Boston and New England
Unworked Cities of New England—My mind has been burdened
in behalf of the large cities of the East. Besides New York City, where
you labored last summer, there is the important city of Boston, near
which is situated the Melrose Sanitarium. And I know of no place
where there is a greater need for a rebuilding of the first works than in
Boston and in Portland, Maine, where the first messages were given in
power, but where now there is but a little handful of our people.—
Letter
4, 1910
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To Be Worked Without Delay—If in the city of Boston and other
cities of the East, you and your wife will unite in medical evangelistic
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work, your usefulness will increase, and there will open before you
clear views of duty. In these cities the message of the first angel went
with great power in 1842 and 1843, and now the time has come when
the message of the third angel is to be proclaimed extensively in the
East. There is a grand work before our Eastern sanitariums. The
message is to go with power as the work closes up. Portland, Maine,
a city that has been foremost in temperance reform, is to be worked
without delay.—
Letter 20, 1910
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There are towns in Maine, like Brunswick and Bangor, that must
be worked faithfully. All through the cities and towns of the East, the
truth is to shine forth as a lamp that burneth.—
Letter 28, 1910
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Importance of the Near-by Sanitarium—The buildings and
grounds at Melrose are of a character to recommend our medical
missionary work, which is to be carried forward not only in Boston,
but in many other unworked cities in New England. The Melrose
property is such that conveniences can be provided that will draw to
that sanitarium persons not of our faith. The aristocratic as well as the
common people will visit that institution to avail themselves of the
advantages offered for restoration of health.
Boston has been pointed out to me repeatedly as a place that must
be faithfully worked. The light must shine in the outskirts and in the
inmost parts. The Melrose sanitarium is one of the greatest agencies
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