Earlier text: **THE LOMA LINDA SANITARIUM.**A far greater effort should be made to extend the circulation of our literature in all parts of the world. The warning must be given in all lands and to all peoples. Our books are to be translated and published in many different languages. We should multiply publications183 on our faith in English, German, French, Danish-Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and many other tongues; and people of all nationalities should be enlightened and educated, that they too may join in the work. Let our people do all in their power to diffuse to the world the light of heaven. In every way possible call the attention of the people of every nation and tongue to those things that will direct their minds to the Book of books.—Testimony Vol. VII, p. 160. God says to His people, “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.” Isa. 60:1. Why, then, do they feel so little burden to plant the standard of truth in new places? Why do they not obey the word, “Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not.” Luke 12:33. Why do they not return to the Lord His own, to be invested in heavenly merchandise? Why is there not a more earnest call for volunteers to enter the whitening harvest-field? Unless more is done than has been done for the cities of America, ministers and people will have a heavy account to settle with the One who has appointed to every man his work. We repeat the prayer: “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Matt. 6:10. Are we doing our part to answer that prayer? We profess to believe that the commission which Christ gave to His disciples is given also to us. Are we fulfilling it? May God forgive our terrible neglect in not184 doing the work that as yet we have scarcely touched with the tips of our fingers. When will this work be done? It makes my heart sick and sore to see such blindness on the part of the people of God. There are thousands in America perishing in ignorance and sin. And looking afar off to some distant field, those who know the truth are indifferently passing by the needy fields close to them. Christ says, “Go work to-day in My vineyard.” “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.” Matt. 21:28; John 4:35. Wake up, wake up, my brethren and sisters, and enter the fields in America that have never been worked. After you have given something for foreign fields, do not think your duty done. There is a work to be done in foreign fields, but there is a work to be done in America that is just as important. In the cities of America there are people of almost every language. These need the light that God has given to His church. The Lord lives and reigns. Soon He will arise in majesty to shake terribly the earth. A special message is now to be borne, a message that will pierce the spiritual darkness and convict and convert souls. “Haste thee, flee for thy life,” is the call to be given to those who are dwelling in sin. We must now be terribly in earnest. We have not a moment to spend in criticism and accusation. Let those who have done this in the past fall on their knees in prayer, and let them beware how they put their words and their plans in the place of God’s words and God’s plans.—Testimony Vol. VIII, pp. 35, 36. The light of truth is to shine to the ends of the earth. Greater and still greater light is beaming with celestial brightness from the Redeemer’s face upon His representatives, to be diffused through the darkness of a benighted world. As laborers together with Him, let us pray for the sanctification of His Spirit, that we may shine more and more brightly.—Testimony Vol. VIII, p. 40. While traveling in Switzerland, we passed by a large building in process of erection. Many men were at work. Some were bringing stones from the quarry; others were squaring, shaping, and measuring these stones; and others were placing them in their proper position in the building. In charge of the different departments were experienced workers, whose part it was to see that the work was done with faithfulness and thoroughness. Over all the men, superintending the work on the entire building, was the master builder. United action and perfect order prevailed among the men, and the work moved forward rapidly. Every one was doing something. I was told that in the mountains other men were at work, felling trees for the timber needed in the building, and floating them down the stream. To me this sight was an object-lesson of the way in which the Lord’s work is to be carried forward. In His work there are many different branches. Workers of different talents and capabilities are needed. Every one is to do his best faithfully, and all are to work under the direction of the great Head of the church, Christ Jesus.—Unpublished MS., 1903. LOMA LINDA, CAL., Aug. 24, 1905. To Our Brethren Connected with the Publishing Work at College View: While attending the council meeting of the General Conference Committee, held in September, 1904, my mind was deeply exercised regarding the unity that should attend our work. I was not able to attend all the meetings, but in the night season scene after scene passed before me, and I felt that I had a message to bear to our people in many places. My heart is pained as I see that, with such wonderful incentives to bring our powers and capabilities to the very highest state of development, we are content to be dwarfs in the work of Christ. God’s desire is that all His workers shall grow to the full stature of men and women in Christ. Where there is growth, there is vitality; the vitality testifies to the growth. The words and works bear living testimony to the world of what Christianity does for the followers of Christ. When you do your appointed work without contention or criticism of others, a freedom, a light, and a power will attend it that will give character and influence to the institutions and enterprises with which you are connected. Remember that you are never on vantage ground when you are ruffled, and when you carry the burden of setting right every soul who comes near you. If you yield to the temptation to criticize others, to point out their faults, to tear down what they are doing, you may be sure that you will fail to act your own part nobly and well. This is a time when every man in a responsible position, and every member of the church, should bring every feature of his work into close accord with the teachings of the word of God. By untiring vigilance, by fervent prayer, by Christlike words and deeds, we are to show the world what God desires His church to be. From His high position, Christ, the King of glory, the Majesty of heaven, saw the condition of men. He pitied human beings in their weakness and sinfulness, and came to this earth to reveal what God is to men. Leaving the royal courts, and clothing His divinity with humanity, He came to the world Himself, in our behalf to work out a perfect character. He did not choose His dwelling among the rich of the earth. He was born in poverty and of lowly parentage in the despised village of Nazareth. As soon as He was old enough to handle tools, He shared the burden of caring for the family. Christ humbled Himself to stand at the head of humanity, to meet the temptations and endure the trials that humanity must meet and endure. He must know what humanity has to meet from the fallen foe, that He might know how to succor those who are tempted. And Christ has been made our Judge. The Father is not the Judge. The angels are not. He who took humanity upon Himself, and in this world lived a perfect life, is to judge us. He only can be our Judge. Will you remember this, brethren? Will you remember it, ministers? Will you remember it, fathers and mothers? Christ took humanity that He might be our Judge. No one of you has been appointed to be a judge of others. It is all that you can do to discipline yourselves.188 In the name of Christ I entreat you to heed the injunction that He gives you, never to place yourself on the judgment-seat. From day to day since I have been at this meeting, this message has been sounded in my ears, Come down from the judgment-seat. Come down in humility. Never was there a time when it was so important that we should deny ourselves, and take up the cross daily, as now. How much self-denial are we willing to practise. A LIFE OF GRACE AND PEACE.
In the first chapter of the second epistle of Peter, you will find the promise that grace and peace will be multiplied unto you, if you will “add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.” 2 Peter 1: 5-7. These virtues are wonderful treasures. They “make a man more precious than fine gold, even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.” “If these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Verse 8. Shall we not strive to use to the very best of our ability the little time that is left us in this life, adding grace to grace, power to power, making it manifest that we have a source of power in the heavens above. Christ says, “All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.” Matt. 28:18. What is this power given to Him for?—For us. He desires us to realize that He189 has returned to heaven as our Elder Brother, and that the measureless power given Him has been placed at our disposal. Those who will carry out in their lives the instruction given to the church through the apostle Peter will receive power from above. We are to give all diligence to make our calling and election sure, living upon the plan of addition. We are to represent Christ in all that we say and do. We are to live His life. The principles by which He was guided are to shape our course of action toward those with whom we are associated. When we are securely anchored in Christ, we have a power that no human being can take from us. Why is this?—Because we are partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust,—partakers of the nature of Him who came to this earth clothed with the habiliments of humanity, that He might stand at the head of the human race, and develop a character that was without spot or stain of sin. Why are many of us so weak and inefficient? It is because we look to self, studying our own temperament, and wondering how we can make a place for ourselves, our individuality, and our peculiarities, in the place of studying Christ and His character. Brethren who could work together in harmony if they would learn of Christ, forgetting that they are Americans or Europeans, Germans or Frenchmen, Swedes, Danes, or Norwegians, seem to feel that if they should blend with those of other nationalities, something of that which is peculiar to their own country and nation would be lost, and something else would take its place. My brethren, let us put all that aside. We have no190 right to keep our minds stayed on ourselves, our preferences, and our fancies. We are not to seek to maintain a peculiar identity of our own, a personality, an individuality, which will separate us from our fellow laborers. We have a character to maintain, but it is the character of Christ. Having the character of Christ, we can carry on the work of God together. The Christ in us will meet the Christ in our brethren, and the Holy Spirit will give that union of heart and action which testifies to the world that we are children of God. May the Lord help us to die to self, and be born again, that Christ may live in us, a living, active principle, a power that will keep us holy. THE PUBLISHING WORK AT COLLEGE VIEW.
LOMA LINDA, CAL., Aug. 24, 1905. I approve of the efforts that have been made to establish our German and Scandinavian publishing work at College View. I hope that plans will be devised for the encouragement and strengthening of this work. The whole burden of the work must not be left with our foreign brethren. Nor should our brethren throughout the field leave too heavy a load on the conferences near College View. The members of these conferences should lead out and do their best, and all should come to their assistance. The truth is to be proclaimed to all nations and kindreds and tongues and peoples. Our German and Danish and Swedish brethren have no good reason for not being able to act in harmony in the publishing work. Those who believe the truth should remember that they are God’s little children, under His training. Let them be thankful to God for191 His manifold mercies and be kind to one another. They have one God and one Saviour; and one Spirit—the Spirit of Christ—is to bring unity into their ranks. After His resurrection, Christ ascended to heaven, and He is to-day presenting our needs to the Father. “I have graven them upon the palms of My hands,” He says. It cost something to engrave them there. It cost untold agony. If we would humble ourselves before God, and be kind and courteous and tender-hearted and pitiful, there would be one hundred conversions to the truth where now there is only one. But though professing to be converted, we carry round with us a bundle of self that we regard as altogether too precious to be given up. It is our privilege to lay this burden at the feet of Christ, and in its place take the character and similitude of Christ. The Saviour is waiting for us to do this. Christ laid aside His royal robe, His kingly crown, and His high command, and stepped down, down, down, to the lowest depths of humiliation. Bearing human nature, He met all the temptations of humanity, and in our behalf defeated the enemy on every point. All this He did that He might bring men power by which they might be overcomers. “All power,” He says, “is given unto Me.” Matt. 28:18. And this He gives to all who will follow Him. They may demonstrate to the world the power that there is in the religion of Christ for the conquest of self. “Learn of Me,” Christ says, “and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” Why do we not learn of the Saviour every day? Why do we not live in constant communion with Him, so that in our connection with one another, we can speak and act kindly and courteously? Why do we not honor the Lord by manifesting tenderness192 and love for one another? If we speak and act in harmony with the principles of heaven, unbelievers will be drawn to Christ by their association with us. CHRIST’S RELATION TO NATIONALITY.
Christ recognized no distinction of nationality or rank or creed. The scribes and Pharisees desired to make a local and a national benefit of all the gifts of heaven, and to exclude the rest of God’s family in the world. But Christ came to break down every wall of partition. He came to show that His gift of mercy and love is as unconfined as the air, the light, or the showers of rain that refresh the earth. The life of Christ established a religion in which there is no caste, a religion by which Jew and Gentile, free and bond, are linked in a common brotherhood, equal before God. No question of policy influenced His movements. He made no difference between neighbors and strangers, friends and enemies. That which appealed to His heart was a soul thirsting for the waters of life. He passed no human being by as worthless, but sought to apply the healing remedy to every soul. In whatever company He found Himself, He presented a lesson appropriate to the time and the circumstances. Every neglect or insult shown by men to their fellow men only made Him more conscious of their need of His divine-human sympathy. He sought to inspire with hope the roughest and most unpromising, setting before them the assurance that they might become blameless and harmless, attaining such a character as would make them the children of God. “Wherefore the rather, brethren,” says the apostle Peter, “give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1: 10, 11. Years ago, when the company of believers in the soon coming of Christ was very small, the Sabbath-keepers at Topsham, Maine, met for worship in the large kitchen in the home of Brother Storkbridge Howland. One Sabbath morning Brother Howland was absent. We were surprised at this, because he was always so punctual. Soon he came in, his face aglow, shining with the glory of God. “Brethren,” he said, “I have found it. I have found that we can pursue a course of action regarding which the guarantee of God’s word is, ‘Ye shall never fall.’ I am going to tell you about it.” He then told us that he had noticed that one brother, a poor fisherman, had been feeling that he was not as highly respected as he ought to be, and that Brother Howland and others thought themselves above him. This was not true, but it seemed true to him; and for several weeks he had not attended the meetings. So Brother Howland went to his house, and knelt before him, saying, “My brother, forgive me. What is it that I have done?” The man took him by the arm, and tried to raise him to his feet. “No,” said Brother Howland, “what have you against me?” “I have nothing against you.” “But you must have,” said Brother Howland, “because once we could speak to one another, but now you do not speak to me at all, and I want to know what is the matter.” “Get up, Brother Howland,” he said. “No,” said Brother Howland, “I will not.” “Then I must get down,” he said, and he fell on his knees, and confessed how childish he had been and how many evil surmisings he had cherished. “And now,” he said, “I will put them all away.” As Brother Howland told this story, his face shone with the glory of the Lord. Just as he had finished, the fisherman and his family came in, and we had an excellent meeting. Suppose that some of us should follow the course pursued by Brother Howland. If when our brethren surmise evil, we would go to them, saying, “Forgive me if I have done anything to harm you,” we might break the spell of Satan, and set our brethren free from their temptations. Do not let anything interpose between you and your brethren. If there is anything that you can do by sacrifice to clear away the rubbish of suspicion, do it. God wants us to love one another as brethren. He wants us to be pitiful and courteous. He wants us to educate ourselves to believe that our brethren love us, and to believe that Christ loves us. Love begets love. Do we expect to meet our brethren in heaven? If we can live with them here in peace and harmony, we could live with them there. But how could we live with them in heaven if we can not live with them here without continual contention and strife? Those who are following a course of action that separates them from their brethren, and brings in discord and dissension, need a thorough conversion. Our hearts must be melted and subdued by the love of Christ. We must cherish the love that He showed in dying for us on the cross of Calvary. We need to draw closer and closer195 to the Saviour. We should be much in prayer, and we must learn to exercise faith. We must be more tender-hearted, more pitiful and courteous. We shall pass through this world but once, and shall we not strive to leave on those with whom we associate, the impress of the character of Christ. Our hard hearts need to be broken. We need to come together in perfect unity, and we need to realize that we are the purchase of the blood of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Let each one say, He gave His life for me, and He wants me, as I go through this world, to reveal the love that He revealed in giving Himself for us. Christ bore our sins in His own body on the cross, that God might be just, and yet the justifier of those who believe in Him. There is life, eternal life, for all who will surrender to Christ. I want to see the King in His beauty. I want to behold His matchless charms. I want you to behold Him too. Christ will lead His redeemed ones beside the river of life, and will explain to them all that perplexed them in this world. The mysteries of grace will unfold before them. Where their finite minds discerned only confusion and broken purposes, they will see the most perfect and beautiful harmony. Let us serve God with all our capabilities, with all our intelligence. Our intelligence will increase as we make use of that which we have. Our religious experience will strengthen as we bring it into the daily life. Thus we shall climb round after round of the ladder reaching to heaven, until at last we step off the topmost round into the kingdom of God. Let us be Christians in this world. Then we shall have eternal life in the kingdom of glory. GERMAN AND SCANDINAVIAN CONFERENCES.
Loma Linda, Cal., Sept. 1, 1905. Dear Brethren: Some of our ministers have written to me, asking if the work among the Germans and Scandinavians should not be carried forward under separate organizations. This matter has been presented to me several times, and I have written upon the subject; but I do not know where to find all that I have written regarding the matter. When I was in College View, the Lord gave me a straight testimony to bear, and since that time the matter has been presented to me again. At one time I seemed to be in a council meeting where these matters were being considered. One of authority stood in the midst of those assembled, and opened before them principles that should be followed in the work of God. The instruction given was that should such separation take place, it would not tend to advance the interests of the work among the various nationalities. It would not lead to the highest spiritual development. Walls would be built up that would have to be removed in the near future. According to the light given me of God, separate organizations, instead of bringing about unity, will create discord. If our brethren will seek the Lord together in humility of mind, those who now think it necessary to organize separate German and Scandinavian conferences will see that the Lord desires them to work together as brethren. Were those, who seek to disintegrate the work of God, to carry out their purpose, some would magnify themselves to do a work that should not be done. Such197 an arrangement would greatly retard the cause of God. If we are to carry on the work most successfully, the talents to be found among the English and Americans should be united with the talents of those of every other nationality. And each nationality should labor earnestly for every other nationality. There is but one Lord; one faith. Our effort should be to answer Christ’s prayer for His disciples, that they should be one. “Sanctify them through Thy truth; Thy word is truth. As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.” John 17: 17-19. “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.” Verses 20, 21. It should be understood that perfect unity among the laborers is necessary to the successful accomplishment of the work of God. In order to preserve peace, all must seek wisdom from the great Teacher. Let all be careful how they introduce ambitious propositions that will create dissension. We are to be subject one to another. No man, in himself, is a complete whole. Through submission of the mind and will to the Holy Spirit, we are ever to be learners of the great Teacher. Study the second chapter of Acts. In the early church the Spirit of God wrought mightily through those who were harmoniously united. On the day of Pentecost they were all with one accord in one place. We are to demonstrate to the world that men of198 every nationality are one in Christ Jesus. Then let us remove every barrier, and come into unity in the service of the Master. In the erection of national barriers, you present to the world a plan of human invention, that God can never indorse. To those who would do this, the apostle Paul says, “Ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal? . . . Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are laborers together with God; ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.” 1 Cor. 3: 3-9. AN EXAMPLE OF BROTHERLY KINDNESS.
When our brethren in Scandinavia faced a financial crisis, the testimony was given that we must not permit our brethren to stand as bankrupt before the world. That would have been dishonoring to God. And the prompt and liberal action of our American brethren was an acknowledgment that the difference in nationality could not release them from their duty to assist one another in the work of God. “All ye are brethren.” We are one in the unity of the truth. We must now, by diligent, self-sacrificing effort, endeavor to walk in the love of Christ, in the unity of the Spirit, through sanctification of the truth. No halfway work will suffice to fulfil the representation given in the prayer of Christ. We are to practise the principles199 of heaven here below. In heaven there is one grand meeting place. I must write plainly regarding the building up of partition walls in the work of God. Such an action has been revealed to me as a fallacy of human invention. It is not the Lord’s plan for His people to separate themselves into separate companies, because of differences in nationality and language. Did they do this, their ideas would become narrow, and their influence would be greatly lessened. God calls for a harmonious blending of a variety of talents. I again repeat the words of Christ. I would impress them deeply upon your minds. “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.” Christ has hedged in His people from the world, but those who would build up national separation, would do a work for which the Lord Jesus Christ has given no encouragement. Brethren, unify; draw close together, laying aside every human invention, and following closely in the footsteps of Jesus, your great Example. RECORD OF PROGRESS
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AN EARNEST APPEAL
In Behalf of the
Boulder-Colorado
Sanitarium
With Testimonies to the Church read at Denver (Colorado) Camp-meeting held August 17-27, 1905 “And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4 : 12. PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY
Mountain View, California HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BOULDER-COLORADO SANITARIUM
The history of the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium enterprise dates from the year 1894. The beginning was a small hygienic boarding-house conducted for the benefit of tourists and invalids who desired hygienic food and surroundings. A demand was soon created for facilities which this home could not supply, and in consequence treatment rooms were opened. These in turn created a demand for more commodious quarters. Accordingly, in 1895, the General Conference Association made an appropriation for the present plant. Two large cottages of fourteen rooms each, and a five-story brick building containing about fifty rooms, were erected, together with a barn, power-house, and bakery and laundry building. The institution was thrown open to all classes of patients, and was particularly patronized by the consumptive class. To such an extent was this true that it received the name of the “Consumptive Sanitarium,” and many letters came addressed to it in this way. The institution did a noble work in caring for these unfortunate people, and yet the fact that it received those suffering from this disease has very greatly militated against its prosperity during its entire history. The struggle of the institution for the first few years seemed a fight against unequal odds. It was emphatically a summer resort. For three or four months of203 the summer season, it enjoyed a liberal patronage, but during the winter months the trade often ran down very low, sometimes to less than a dozen patients, and that, too, at a time of year when the expense of operation was naturally largest. Hence there was a constant struggle to make ends meet, the winter months consuming the little which had been laid by during the summer. These were days of darkness for the institution, and many times the workers could say in the words of the Psalmist: “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side . . . then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul; then the proud waters had gone over our soul.” But God had a care for His work, and even in the darkness He was leading and guiding for some wise purpose, giving frequent and abundant evidences of His long-suffering and tender watch-care. DISASTER AND PRESERVATION
The sanitarium suffered a great disaster in the loss by fire of its bakery and laundry building. But there were other occasions in which God miraculously wrought for the preservation of His work, bringing from even worldly and unbelieving men acknowledgment of His divine interposition. Great trials bring great blessings, and this was indeed the experience of the pioneer workers in connection with this enterprise. Probably no medical institution in the denomination has numbered among its guests so many distressing cases of need as the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium. Many have come as patients, not only suffering physically,204 but absolutely without funds, and have thrown themselves upon the mercy of the institution. In this matter the sanitarium has had a heavy burden to bear, and it has been difficult to find ways and means of rendering the assistance demanded at the time by these sufferers. The climate of Colorado is regarded as a specific, not only for consumption, but for many other classes of chronic diseases; hence a large number of very critical cases have sought the aid of the sanitarium. In dealing with these difficult conditions the institution has enjoyed marked success. Many are now living in the possession of health who, had they not come to the institution, would have been filling untimely graves. God worked through the means employed, and in answer to applied remedies and in response to earnest prayer, brought back scores almost from the brink of the grave. Many are the letters of heartfelt gratitude received by our physicians from these people. The work of the sanitarium is twofold. First, the salvation of the soul; secondly, the salvation of the body,—labor for the physical being in order that thereby the spiritual being may be reached. Every sanitarium among Seventh-day Adventists rightfully exists for but one purpose,—the giving to the world of the truth for this time. If this object is ignored or forgotten, then the work of the institution degenerates to the level of worldly concerns, and has no excuse for existence. The sanitarium has sought to make this, the proclamation of truth, the one object of its work. Failing as all must fail, of the full realization of this object,205 it nevertheless rejoices in the work it has seen accomplished in a spiritual way for its guests. Every year has witnessed a number of the patients giving their hearts to God, and accepting the special truths for these last days. Weekly lectures are given upon some phase of present truth. Bible study is held with the patients as opportunity is afforded and interest awakened. Morning worship is conducted daily for the guests, who are also encouraged to attend Sabbath-school and church services. Many of the guests belong to the higher social classes, and the physicians and nurses have realized that this perhaps would be the only opportunity afforded these people to hear the truth for this time. Hence the workers have felt the obligation resting upon them judiciously to present the truth as the way has opened. And while some who heard have fully committed themselves to the principles, many others have imbibed a knowledge of the truth to carry back with them to their homes, in later years to bear fruit. Our institutions are established as great educational centers. From them is to go forth an educating influence. The Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium has sought to make this work of education a real part of its experience. An effort has been made to teach the guests not only how to obtain health after they had lost it, but how to maintain it in the future, and how to teach others the principles of health which they themselves had learned. Much has been done in the way of distributing health literature to the general public. Schools of health have been held in various localities and for the guests of the institution. Prominent in206 this educational work has been the operation of the Nurses’ Training School, which the institution has carried forward from the beginning of its history. Every year the sanitarium has received a class of young men and women to be educated to go forth as medical missionaries in the world’s great work. And one of the most encouraging features has been the development of inexperienced young men and women into workers, fitted to go forth as bearers of light and truth to a dark world. Among those who to-day are giving their lives to the proclamation of the Third Angel’s Message both in this and other countries, there are a goodly number who received at least a part of their education, and much inspiration and impetus for their work, in connection with the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium. Never has the institution possessed a more promising class of workers in preparation for this work than compose its classes at the present time. For some time the interest of the nurses in the work in heathen lands has been deepening. Recently the Young People’s Society of the sanitarium has assumed the responsibility of supporting an educated native worker in India. The sanitarium looks from the failures and dark hours of the past to the brighter days of the future. If in spite of its mistakes and failures, and through the great goodness of the Lord, it has attained any success whatever in the past, it hopes that by a deeper consecration it may attain a larger measure of success in the future. Surely for some purpose God has carried it through the dark and trying days of the past. And learning from its mistakes and failures, it trusts that207 the future will witness greater achievements for the Lord and greater true success. All these years the sanitarium has been developing a stable constituency. The hundreds of patients who have come to it, and have gone away benefited, have proved centers of influence, and in turn are sending others to receive the same benefit reaped by them. Special effort has been put forth by judicious advertising to increase the winter trade, and it is gratifying to note the success which has attended these efforts during the past two or three years. Last winter the sanitarium was well filled throughout the season, and was enabled from its winter receipts to pay the cost of operation. This is an encouraging omen, and indicates that the work is becoming better and more favorably known. This success is perhaps attributable in some degree also to the fact that during the past year it has been widely advertised that the sanitarium has changed its plan and does not receive consumptive patients. But that, particularly, which makes the future seem bright with hope and promise is the cooperation assured to the institution on the part of our brethren and sisters. The misunderstandings of the past seem to be vanishing away, and a spirit of unity is taking the place of coldness and distrust. As never before, the sanitarium recognizes that it has a part to act in the great closing work, and that only as it heartily unites and cooperates with every other department of the work of God, can it act that part. The sanitarium family and management realize and appreciate the value of208 this spirit of unity, and are desirous of doing everything in their power to cement its bonds and further its ends, believing that where they may accomplish a little single-handed, in union with the other forces and agencies for good in this closing work, they may be the means of accomplishing much for the spread of the gospel and the salvation of mankind.
HOWARD F. RAND, M. D.
FRANCIS M. WILCOX
KATE LINDSAY, M. D.
EDWARD T. RUSSELL
IDA S. HERR, M. D.
CHARLES L. BURLINGAME
JAMES G. WELLER
Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium Board. When the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium enterprise was first inaugurated, there was appropriated by the General Conference Association $12,000 for the work. It was planned to begin small and increase the plant and equipments from the proceeds as the work grew and increased. Various reasons were urged for additional appropriations and for the enlargement of the original plans. It was thought that immediate demands required these changes, until eventually there had been expended in the work directly by the General Conference upwards of $60,000. In addition to this, $19,455 were borrowed from outside persons, largely our own people, and invested in the work, making an aggregate of nearly $80,000, composing the original investment. THE SANITARIUM INCORPORATED
In May, 1897, there was formed what is known as the Colorado Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association for the purpose of operating the enterprise. In November of the same year this new corporation took over and assumed control of the sanitarium. The property was inventoried at $76,500. The General Conference generously gave to the new association $31,500 as a working capital, the Colorado Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association giving its note to the General Conference for $45,000 at five per cent interest. The association also assumed the outstanding notes, amounting to $19,455, which had been borrowed as a part of the original investment. It likewise210 assumed all other outstanding obligations and current accounts which had been contracted in the operation of the enterprise. This outstanding indebtedness was no inconsiderable amount, aggregating some $10,000. In addition, there was due helpers on salary and deposits $3,000.