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As soon as possible, sanitariums are to be established in different
places in Southern California. Let a beginning be made in several
places. If possible, let land be purchased on which buildings are
already erected. Then, as the prosperity of the work demands, let
appropriate enlargements be made.
We are living in the very close of this earth’s history, and we are
to move cautiously, understanding what the will of the Lord is and,
imbued with His Spirit, doing work that will mean much to His cause,
work that will proclaim the warning message to a world infatuated,
deceived, perishing in sin.
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In Southern California there are many properties for sale on which
buildings suitable for sanitarium work are already erected. Some of
these properties should be purchased and medical missionary work
carried forward on sensible, rational lines. Several small sanitariums
are to be established in Southern California for the benefit of the
multitudes drawn there in the hope of finding health. Instruction has
been given me that now is our opportunity to reach the invalids flocking
to the health resorts of Southern California, and that a work may be
done also in behalf of their attendants.
“Say not ye, there are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?
behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for
they are white already to harvest.”
John 4:35
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For months I carried on my soul the burden of the medical mis-
sionary work in Southern California. Recently much light has been
given me in regard to the manner in which God desires us to conduct
sanitarium work. We are to encourage patients to spend much of their
time out of doors. I have been instructed to tell our brethren to keep on
the lookout for cheap, desirable properties in healthful places, suitable
for sanitarium purposes.
Instead of investing in one medical institution all the means obtain-
able, we ought to establish smaller sanitariums in many places. Soon
the reputation of the health resorts in Southern California will stand
even higher than it stands at present. Now is our time to enter that field
for the purpose of carrying forward medical missionary work.
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