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In these words are set forth the conditions of all true prosperity,
conditions with which, if they fulfill the purpose of their establishment,
all our institutions must comply.
The Lord years ago gave me special light in regard to the estab-
lishment of a health institution where the sick could be treated on
altogether different lines from those followed in any other institution
in our world. It was to be founded and conducted upon Bible princi-
ples, as the Lord’s instrumentality, and it was to be in His hands one of
the most effective agencies for giving light to the world. It was God’s
purpose that it should stand forth with scientific ability, with moral and
spiritual power, and as a faithful sentinel of reform in all its bearings.
All who should act a part in it were to be reformers, having respect to
its principles, and heeding the light of health reform shining upon us
as a people.
God designed that the institution which He should establish should
stand forth as a beacon of light, of warning and reproof. He would
prove to the world that an institution conducted on religious principles,
as an asylum for the sick, could be sustained without sacrificing its
peculiar, holy character; that it could be kept free from the objec-
tionable features found in other health institutions. It was to be an
instrumentality for bringing about great reforms.
The Lord revealed that the prosperity of the Sanitarium was not to
be dependent alone upon the knowledge and skill of its physicians, but
upon the favor of God. It was to be known as an institution where God
was acknowledged as the Monarch of the universe, an institution that
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was under His special supervision. Its managers were to make God
first and last and best in everything. And in this was to be its strength.
If conducted in a manner that God could approve, it would be highly
successful, and would stand in advance of all other institutions of the
kind in the world. Great light, great knowledge, and superior privileges
were given. And in accordance with the light received would be the
responsibility of those to whom the carrying forward of the institution
was entrusted.
As our work has extended and institutions have multiplied, God’s
purpose in their establishment remains the same. The conditions of
prosperity are unchanged.
The human family is suffering because of transgression of the laws
of God. The Lord desires that men shall be led to understand the cause