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Section 17—Medical Missionary Work in the Great Cities
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the minds of the workers, or has it been the means of bringing them
into temptations that have destroyed their peace and hope?
Let our ministers and physicians reason from cause to effect.
Unless our restaurant work brings favorable spiritual results, let the
world do their own serving of tables and let the Lord’s people take
up a work in which their talents will be put out to the exchangers.
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The time has come for the Lord’s people to be sure that they are
engaged in a work that produces as well as consumes. Those who
have united themselves with the church are to situate themselves in
such a way that their spiritual power will not diminish, but increase.
They are not to place themselves where they will have no opportunity
to grow in grace.—
Manuscript 84, 1903.
A Sanitarium Near New York
We need a sanitarium and a school in the vicinity of New York
City, and the longer the delay in the securing of these, the more
difficult it will become.
It would be well to secure a place as a home for our mission
workers outside of the city. It is of great importance that they have
the advantages of pure water, free from all contamination. For this
reason, it is often well to consider the advantages of locations among
the hills. And there should be some land, where fruit and vegetables
might be raised for the benefit of the workers. Let it be a mission in
as healthful a place as possible, and let there be connected with it a
small sanitarium. A place in the city should also be secured where
simple treatments might be administered.
Such a home would be a welcome retreat for our workers, where
they may be away from the bustle and confusion of the city. The
exercise called for in climbing hills is often a great benefit to our
ministers, physicians, or other workers who are in danger of failing
to take sufficient exercise.
Let such homes be secured in the neighborhood of several cities,
and earnest, determined efforts be put forth by capable men to give
in these cities the warning message that is to go to all the world. We
have only touched, as it were, a few of the cities.
Let men of sound judgment be appointed, not to publish abroad
their intentions, but to search for such properties in the rural districts,