Mammoth Sanitariums Not a Necessity
I have been repeatedly shown that it is not wise to erect mammoth
institutions. It is not by the largeness of an institution that the greatest
work for souls is to be accomplished. A mammoth sanitarium requires
many workers. And where so many are brought together, it is exceed-
ingly difficult to maintain a high standard of spirituality. In a large
institution it often happens that responsible places are filled by workers
who are not spiritual-minded, who do not exercise wisdom in dealing
with those who, if wisely treated, would be awakened, convicted, and
converted.
Not one quarter of the work has been done in opening the Scriptures
to the sick that might have been done, and that would have been done,
in our sanitariums, if the workers had themselves received thorough
instruction in religious lines.
Where many workers are gathered together in one place, man-
agement of a much higher spiritual tone is required than has been
maintained in our large sanitariums.—
Testimonies for the Church
7:102, 103
(1902).
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