India Needs a Little Sanitarium by T. E. BOWEN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 15, 1910

India Needs a Little Sanitarium

By T. E. BOWEN

T. E. BOWEN

INDIA has long waited patiently for funds to build a little sanitarium up in the bracing atmosphere of the hills about Mussoorie. Dr. H. C. Menkel and those associated with him have almost lost hope that the blessing of having a little institution of their own will ever be realized. But they should have funds out of the $300,000 Fund right away, if we expect at all to continue this work for the people of India.

What would sanitarium workers here in the homeland think, if, at the close of every season of surgical work, they were compelled to pack up everything in the sanitarium as securely as if it were to be shipped across the continent, only to reset the institution again in the spring? But this is what we are compelling our medical missionary workers in India to do every fall and spring, year after year.

In a personal letter from Dr. Menkel, he gives us a little insight into the situation:—

“The sanitarium season ends November 1. We must then pack up, and take our departure for the plains. I trust that by the time another season has passed, there will be sufficient money in hand from the $300,000 Fund to secure a property, so that this task of packing and unpacking the entire institution each year may not be repeated more than necessary. If you can imagine one of our small institutions at home being obliged to pack everything in boxes, as securely as if to be shipped from San Francisco to New York, and in four months’ time return, and go through the process of fitting up the institution as if they were fitting up a new plant, you will not wonder that we so keenly feel the need of having an institution of our own. Until we have a place of our own, where some one can remain throughout the year, this process will be necessary. We can assure you we are watching this fund with keen interest, and are earnestly petitioning the Lord to impress hearts to contribute sufficient that our request for a sanitarium may be speedily realized.”

And who, under circumstances such as these, would not watch with keen interest the progress made in the raising of the $300,000 Fund? By taking an active interest in raising this money quickly, we shall be instrumental in answering many earnest prayers sent heavenward by our faithful missionaries.

Takoma Park, D. C.