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on our books and papers the imprint of Washington, D.C., it will be
seen that we are not afraid to let our light shine. Let the publishing
house be established near Washington. Thus we shall show that we are
trying to do what God has bidden us do to proclaim the last message
of mercy to a perishing world.—
Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, 394
.
In the city of Washington there is much to be done. I am thankful
to God for the privilege of seeing the land that has been purchased
for our institutional work in this place. The securing of this land was
in the Lord’s providence, and I praise God that our brethren had the
faith to take this forward step. As I look over this city, I realize the
magnitude of the work to be accomplished.
A good location for the printing office has been chosen within easy
distance of the post office; and a site for a meetinghouse, also, has
been found. It seems as if Takoma Park has been specially prepared
for us, and that it has been waiting to be occupied by our institutions
and their workers.
My hopes for this place are high. The country for miles and miles
around Washington is to be worked from here. I am so thankful that
our work is to be established in this place. Were Christ here upon the
ground, He would say, “Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields: for
they are white already to harvest.”
John 4:35
.—
Life Sketches of Ellen
G. White, 397
.
Memorials for the Lord in Washington—Washington, D.C., the
capital of our nation, has repeatedly been presented to me as a place
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in which there should be memorials [
“The removal to Washington
of work hitherto carried on in Battle Creek,” wrote Mrs. White to
those who had ventured to make the transfer, “is a step in the right
direction. We are to continue to press into the regions beyond, where
the people are in spiritual darkness.” Those who had advanced by faith
were richly rewarded; and as they labored on, they could see more
and still more clearly the wisdom of the step they had taken. “As the
months go by,” wrote the editor of the Review, in a last-page note,
bearing date of February 25, 1904, “we are able to see more clearly
the meaning of the removal of the headquarters of our work to Wash-
ington, and to appreciate the opportunity offered here to establish such
memorials for the truth as will exert a wide influence in behalf of this
message. From the instruction given through the spirit of prophecy, it
is plain that each line of institutional work—publishing, educational,