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conditions here far more in harmony with the counsel ... received, than
we had found anywhere else.”
The Review and Herald, August 20,
1903
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It was not long after the brethren had come to this conviction, when
they received a third letter from Mrs. White, in which she stated:
“We have been praying for light regarding the location of our work
in the East, and light has come to us in a very decided way. Positive
light has been given me that there will be offered to us for sale places
upon which much money has been expended by men who had money
to use freely. The owners of these places die, or their attention is called
to some other object, and their property is offered for sale at a very
low price.
“In regard to Washington, I will say that twenty years ago memo-
rials for God should have been established in that city, or rather, in its
suburbs....
“We are many years behind in giving the message of warning in
the city that is the capital of our nation. Time and time again the Lord
has presented Washington to me as a place that has been strangely
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neglected.... If there is one place above another where a sanitarium
should be established, and where gospel work should be done, it is
Washington....
“I present this to you as a matter that is stirring me mightily. One
thing is certain: we shall not be clear unless we at once do something
in Washington to represent our work. I shall not be able to rest until I
see the truth going forth as a lamp that burneth....
“From the light given me, I know that, for the present, the head-
quarters of the Review and Herald should be near Washington. If there
is on our books and papers the imprint of Washington, D. C., it will
be seen that we are not afraid to let our light shine. Let the publishing
house be established near Washington. Thus we shall show that we are
trying to do what God has bidden us do to proclaim the last message
of mercy to a perishing world.”
The Review and Herald, August 20,
1903
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Favorable Conditions at Takoma Park, D. C.
During the latter part of July, 1903, representative brethren from
many parts of the field met in Washington, D. C., and proceeded