Restoration
Excerpted quotes of statements of restoration from “Ministry of Healing”
by E. G. White
Compiled by Peggy Harris
Language made inclusive and emphasis supplied

 Chapter “Mind-Cure”

            The relation that exists between the mind and the body is very intimate.  When one is affected, the other sympathizes.  The condition of the mind affects the health to a far greater degree than many realize.  Many of the diseases from which humans suffer are the result of mental depression.  Grief, anxiety, discontent, remorse, guilt, distrust, all tend to break down the life forces, and to invite decay and death. Page. 241

Courage, hope, faith, sympathy, love, promote health and prolong life.  A contented mind, a cheerful spirit, is health to the body and strength to the soul.  “A merry (rejoicing) heart doeth good like a medicine.” Page 241 

God desires to bring people into direct relation with Himself.  In all His dealings with human beings He recognizes the principle of personal responsibility.  He seeks to encourage a sense of personal dependence, and to impress the need of personal guidance.  He desires to bring the human into association with the divine, that men and women may be transformed into the divine likeness.  Satan works to thwart this purpose.  He seeks to encourage dependence upon humans. When minds are turned away from God, the tempter can bring them under his rule.  He can control humanity.  Page 242   See also Testimony to Ministers (TM) pages 105-119.

He who made men and women’s minds knows what the mind needs.  God alone is the One who can heal.  Those whose minds and bodies are diseased are to behold in Christ the restorer.  “Because I live,” He says, “Ye shall live also.”  This is the life we are to present to the sick, telling them that if they have faith in Christ as the restorer, if they co-operate with Him, obeying the laws of health, ad striving to prefect holiness in His fear, He will impart to them His life.  When we present Christ to them in this way, we are imparting a power, a strength, that is of value; for it comes from above.  This is the true science of healing for body and soul.  Pages 243, 244.

The power of the will is not valued as it should be.  Let the will be kept awake and rightly directed, and it will impart energy to the whole being, and will be a wonderful aid in the maintenance of health.  It is a power also in dealing with disease.  Exercised in the right direction, it would control the imagination, and be a potent means of resisting and overcoming disease of both mind and body.  Page 246.

Abiding peace, true rest of spirit, has but one Source.  It was of this that Christ spoke when He said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”  “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you.”  This peace is not something that He gives apart from Himself.  Is in Christ, and we can receive it only by receiving Him.

Christ is the well-spring of life.  That which many need is to have a clearer knowledge of Him; they need to be patiently and kindly, yet earnestly, taught how the whole being may be thrown open to the healing agencies of heaven.  When the sunlight of God’s love illuminates the darkened chambers of the soul, restless weariness and dissatisfaction will cease, and satisfying joys will give vigour to the mind, and health and energy to the body.  Page 247.

In every trial, if we seek him, Christ will give us help.  Our eyes will be opened to discern the healing promises recorded in His word.  The Holy Spirit will teach us how to appropriate every blessing that will be an antidote to grief.  For every bitter draught that is placed to our lips, we shall find a branch of healing.  Page 248.

If in our ignorance we make missteps, the Savior does not forsake us.  We need never feel that we are alone.  Angels are our companions.  The Comforter that Christ promised to send in His name abides with us.  In the way that leads to the city of God there are no difficulties which those who trust in Him may not overcome.  There are no dangers which they may not escape.  There is not a sorrow, not a grievance, not a human weakness, for which He has not provided a remedy.

He who took humanity upon Himself knows how to sympathize with the sufferings of humanity.  Not only does Christ know every soul, and the peculiar needs and trials of that soul, but He knows all the circumstances that chafe and perplex the spirit.  His hand is outstretched in pitying tenderness to every suffering child.  Those who suffer most have most of His sympathy and pity.  He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and He desires us to lay our perplexities and troubles at His feet, and leave them there.  Page 249 

Often your mid may be clouded because of pain.  Then do not try to think.  You know that Jesus loves you.  He understands your weakness.  You may do His will by simply resting in His arms.  Page 251.

Then let us educate our hearts and lips to speak the praise of God for His matchless love.  Let us educate our souls to be hopeful, and to abide in the light shining from the cross of Calvary.  Never should we forget that we are children of the heavenly King, sons and daughters of the Lord of hosts.  It is our privilege to maintain a calm repose in God.  Page 253.

“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”  This command is an assurance that even the things which appear to be against us will work for our good.  God would not bid us be thankful for that which would do us harm.  Page 255.

The fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah is a prescription for maladies of the body and of the soul.  If we desire health and the true joy of life, we must put into practice the rules given in this scripture.  Of the service acceptable to Him, and its blessings, the Lord says:

“Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry.
And that though bring the poor that are cast out to they house?
When thou seest the naked that thou cover him,
And that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
And thine health shall spring forth speedily;
And thy righteousness shall go before thee;
The glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer;
Thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here I am.
If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
The putting forth of the finger and speaking vanity;
And if thou draw out they soul to the hungry,
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then shall thy light rise in obscurity,
And they darkness be as the noonday;
And the lord shall guide thee continually
And satisfy they soul in drought,
And make fat thy bones;
And thou shalt be like a watered garden
And like a spring of water,
Whose waters fail not.”

Good deeds are twice a blessing, benefiting both the giver and the receiver of the kindness.  The consciousness of right doing is one of the best medicines for diseased bodies and minds.  When the mind is free and happy from a sense of duty well done and the satisfaction of giving happiness to others, the cheering, uplifting influence brings new life to the whole being. 

 Let the invalid, instead of constantly requiring sympathy, seek to impart it…..Pages 256, 257.

Chapter “In Contact with Nature”

             Adam and Eve, in their untainted purity, delighted in the sights and sounds of Eden.  God appointed them their work in the garden, “to dress it and to keep it.”  Each day’s labour brought them health and gladness, and the happy pair greeted with joy the visits of their Creator, as in the cool of the day He walked and talked with them.  Daily God taught them His lessons.

             The plan of life which God appointed for our first parents has lessons for us.  Although sin has cast its shadow over the earth, God desires His children to find delight in the works of His hands.  The more closely His plan of life is followed, the more wonderfully will He work to restore suffering humanity.  The sick need to be brought into close touch with nature.  An outdoor life amid natural surroundings would work wonders for many a helpless and almost hopeless invalid.  Pages 262,  263.

            How grateful to the invalids weary of city life, the glare of many lights, and the noise of the streets, are the quiet and freedom of the country!  How eagerly do they turn to the scenes of nature!  How glad would they be to sit in the open air, rejoice in the sunshine, and breathe the fragrance of tree and flower!  There are life-giving properties in the balsam of the pine, in the fragrance of the cedar and the fir, and other trees also have properties that are health restoring.

             To the chronic invalid, nothing so tends to restore health and happiness as living amid attractive country surroundings.  Here the most helpless ones can sit or lie in the sunshine or in the shade of the trees.  They have only to lift their eyes to see above them the beautiful foliage.  A sweet sense of restfulness and refreshing comes over them as they listen to the murmuring of the breezes.  The drooping spirits revive.  The waning strength is recruited.  Unconsciously the mind becomes peaceful, the fevered pulse more calm and regular.  As the sick grow stronger, they will venture to take a few steps to gather some of the lovely flowers, precious messengers of God’s love to His afflicted family here below.  Page 264.

             Surround the patient with the beautiful things of nature; place the individual where he or she can see the flowers growing and hear the birds singing, and their heart will break into song in harmony with the song in harmony with the songs of the birds.  Relief will come to body and mind.  The intellect will be awakened, the imagination quickened, and the mind prepared to appreciate the beauty of God’s word.  Page 265

            Men and women in need of physical and spiritual healing are to be thus brought into contact with those whose words and acts will draw them to Christ.  They are to be brought under the influence of the great Medical Missionary, who can heal both soul and body.  They are to hear the story of the Saviour’s love, of the pardon freely provided for all who come to Him confessing their sins.

            Under such influences as these, many suffering ones will be guided into the way of life.  Angels of heaven co-operated with human instrumentalities in bringing encouragement and hope and joy and peace to the hearts of the sick and suffering.  Under such conditions the sick are doubly blessed, and many find health.  The feeble step recovers its elasticity.  The eye regains its brightness.  The hopeless become hopeful.  The once despondent countenance wears an expression of joy.  The complaining tones of the voice give place to tones of cheerfulness and content.  Page 267.

Chapter: Help in Daily Living

            He knows our every necessity.  To the omnipotence of the King of kings our covenant-keeping God unites the gentleness and care of the tender shepherd.  His power is absolute, and it is the pledge of the sure fulfillment of His promises to all who trust in Him.  He has means for the removal of every difficulty, that those who serve Him and respect the means He employs may be sustained.  His love is as far above all other love as the heavens are above the earth.  He watches over His children with a love that is measureless and everlasting. Page 481.

             In the darkest days, when appearances seem most forbidding, have faith in God.  He is working out His will, doing all things well in behalf of His people.  The strength of those who love and serve Him will be renewed day by day.

             He is able and willing to bestow upon His servants all the help they need.  He will give them the wisdom which their varied necessities demand.  Page 482.

             The Father’s presence encircled Christ, and nothing befell Him but that which infinite love permitted for the blessing of the world.  Here was His source of comfort, and it is for us.  Those who are imbued with the Spirit of Christ abides in Christ.  Whatever comes to that individual comes from the Saviour, who surrounds them with His presence.  Nothing can touch them except by the Lord’s permission.  ALL our sufferings and sorrows, all our temptations and trials, all our sadness and griefs, all our persecutions and privations, in short, all things work together for our good.  ALL experiences and circumstances for God’s workmen whereby good is brought to us.  (See Ephesians 5:20).  Page 489

             It is through the social relations that Christianity comes in contact with the world.  Every man or woman who has received the divine illumination is to shed light on the dark pathway of those who are unacquainted with the better way.  Social power, sanctified by the Spirit of Christ, must be improved in bringing souls to the Saviour.  Christ is not to be hid away in the heart as a coveted treasure, sacred and sweet, to be enjoyed solely by the possessor.  We are to have Christ in us as a well of water, springing up into everlasting life, refreshing all who come in contact with us.  Page 496.

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