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If but one soul would have accepted the gospel of His grace, Christ would, to save that one, have chosen His life of toil and humiliation and His death of shame. If through our efforts one human being shall be uplifted and ennobled, fitted to shine in the courts of the Lord, have we not cause for rejoicing?

Even saving or uplifting a single human being is of supreme value and cause for rejoicing. Exclusively addresses spiritual values and the moral significance of individual redemption.

The duties of the physician are arduous and trying. In order to perform them most successfully he needs to have a strong constitution and vigorous health. A man that is feeble or diseased cannot endure the wearing labor incident to the physician's calling. One who lacks perfect self-control cannot become qualified to deal with all classes of disease.

The arduous duties of a physician require physical stamina, vigorous health, and strong self-control. Combines a practical physical requirement for a demanding occupation with general occupational advice.

Often deprived of sleep, neglecting even to take food, cut off in great degree from social enjoyment and religious privileges, the physician's life seems to lie under a continual shadow. The affliction he beholds, the dependent mortals longing for help, his contact with the depraved, make the heart sick, and well-nigh destroy confidence in humanity.

Physicians face severe occupational stressors, sleep deprivation, and emotional burdens that threaten their well-being. Describes the occupational burdens and lifestyle challenges faced by physicians.

In the battle with disease and death every energy is taxed to the limit of endurance. The reaction from this terrible strain tests the character to the utmost. Then it is that temptation has greatest power. More than men in any other calling, is the physician in need of self-control, purity of spirit, and that faith which takes hold on heaven. For the sake of others and for his own sake, he cannot afford to disregard physical law. Recklessness in physical habits tends to recklessness in morals.

Physical exhaustion and recklessness in physical habits undermine moral self-control and character. Asserts a link between physical neglect/habits and moral or behavioral outcomes.

The physician's only safety is, under all circumstances, to act from principle, strengthened and ennobled by a firmness of purpose found only in God. He is to stand in the moral excellence of His character. Day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment, he is to live as in the sight of the unseen world. As did Moses, he must endure “as seeing Him who is invisible.”

A physician's safety and moral grounding depend on acting from divine principle and spiritual awareness. Exclusively spiritual and theological counsel regarding moral safety.