对医生和医科学生的勉言
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主很快就要来了。危险的时期在我们面前，从来没有一个时期比现在更适合使徒的劝勉——林后6:14-18。“你们务要从他们中间出来，与他们分别;不要沾不洁净的物，我就收纳你们。我要作你们的父;你们要作我的儿女。这是全能的主说的。亲爱的啊，我们既有这等应许，就当洁净自己，除去身体、灵魂一切的污秽，敬畏上帝，得以成圣”(林后6:17,18,7:1)。这是我们面前的重要工作，要使我们自己在精神和实践上与世人分别，我们才能符合成为上帝儿女的条件。使徒深入呼吁我们这么做的好处，以便我们持定它们为特别的福气。“亲爱的啊，我们既有这等应许，就当洁净自己，除去身体、灵魂一切的污秽，敬畏上帝，得以成圣”(林后7:1)。这就是我们每一个人要认真下的工夫;正确的思想，纯净圣洁的目的，不会自然地临到我们;它们必须得到寻求和鼓励。{PH167 1.1}
在我们的健康机构里，尤其应当让纯净圣洁的原则向下扎根，其结果就是果子会出现。基督的生活所特有的精神和原则若不根植在心中，就不会控制人生。许许多多自称是基督徒的人只是挂名的基督徒。他们自己里面没有根。他们对真理有肤浅的认识，而且断绝了一些恶行;但内心却依然充满骄傲、不洁、不圣洁的野心、自尊自大和喜爱最高地位。灵魂的殿必须得到洁净，脱离其污秽，必须有思想的纯正和强烈的愿望与认真的努力相结合来满足上帝之道的标准，否则他们就决不会变得高尚、折服、净化，穿上洁白的细麻衣，就是圣徒的义，变得适合与纯净圣洁者为伴。{PH167 2.1}
有大批的人虽有真理的理论，也能证明他们的道理合乎圣经而且纯正，却在不义中持守着真理。他们的行动方针否认他们的信仰。他们的心没有因真理成圣。他们没有真理的精神和能力。他们心里是不圣洁的，行为举止也不像基督。他们的行为证明他们没有那在耶稣里的真理。满足于像别人那样做事，满足于半个基督徒的生活，就是完全不符合标准。内心的邪恶和品格的缺陷若不天天按照所赐给我们的副本得到极力纠正，我们就会完全失败。所珍爱的一个罪就会玷污灵魂，就像一滴墨水会污染一盆水。{PH167 2.2}
我们非常需要虔诚的医生;我们需要有崇高和纯洁神圣原则的人在上帝这些机构的每一个部门。我蒙指示看到，年轻人会接受获得医学教育的责任，并且开始他们的学习过程，旨在成为义的并且保持他们的基督徒原则;然而他们这么做了吗?没有，他们陷入了试探，邪恶的影响侵袭了他们的道德。在我们自称相信曾交给凡人的最严肃真理的人中间，也有玷污美德和牺牲原则的事。他们并不像约瑟和但以理那样保持自己道德的纯正，更不要说保持他们的基督徒原则了。那些自称可敬的男女同伴的习惯和风俗对他们有一种塑造性影响。不仅年轻人，连那些成年人也倾向于符合世俗的标准，以便不被视为与众不同。{PH167 3.1}
他们带着毕业证书走出了学子生涯，但在许多方面，他们比进入大学前更不适合从事那种必需要他们去做的工作了。在小事上忠心被忽视了;他们认为没必要如此严谨。他们已经超越了他们曾经对真理和忠诚抱有的纯真、尽责的尊重。他们必须学习，以掌握更高的工作，更重要的是，他们在较小的责任上经受住测试和检验之前，是完全不适合这种更高的工作的。他们需要小心谨慎地开始承担较小的责任，表明自己是全面细致、判断审慎的思考者，有内心的纯正和正直，在凡事上都忠于上帝忠于人类。{PH167 3.2}
医生应该表明，作为一名医生，他承担着对生病和痛苦的身体和灵魂的重大、严肃的责任。他不应脱口而出一句粗心轻率的话;不应说一句倾向于引起不洁思想的话;他的每一个想法、言语或行动都应该避免接近这一点。不应说任何使任何一个人思想堕落或将他们引向不洁思路的话。一个纯洁、思想高尚、敬畏上帝的医生保留自己的忠告;可是一些在对待人的心灵和身体方面没有实际经验的新手，却常夸夸其谈自己的知识和学问，其实他们对自己所从事的业务并没有经验上的知识。这些年轻人需要更加认识自己，这样，他们才会更加明白自己的责任，认识到他们无论必须到哪个部门工作，都必须甘心乐意，态度真诚，以由衷无私的热情、努力向别人行善。他们不会考虑怎样更好地维护自己作为医生的尊严，而会借着体贴和关怀获得声誉，赢得他们所为之服务之人的心。必须用心投入，全神贯注于工作。训练的过程有时是在小事上，往往被视为琐碎卑微的工作。{PH167 4.1}
如果这个机构是上帝计划它应该成为的样子，作祂的工具，它就不会效法我国的任何一个机构，无论是在实践上还是在道德立场上。它就会成为一个特殊的机构，按照圣经的标准来管理和控制。任何动机都不足以使在这里工作的人偏离本分的正路。它在其所有的教导和实践上都会是革新的。不会为了得到世俗的赞助而与世界更紧密地和谐统一。那些被上帝的灵所控制的人，是不会被发现寻求他们自己的快乐或娱乐的。如果耶稣在疗养院主持，就会有更大更明显地与世界分离。快乐不能引诱人离开正义的道路。他们会响应命令，从世人中间出来，与他们分别，不沾不洁净的物，绝不参与罪恶。他们的目标是达到我们主耶稣基督所树立的崇高、纯洁、高贵、高尚的标准。世界在其行为、方式和礼仪上，都不会有任何吸引力诱使他们离开责任。“你们务要从他们中间出来，与他们分别”(林后6:17)。我们是愿意听上帝的声音并且顺从呢?还是愿意在这件事上半途而废，试图同时侍奉上帝和玛门(财利)呢?{PH167 5.1}
必有撒但的差役引诱人犯罪;但那热爱并敬畏上帝的稳健的人必像但以理那样在其上天默示的旨意上坚定不移，不会受引诱偏离自己的职责信念。总有那些在高位却从未征服和战胜自我的人。撒但利用这些人为诱饵。他们与爱宴乐的联合起来，以此讨好他们，设法获得他们的认可。上帝有一项工作给忠心的人去做，就是像忠心的挪亚一样捍卫真理。他们要警告人，恳劝人，并用他们的行为表明他们的信心。他们像挪亚一样作上帝的代表，在高尚的、全心全意的忠诚中，道德品质未受玷污。他们像他们的主一样是人们的救星。他们也必像他们的主一样遭受仇恨和羞辱。敌意会被激起，仇恨和不实的指控会像一股洪流包围他们，要把他们从高尚的道德立场冲下来，但他们的根基是在磐石上，并在他们所选择的职责岗位上保持坚定不移，以他们的道德正直和谨慎的谈吐警告人、恳劝人、斥责罪恶和爱宴乐的人。那些将会听到上帝的圣口说“做得好”的上帝仆人，必成为传义道的英雄，尽管他们可能不会在讲台上讲道。他们一直在服侍，忠于他们所意识到的上帝对他们的要求，小心提防他们的自我，免得羞辱主，主已教导他们要坚定地捍卫正义和职责，无论他们自己有什么损失。这就是基督精兵的工作。那能经受得住试探压力的信仰才是内心的信仰。必须将整个的心献给上帝;若是扣留其中的任何一部分，我们就没有权利要求成为上帝蒙恩儿女的应许。{PH167 5.2}
基督的精兵必通过日常的考验受训练以证明他的忠诚。如果我们遵守条件，不断地努力“洁净自己，除去身体、灵魂一切的污秽，敬畏上帝，得以成圣”(林后7:1)，然后上帝必成就祂所应许的一切;我们的名字就会登记在羔羊的生命册上，在查案审判的时候，那真实见证者就会说：“我也必不从生命册上涂抹他的名”(启3:5)。忠心之人的名字必屹立为上帝的儿女，王室的成员，天上君王的孩子。我蒙指示看见对于潜伏在人心里的诡诈，存在着一种可悲的无知，这总是倾向于自我放纵、骄傲、自大、喜爱抬举自己、寻求人的称赞。{PH167 6.1}
生活的严肃性没有得到理解。人们在属肉体安全感的摇篮里被摇晃入睡，看不出时代的兆头和困扰在他们道路上的危险。他们并不天天寻求上天的启迪以便蒙引导进入一切的真理，好有清晰的辨识力，安然无恙地穿过错综复杂的谎言、欺骗和罪孽的迷宫，这些都在我们周围各处、在我们内心激烈活动着。他们盲目地跌跌撞撞地前行，不接受灵感的话语。“基督和彼列(彼列就是撒但的别名)有什么相和呢?信主的和不信主的有什么相干呢?上帝的殿和偶像有什么相同呢?因为我们是永生上帝的殿。”然后主将条件清楚地摆在我们面前：“你们务要从他们中间出来，与他们分别;不要沾不洁净的物，我就收纳你们。我要作你们的父;你们要作我的儿女。这是全能的主说的”(林后6:15-18)。{PH167 7.1}
成千上万的人读了这些话，但既不理解也不服从。他们远远没有遵守上帝的明确要求，他们在各方面也同样没有尽到自己的本分。他们随从自己的倾向而不是本分，他们的良心因而变得不易受感动了。{PH167 8.1}
可能会发出最有力的呼吁，永恒的庄严现实，丧失灵魂的危险，由于无视耶和华明确的命令而摆在他们面前，他们却不理会。他们讨厌传给他们的信息，说：“你太讲究了，太挑剔了。”圣经提出耶和华的权威和要求，并祂因基督来通过无限的牺牲要救赎之人的粗心疏忽漫不经心而生的义怒，但他们却不被警告的信息所感动。主的惊吓不会在他们身上有任何永久的效力，导致他们听从警告，“从他们中间出来，与他们分别;不要沾不洁净的物”(林后6:17)。从髑髅地映射出来的耶稣的爱可能被活画在他们面前;祂的同情，导致祂撇下至尊的天庭和至尊的宝座，将祂的王袍放在一边，为我们的缘故成为贫穷，叫我们因祂的贫穷可以成为富足的祂对堕落人类的怜悯;祂不断舍己和自我牺牲的生活，可能被带到他们面前;基督的恳求，最由衷的邀请，与最富有的应许交织在一起，可能都被用来感动他们，但自私的心却能防范这一切。上帝的真理得不到接受，由上帝的仆人们提出的上帝的要求，他们觉得太武断了。他们认为必须有更多的许可和更少的限制。他们那不忠于上帝的属肉体的心就这样辩解，以致会随随便便地侍奉祂。{PH167 8.2}
PH167 - Counsels to Physicians and Medical Students
The Lord is soon to come. Perilous times are before us, and never was there a period when the exhortation of the Apostle—2 Corinthians 6:14-18—was more appropriate than now. “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” This is the important work before us, to separate ourselves in spirit and in practice from the world, if we would comply with the conditions to become sons and daughters of God. The Apostle urges home the advantages thus presented, that we should lay hold of them as special blessings. “Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” Here is earnest work?for every one of us; right thoughts, pure and holy purposes, will not come to us naturally; they must be sought for and encouraged.?{PH167 1.1}[1]
In our Institutions for health, especially, should the pure and holy principles take root downward, and the result will be that fruit will appear. Unless the spirit and principles which characterized the life of Christ be planted in the heart, they will not control the life. Very many professed Christians are so only in name. They have no root in themselves. They have a superficial knowledge of the truth, and break off some of their evil practices; but the heart is still filled with pride, impurities, unholy ambition, self-importance, and love for the supremacy. The soul temple must be cleansed of its defilement, there must be purity of thought and intensity of desire, united with earnest efforts to meet the standard in God’s word, or they will never become elevated, subdued, purified, and wear the white linen which is the righteousness of the saints, and become fitted for the companionship of the pure and holy.?{PH167 2.1}[2]
There are a large number who have a theory of the truth, and can prove their doctrines to be scriptural and sound, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. Their course of action denies their faith. Their hearts are not sanctified through the truth. They have not the spirit and power of the truth. They are unholy in heart, and are not Christ-like in deportment. Their works testify of them that they have not the truth as it is in Jesus. To be content to do as others do, and to be satisfied with a half Christian life, is to fail of the standard altogether. Unless the evil of the heart, the?deformity of character, be strenuously corrected day by day according to the copy given us, there will be an entire failure. One darling sin cherished will defile the soul as one drop of ink will color a basin of water.?{PH167 2.2}[3]
We greatly need godly physicians; we need men who have high and pure and holy principles, in every department of these instrumentalities of God. I have been shown that young men will accept the responsibility of obtaining a medical education, and enter upon their course of study designing to be right and maintain their Christian principles; but do they do this? No; they fall into temptation, and evil influences affect their morals. Among our own people who profess to believe the most solemn truths ever committed to mortals, there is a tarnishing of virtue, a sacrificing of principle. They do not, like Joseph and Daniel, preserve their integrity of morals, much less their Christian principles. The habits and customs of associates who claim to be respectable men and women have a moulding influence upon them. Not only the youth, but those of mature age, are inclined to conform to the worldlings standard in order not to be considered singular.?{PH167 3.1}[4]
They come forth from their student life with their diplomas, but less fitted in many respects for the kind of work necessary for them to do than before they entered college. Faithfulness in little things is overlooked; they do not consider it essential to be so very exact. They have outgrown the pure, conscientious regard for truth and faithfulness they once possessed. They must study to grasp the higher work, the more important, and they are entirely unfitted for this higher?work until tested and proved in lesser responsibilities. They need carefully to take up the smaller responsibilities and show themselves close, critical thinkers, having soundness of heart and uprightness, loyal to God and true to mankind in all things.?{PH167 3.2}[5]
The physician should show that he carries the burden of the grave, solemn responsibility, as a physician, of the bodies and souls of the sick and suffering. Not a word of careless flippancy should escape his lips; not a word should be spoken having a tendency to awaken an impure thought; every thought, word or action should be avoided approaching to this. Nothing should be said to bring down the minds of any, or direct them in an impure channel. A pure, noble-minded, God-fearing physician keeps his own counsel; but novices who have no real experience in dealing with the bodies and souls of men will talk boastingly of their knowledge and their attainments, when they have no experimental knowledge in the business they have entered upon. What these youth need is a better knowledge of themselves; then they will become more intelligent in regard to their duty, and will understand that in every department where they may have to labor, they must possess a willing mind, an earnest spirit, and a hearty, unselfish zeal in trying to do others good. They will not study how best to preserve their dignity as physicians, but by thoughtfulness and care-taking will earn a reputation and gain the hearts of those whom they serve. The heart must be enlisted and all absorbed in the work. The disciplinary process is sometimes in?small matters, and is too often regarded as menial employment.?{PH167 4.1}[6]
If this Institution is what God designed it should be, as his instrumentality it will not copy any Institution in our land in its practices or moral standing. It will stand as a peculiar Institution, governed and controlled after the Bible standard. No motive will be of sufficient force to move those engaged here from the straight line of duty. It will be reformatory in all its teachings and practice. There will be no uniting in closer harmony with the world in order to receive worldly patronage. Those who are under the control of the Spirit of God will not be found seeking their pleasure or amusement. If Jesus presides in the Sanitarium, there will be a greater and more distinct separation from the world. Pleasure cannot entice from the way of justice. They will answer the injunction. Come out from among them and be separate, touching not the unclean, and in no wise partaking of sin. They will aim to reach the high, pure, noble, elevated standard erected by our Lord Jesus Christ. The world, in its practices, and ways, and manners, will have no attractions to entice from duty. “Come out from among them, and be ye separate.” Will we hear the voice of God and obey? or will we make half way work in the matter, trying to serve God and mammon at the same time??{PH167 5.1}[7]
There will be agents of Satan who will induce to sin; but the steady soul who loves and fears God, will be as firm in his Heaven-inspired purpose as was Daniel, and will not be swerved from his convictions of duty. There will always be those in high places who have never subdued?and overcome self. These Satan uses as decoys. They flatter the pleasure-lovers by uniting with them. They court their approval. God has a work for his faithful ones to do, to stand in defense of the truth like faithful Noah. They will warn and entreat, and show by their works their faith. They stand as God’s agents, as Noah stood, in noble, whole-souled fidelity, the moral character untarnished. They are saviours of men like their Master. They will be exposed to hatred and reproach as was their Master. Enmity will be aroused, hatred and false accusations will pour like a torrent around them to wrench them from their high moral position, but they have their foundation on the Rock, and remain unmoved at their chosen post of duty, warning, entreating, rebuking sin and pleasure-lovers by their moral rectitude and circumspect conversation. God’s servants who will hear the “Well done” from his divine lips, will be heroic ministers of righteousness, although they may not preach in the desk. They are constantly ministering, loyal to their sense of God’s claims upon them, jealous of their own selves, lest they shall dishonor the Lord that taught them to stand in defense of right and duty at any loss to themselves. This is the work of the Christian soldier. That which will stand under the pressure of temptation is heart religion. The whole heart must be given to God; if any portion of it be withheld, we have no right to claim the promise of being the favored sons and daughters of God.?{PH167 5.2}[8]
The Christian soldier will be trained through daily tests to prove his fidelity. If in compliance with the conditions, efforts are constantly made to “cleanse ourselves?from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” then God will do all he has promised; we shall have our names registered in the Lamb’s book of life, and in the investigative judgment, the True Witness says, I will not blot out his name out of the book of life.” The names of the faithful will stand as sons and daughters of God, members of the royal family, children of the Heavenly King. I have been shown that there exists a lamentable ignorance in regard to the guile that lurks in the human heart, which constantly inclines to self-indulgence, to pride, to self-importance, to love of self-exaltation, to seek the praise of men.?{PH167 6.1}[9]
The solemnity of living is not understood. Souls are lulled to sleep in the cradle of carnal security, and discern not the signs of the times, and the dangers that beset their path. They do not seek heavenly enlightenment day by day, that they may be guided into all truth, and may have clear discernment to pass unscathed through the intricate mazes of falsehood, deception, and iniquity which exist intense activity everywhere around us, within us. They go stumbling blindly along, not taking in the words of inspiration, “What concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God.” Then the conditions are plainly laid before us: “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”?{PH167 7.1}[10]
Thousands upon thousands read these words, but neither understand them nor obey them. They come far short of obeying God’s specified requirements, and they come equally short in their duty in every respect. Their consciences have become unimpressible through following their own inclination rather than duty.?{PH167 8.1}[11]
The most powerful appeals may be made and the solemn realities of eternity, the danger of losing the soul, be set before them in consequence of disregarding the express injunction of Jehovah, and they heed it not. They resent the messages given them with, “You are too particular, too critical.” The Bible presents the authority and claims of Jehovah, his righteous indignation because of the careless inattention of those whom Christ came, through infinite sacrifice, to redeem, but they are not moved by the messages of warning. The terrors of the Lord will not have any permanent effect upon them to lead them to heed the warning to “come out from among them and be separate, and touch not the unclean.” The love of Jesus reflected from the cross of Calvary may be presented vividly before them; his pity, his compassion for fallen man which led him to leave the royal courts and royal throne, and lay aside his robes of royalty, and for our sakes to become poor that through his poverty we may become rich; his life of continual self-denial and self-sacrifice, may be brought before them; the entreaties of Christ, the most heart-felt invitations mingled with the richest promises, may all be employed, but the selfish heart is proof against them all. The truth of God can find no acceptance, the claims of God presented by his servants they?feel are too arbitrary. There must be more license, and less constraint. Thus pleads the carnal heart that is untrue to God, that would give him casual service.?{PH167 8.2}[12]
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