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that is to be wrought out through such agencies. In the course of her
remarks, she declared:
“Solemn is the responsibility resting upon medical missionaries.
They are to be missionaries in the true sense of the term. The sick and
the suffering who entrust themselves to the care of the helpers in our
medical institutions, must not be disappointed. They are to be taught
how to live in harmony with heaven. As they learn to obey God’s law,
they will be richly blessed in body and in spirit.
“The advantage of outdoor life must never be lost sight of. How
thankful we should be that God has given us beautiful sanitarium
properties at Paradise Valley and Glendale and Loma Linda! ‘Out of
the cities! out of the cities!’—this has been my message for years. We
cannot expect the sick to recover rapidly when they are shut in within
four walls, in some city, with no outside view but houses, houses,
houses,—nothing to animate, nothing to enliven. And yet how slow
some are to realize that the crowded cities are not favorable places for
sanitarium work!
“Even in southern California, not many years ago, there were some
who favored the erection of a large sanitarium building in the heart of
Los Angeles. In the light of the instruction God had given, we could
not consent to the carrying out of any such plan. In the visions of the
night the Lord had shown me unoccupied properties in the country,
suitable for sanitarium purposes, and for sale at a price far below the
original cost.
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“It was some time before we found these places. First we secured
the Paradise Valley Sanitarium, near San Diego. A few months later, in
the good providence of God, the Glendale property came to the notice
of our people, and was purchased and fitted up for service. But light
came that our work of establishing sanitariums in southern California
was not complete; and on several different occasions testimonies were
given that medical missionary work must be done somewhere in the
vicinity of Redlands.
“In an article published in the
Review of April 6, 1905
, I wrote:
“‘On our way back to Redlands, as our train passed through miles
of orange groves, I thought of the efforts that should be made in
this beautiful valley to proclaim the truth for this time. I recognized
this section of southern California as one of the places that had been