God’s Purpose for His Institutions
Newtown, Tasmania,
December 1, 1895
To the Medical Superintendent of a Large Sanitarium—
My Dear Brother,
Every institution that bears the name of Seventh-day Adventist is
to be to the world as was Joseph in Egypt, and as were Daniel and his
fellows in Babylon. In the providence of God these men were taken
captive, that they might carry to heathen nations the knowledge of the
true God. They were to be representatives of God in our world. They
were to make no compromise with the idolatrous nations with which
they were brought in contact, but were to stand loyal to their faith,
bearing as a special honor the name of worshipers of the God who
created the heavens and the earth. These youth stood firm to principle.
They lived in close connection with God honoring Him in all their
ways, and He honored them. He was their wisdom. He gave them
knowledge and understanding.
Today the remnant people of God are to glorify His name by
proclaiming the last message of warning, the last invitation to the
marriage supper of the Lamb. The only way in which they can fulfill
God’s expectations is by being representatives of the truth for this
time.
The Lord has wrought through human agents to fulfill the prophe-
cies. He has made sacred, eternal truth stand out plainly amidst the
heresies and delusions that Christ declared would exist in the last days.
My brother, you are situated where you can be a representative of
the truth for this time. Keep close to the Great Teacher. I saw you
holding up the banner on which are written the words: “Here is the pa-
tience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God,
and the faith of Jesus.”
Revelation 14:12
. Several men, some of them
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those with whom you are connected in the sanitarium, were presenting
to you a banner on which was a different inscription. You were letting
go the banner of Seventh-day Adventists, and were reaching out to
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