- Foreword
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- The Entering Wedge
- The Compassion of Christ Revealed
- Divine Origin
- The Gospel of Health
- The Right Hand of the Gospel
- It Opens Doors
- The Work for Today
- An Early Call to Action—1867
- A Rallying Call in 1902
- The Call Repeated in 1907
- The Call of Today
- Zeal and Perseverance Required
- In Time of Persecution
- The Distinguishing Sign
- Ways Will Open
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- Ministering to Body and Soul
- A Door of Entrance to the Cities
- Organize for Harmonious Action
- The Church a Training School
- The Need for Consecrated Nurses
- Serve With Sanctified Understanding
- Medical Missions in Every City
- The City Mission and Training School
- Training Under Competent Leaders
- Laboring as God's Helping Hand
- Self-supporting Workers
- Hygienic Restaurants as Missionary Centers
- To Supply Spiritual Food
- Results of Consecrated Effort
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- Extent of the Work
- Educate, Educate, Educate
- Teach Skillfully
- A Continual Reform Essential
- Responsibility of Those Who Have Light
- Thousands Eager to Learn
- The Public to Be Deeply Stirred
- Health Talks to Be Given
- Physiology to Be Taught
- Represented by Advance Principles
- Education Better Than Miraculous Healing
- When Prayer for Healing Is Presumption
- Instruction in Diet by Evangelistic Workers
- A Knowledge of Healthful Cookery
- Simplicity in Cooking
- Decision Without Narrow Conceit
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When Prayer for Healing Is Presumption
Many have expected that God would keep them from sickness merely because they have asked Him to do so. But God did not regard their prayers, because their faith was not made perfect by works. God will not work a miracle to keep those from sickness who have no care for themselves, but are continually violating the laws of health and make no efforts to prevent disease. When we do all we can on our part to have health, then may we expect that the blessed results will follow, and we can ask God in faith to bless our efforts for the preservation of health. He will then answer our prayer, if His name can be glorified thereby. But let all understand that they have a work to do. God will not work in a miraculous manner to preserve the health of persons who are taking a sure course to make themselves sick, by their careless inattention to the laws of health.CME 35.2
Those who will gratify their appetite, and then suffer because of their intemperance, and take drugs to relieve them, may be assured that God will not interpose to save health and life which are so recklessly periled. The cause has produced the effect. Many, as their last resort, follow the directions in the Word of God, and request the prayers of the elders of the church for their restoration to health. God does not see fit to answer prayers offered in behalf of such, for He knows that if they should be restored to health, they would again sacrifice it upon the altar of unhealthy appetite.—Medical Ministry, 13, 14.CME 35.3