What does EGW write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Medical missionary - money-making"
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Medical missionary work must be conducted without any thread of selfishness or desire for worldly display and high profits. Physicians should not demand stipulated sums or large pay exceeding that of ministers, as their labor is a sacred spiritual service rather than a commercial venture. True workers are characterized by a spirit of sacrifice, following Christ's example of poverty and lowliness to reach those in need.
Principles of Selflessness in Medical Missions
»No thread of selfishness is to be drawn into the web; no scheme is to be devised that has in it one particle of injustice. Selfishness is not to control any line of the work. Let us remember that individually we are working in full view of the heavenly universe.«
»Let none say, “I will engage in this work for a stipulated sum. If I do not receive this sum, I will not do the work.” Those who say this show that they are not wearing Christ's yoke; they are not learning His meekness and lowliness. ... Shall we refuse to become medical missionary workers unless we can follow the customs of the world, making a display such as worldlings make?«
»Why should the Christian physician... expect more pay for his services than the Christian editor or the Christian minister? ... There are no good reasons why he should overwork and receive large pay for it, more than the minister or the editor. ... No one should be suffered to remain as helper in the Institute who does it simply for pay.«
»The work of the true medical missionary is largely a spiritual work. ... This will strengthen them against the temptations to withdraw from the sanitarium work to engage in private practice. No selfish motives should be allowed to draw the worker from his post of duty.«
»Selfishness introduced in any degree into ministerial or medical work is an infraction of the law of God. When men glory in their capabilities and cause the praise of men to flow to finite beings, they dishonor God, and He will remove that in which they glory.«
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