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regard to the love of God—ready to acknowledge that He who cares
so wonderfully for the birds and the flowers will care for the creatures
formed in His own image. Thus opportunity is given physicians and
helpers to reach souls, uplifting the God of nature before those who
are seeking restoration to health.
A Small Country Sanitarium
In the night season I was given a view of a sanitarium in the country.
The institution was not large, but it was complete. It was surrounded
by beautiful trees and shrubbery, beyond which were orchards and
groves. Connected with the place were gardens in which the lady
patients, when they chose, could cultivate flowers of every description,
each patient selecting a special plot for which to care. Outdoor exercise
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in these gardens was prescribed as a part of the regular treatment.
Scene after scene passed before me. In one scene a number of
suffering patients had just come to one of our country sanitariums.
In another I saw the same company, but, oh, how transformed their
appearance! Disease had gone, the skin was clear, the countenance
joyful; body and mind seemed animated with new life.
Living Object Lessons
I was also instructed that as those who have been sick are restored
to health in our country sanitariums and return to their homes, they will
be living object lessons, and many others will be favorably impressed
by the transformation that has taken place in them. Many of the
sick and suffering will turn from the cities to the country, refusing to
conform to the habits, customs, and fashions of city life; they will seek
to regain health in some one of our country sanitariums. Thus, though
we are removed from the cities twenty or thirty miles, we shall be able
to reach the people, and those who desire health will have opportunity
to regain it under conditions most favorable.
God will work wonders for us if we will in faith cooperate with
Him. Let us, then, pursue a sensible course, that our efforts may be
blessed of heaven and crowned with success.
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