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“The location that has been secured for our school and sanitarium
is all that could be desired. The land resembles representations that
have been shown me by the Lord. It is well adapted for the purpose
for which it is to be used. There is on it ample room for a school and a
sanitarium, without crowding either institution....
“A good location for the printing office has been chosen within
easy distance of the post office; and a site for a meetinghouse, also, has
been found. It seems as if Takoma Park has been specially prepared
for us, and that it has been waiting to be occupied by our institutions
and their workers.
“My hopes for this place are high. The country for miles and
miles around Washington is to be worked from here. I am so thankful
that our work is to be established in this place. Were Christ here
upon the ground, He would say, ‘Lift up your eyes, and look on the
fields; for they are white already to harvest.’
John 4:35
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Unpublished
Manuscript, May 10, 1904
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“Arise, And Build”
In order to bring into existence a strong training center at the
denominational headquarters, the brethren found it necessary to plan
for the raising of a fund of $100,000. “God’s word to His workers in
Washington is, ‘Arise, and build,’” wrote Mrs. White in one of her
published appeals in behalf of this fund; “and His word to His people
in all the conferences is, ‘Strengthen the hands of the builders.’ The
work in Washington is to advance in straight lines, without delay or
hindrance. Let it not be kept back for lack of means.”
The Review and
Herald, July 14, 1904
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Nobly did the brethren and sisters throughout the world respond
to the appeals sent forth for funds to establish a strong training center
for workers at the nation’s capital,—so nobly, in fact, that when the
delegates to the 1905 General Conference met in the beautiful grove
that had been purchased at Takoma Park, and presented the gifts of the
conferences for the closing up of the fund, they found that the amount
called for had been exceeded, and that a large overflow was available
for appropriation to missions.
“We feel very grateful to our heavenly Father,” declared Mrs. White
during the 1905 Conference session where the fund was made up,