Power of Example
The physician who ministers in the homes of the people, watching at the bedside of the sick, relieving their distress, bringing them back from the borders of the grave, speaking hope to the dying, wins a place in their confidence and affection such as is granted to few others. Not even to the minister of the gospel are committed possibilities so great or an influence so far-reaching.
MHH 65.6
The physician’s example, no less than his or her teaching, should be a positive power on the right side. The cause of reform calls for men and women whose life practice is an illustration of self-control. It is our practice of the principles we inculcate that gives them weight. The world needs a practical demonstration of what the grace of God can do in restoring to human beings their lost sovereignty, giving them mastery of themselves. There is nothing that the world needs so much as a knowledge of the gospel’s saving power revealed in Christlike lives.
MHH 65.7
Physicians are continually brought into contact with those who need the strength and encouragement of a right example. Many people are weak in moral power. They lack self-control and are easily overcome by temptation. Physicians can help these souls only as they reveal in their own lives a strength of principle that enables them to triumph over every injurious habit and defiling lust. Their lives must reveal the working of a power that is divine. If they fail here, however forcible or persuasive their words may be, their influence will tell for evil.
MHH 66.1
Multitudes seek medical advice and treatment who have become moral wrecks through their own wrong habits. They are bruised and weak and wounded, feeling their folly and their inability to overcome. Such ones should have nothing in their surroundings to encourage a continuance of the thoughts and feelings that have made them what they are. They need to breathe an atmosphere of purity, of high and noble thought. How terrible the responsibility when those who should give them a right example are themselves enthralled by hurtful habits, their influence giving added strength to temptation!
MHH 66.2
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Sickroom","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0076_eng_m_chapter_15_in_the_sickroom_2715_937.mp3#duration=424&size=3526538"},{"para_id":"2715.963","title":"Chapter 16\u2014Prayer for the Sick","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0082_eng_m_chapter_16_prayer_for_the_sick_2715_963.mp3#duration=886&size=7227172"},{"para_id":"2715.1005","title":"Chapter 17\u2014The Use of Remedies","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0087_eng_m_chapter_17_the_use_of_remedies_2715_1005.mp3#duration=591&size=4865015"},{"para_id":"2715.1036","title":"Chapter 18\u2014Mind Cure","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0091_eng_m_chapter_18_mind_cure_2715_1036.mp3#duration=1856&size=14984838"},{"para_id":"2715.1146","title":"Chapter 19\u2014In Contact With Nature","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0099_eng_m_chapter_19_in_contact_with_nature_2715_1146.mp3#duration=626&size=5142436"},{"para_id":"2715.1185","title":"Chapter 20\u2014General Hygiene","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0103_eng_m_chapter_20_general_hygiene_2715_1188.mp3#duration=520&size=4296169"},{"para_id":"2715.1218","title":"Chapter 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Narcotics","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0126_eng_m_chapter_26_stimulants_and_narcotics_2715_1427.mp3#duration=1014&size=8246601"},{"para_id":"2715.1483","title":"Chapter 27\u2014Evils of the Drug and Liquor Traffic","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0132_eng_m_chapter_27_evils_of_the_drug_and_liquor_traffic_2715_1483.mp3#duration=986&size=8020451"},{"para_id":"2715.1533","title":"Chapter 28\u2014Ministry of the Home","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0136_eng_m_chapter_28_ministry_of_the_home_2715_1536.mp3#duration=577&size=4752274"},{"para_id":"2715.1564","title":"Chapter 29\u2014Builders of the Home","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0139_eng_m_chapter_29_builders_of_the_home_2715_1564.mp3#duration=655&size=5378734"},{"para_id":"2715.1603","title":"Chapter 30\u2014Choice and Preparation of the Home","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0142_eng_m_chapter_30_choice_and_preparation_of_the_home_2715_1603.mp3#duration=596&size=4899930"},{"para_id":"2715.1634","title":"Chapter 31\u2014The Mother","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0146_eng_m_chapter_31_the_mother_2715_1634.mp3#duration=654&size=5366761"},{"para_id":"2715.1668","title":"Chapter 32\u2014The Child","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0152_eng_m_chapter_32_the_child_2715_1668.mp3#duration=821&size=6702599"},{"para_id":"2715.1713","title":"Chapter 33\u2014Home Influences","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0157_eng_m_chapter_33_home_influences_2715_1713.mp3#duration=571&size=4705978"},{"para_id":"2715.1745","title":"Chapter 34\u2014True Education a Missionary Training","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0160_eng_m_chapter_34_true_education_a_missionary_training_2715_1745.mp3#duration=1203&size=9760186"},{"para_id":"2715.1815","title":"Chapter 35\u2014A True Knowledge of God","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0165_eng_m_chapter_35_a_true_knowledge_of_god_2715_1818.mp3#duration=1707&size=13798200"},{"para_id":"2715.1933","title":"Chapter 36\u2014Danger in Speculative 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Contact With Others","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0202_eng_m_chapter_41_in_contact_with_others_2715_2236.mp3#duration=1474&size=11928229"},{"para_id":"2715.2308","title":"Chapter 42\u2014Development and Service","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0208_eng_m_chapter_42_development_and_service_2715_2308.mp3#duration=668&size=5482967"},{"para_id":"2715.2344","title":"Chapter 43\u2014A Higher Experience","mp3":"\/mp3\/2715\/0212_eng_m_chapter_43_a_higher_experience_2715_2344.mp3#duration=1267&size=10270130"}]