Our Danish Sanitarium
At Skodsborg, a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark, our brethren
have established a sanitarium. In this they moved forward hopefully,
under the conviction that they were doing the very work that God had
enjoined upon His people. But our brethren generally have not taken
as much interest in the establishment of sanitariums in the European
countries as they ought, and our dear brethren having the Skodsborg
Sanitarium in hand have moved forward faster than the means in hand
warranted, and now they are in difficulty and distress.
I am greatly troubled in regard to the difficulties and dangers sur-
rounding our institutions in Scandinavia. My mind is stirred to appeal
to our people, not only in behalf of the Christiania publishing house,
but also for the Danish sanitarium. The enemy has been represented
to me as waiting eagerly for an opportunity to destroy these institu-
tions, which are instrumentalities of God, used for the redemption
of mankind. Shall Satan’s desire be gratified? Shall we allow these
institutions to be wrested from our hands and their beneficent work to
be stopped? Because our brethren have made mistakes, shall we leave
them alone to bear the consequences of their miscalculations? Is this
the way in which Christ has dealt with us?
When one burdened with a heavy load is at the foot of a difficult
hill, surrounded with discouragements, and in need of strong, cheerful
helpers, much time is often wasted in criticism, scolding, and fretting.
But this does not move the load. The ones upon whom the pressure
rests most heavily do not need or deserve the censure. This might
more appropriately fall upon those who should have shared the burden
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earlier. But even then censure might be inappropriate, and it would
certainly be useless. Our first thought should be, How can we help to
lift the load? Time is precious. There is too much at stake to run the
risk of delay.
To charge the managers of the Skodsborg Sanitarium with worldly
ambition and a desire to glorify themselves would do them injustice.
In the enlarging of the work they were seeking the glory of God, and a
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