact With Nature .. 177. Health Principles .. 183. Chapter 20 General Hygiene .. 184. The Circulation of the Blood.

8 184. Respiration .. 184. Ventilation and Sunlight .. 185. Chapter 21 Hygiene Among the Israelites .. 188. Prevention of Disease .. 188. Cleanliness .. 189. Diet .. 190. Rejoicing .. 191. Chapter 22 Dress .. 195. Independent of Fashion .. 200. Chapter 23 Diet and Health .. 201. Selection of Food .. 201. Preparation of Food .. 204. Wrong Conditions of Eating .. 207. Chapter 24 Flesh as Food .. 211. Reasons for Discarding Flesh Foods .. 212. Chapter 25 Extremes in Diet .. 215. Chapter 26 Stimulants and Narcotics .. 219. Condiments .. 219. Tea and Coffee .. 219. The Tobacco Habit .. 220. Intoxicating Drinks .. 222. The Milder Intoxicants .. 223. Chapter 27 Liquor Traffic and Prohibition .. 227. The Work of the Liquor Seller .. 227. The Responsibility of the Church .. 229. License Laws .. 230. viii The Ministry of Healing Prohibition .. 232. The Home .. 235. Chapter 28 Ministry of the Home.

9 236. Life's Opportunities .. 239. Chapter 29 The Builders of the Home .. 241. Happiness in Unselfish Service .. 245. Chapter 30 Choice and Preparation of the Home .. 246. Simplicity in Furnishing .. 248. Beautiful Surroundings .. 249. Chapter 31 The Mother .. 251. Temperance and Self-Control .. 252. Overwork .. 253. Cheerfulness .. 253. The Privilege of Parents in Child Training .. 254. The Mother's Opportunity .. 255. Chapter 32 The Child .. 256. The Care of Infants .. 257. The Child's Diet .. 259. The Care of Children in Sickness .. 260. The Study of Physiology .. 261. Chapter 33 Home Influences .. 263. The Father's Responsibility .. 264. Chapter 34 True Education, a Missionary Training .. 268. Training for Service .. 268. A Broad Foundation .. 270. The Work of the School .. 272. Learning by Imparting .. 272. The Essential Knowledge .. 279. Chapter 35 A True Knowledge of God.

10 280. Nature Is Not God .. 283. The Creation of the Earth .. 284. Personality of God Revealed in Christ .. 288. Revealed to the Disciples .. 289. Character of God Revealed in Christ .. 291. The Glory of the Cross .. 292. It Was Christ .. 292. The Knowledge That Works Transformation .. 293. Chapter 36 Danger in Speculative Knowledge .. 295. Contents ix Pantheistic Theories .. 295. Searching Into Divine Mysteries .. 297. Chapter 37 The False and the True in Education .. 306. Infidel Authors .. 306. Historical and Theological Lore .. 307. The Classics .. 309. Sensational Literature .. 310. Myths and Fairy Tales .. 311. Christ's Teaching .. 313. Chapter 38 The Importance of Seeking True Knowledge 316. The Work That Requires Our Thought .. 316. The Science to Be Mastered .. 317. No Time to Lose .. 318. The Need of Self-Renunciation .. 319. Christ the Fountainhead of True Knowledge.