Section 4—Medical Missionary Work“Everything ... whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live.” “Their waters they issued out of the sanctuary.”God’s Design in Our SanitariumsEvery institution established by Seventh-day Adventists is to be to the world what Joseph was in Egypt and what Daniel and his fellows were in Babylon. As in the providence of God these chosen ones were taken captive, it was to carry to heathen nations the blessings that come to humanity through a knowledge of God. They were to be representatives of Jehovah. They were never to compromise with idolaters; their religious faith and their name as worshipers of the living God they were to bear as a special honor. {6T 219.1}

(219) [Hver institution, der oprettes af syvende-dags adventisterne, skal være for verden, hvad Josef var i Ægypten og hvad Daniel og hans medbrødre var i Babylon. Når disse udvalgte mænd blev taget til fange, var det for at bringe hedenske folkeslag de velsignelser, der kommer til menneskene gennem kundskaben om Gud. De skulle være Jehovas repræsentanter. De skulle aldrig indgå kompromis med afgudsdyrkere; deres religiøse tro og deres navn som tilbedere af Israels Gud skulle de bære som en særskilt hæder.