Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Lt 28, 1901

Caro, E. R.

St. Helena, California

February 13, 1901

Previously unpublished. +^Note

Dr. E. R. Caro

Dear brother,—

I have an intense desire that you shall be all that the Lord wishes you to be. I know that there are trials before you and before every soul who shall engage in the work of the Lord for these last days. I entreat you, my brother, to draw near to God. Do not lose your hold of true principles. These principles have not always been firmly adhered to. 16LtMs, Lt 28, 1901, par. 1

Do not think that you will gain strength by conforming to the world’s standard. You are not now strengthened, settled, and established as all who meet God in peace must be. You trust too largely to your own judgment. 16LtMs, Lt 28, 1901, par. 2

Do not trust to your own judgment in placing persons in responsible positions. Your discernment in regard to the fitness of certain persons for certain positions is not good. Leave that work for some one who has had more experience than you have had. 16LtMs, Lt 28, 1901, par. 3

I will say further, The Lord has not appointed you to establish sanitariums. Leave this work to those who understand it, who are better qualified than you to judge in regard to the needs of the field. God has not given you the position of general of the work. This place needs a man of deep experience who can reason from cause to effect. 16LtMs, Lt 28, 1901, par. 4

Wait patiently on the Lord and trust wholly in Him. Labor as a physician, doing surgical work. In the place of feeling competent to go all over the field to adjust the different parts of the work, obtain that spiritual knowledge which will make you a man of high principle. 16LtMs, Lt 28, 1901, par. 5

You do not weigh matters as thoroughly as the important interests of the cause demand. You do not reason from cause to effect. You have much to learn in the school of Christ before you can give spiritual instruction to those who come to the Sanitarium. Put your trust in God. Do not feel that with your limited experience you can pass over the ground over which Dr. Kellogg has passed. If you undertake to do the work he has done in establishing orphan asylums and homes for the aged, you will not make a success, but will involve the cause in Australia in difficulties. But if you will receive advice and counsel, you may now obtain the education which you so greatly need. 16LtMs, Lt 28, 1901, par. 6

May the Lord strengthen and bless you and open your eyes that you may behold the wondrous things out of His law. 16LtMs, Lt 28, 1901, par. 7