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give all my reasons, but I am sure that any place within thirty miles of
that city would be too near. Study the surroundings of other places. I
am sure that the advantages of Washington, D.C., should be closely
investigated. [
In the year 1903 the Review and Herald Publishing
Association was built on a piece of property next to the northern
boundary of the District of Columbia, about five to six miles from the
U.S. Capitol. The location was more rural than municipal and ideally
adapted for our printing work.
]
The workers connected with the publishing house must be closely
guarded. Our young men and young women must not be placed where
they will be in danger of being ensnared by Satan.
We should not establish this institution in a city, nor in the suburbs
of a city. It should be established in a rural district, where it can be
surrounded by land. In the arrangements made for its establishment,
the climate must be considered. The institution should be placed where
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the atmosphere is most conducive to health. This point should be given
an important place in our considerations, for wherever the office of
publication is established, preparation must also be made to fit up a
small sanitarium and to establish a small agricultural school. We must,
therefore, find a place that has sufficient land for these purposes. We
must not settle in a congested center.
My brethren, open up the work intelligently. Let every point be
carefully and prayerfully considered. After much prayer and frequent
consultation together, act in accordance with the best judgment of all.
Let each worker sustain the other. Do not fail or become discouraged.
Keep your perceptive faculties keen and clear by learning constantly of
Christ, the Teacher who cannot err.—
Life Sketches of Ellen G. White,
391, 392
.
Homes and Institutions in Rural Locations—Special light has
been given me in regard to moving our publishing houses and sani-
tariums and schools out of the cities into places more favorable for
their work, where those connected with them will not be exposed to
all the temptations of city life. Especially should our schools be away
from the cities. It is not for the spiritual good of the workers in our
institutions for them to be located in the cities, where the temptations
of the enemy abound on every hand.