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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 25, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 26.

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The Wabash Valley Sanitarium

By A. G. DANIELLS

SUNDAY, May 31, the Wabash Valley Sanitarium was by appropriate exercises dedicated to the noble work for which our whole sanitarium system has been developed. That work is to teach our fellow men how to live for health, to relieve the suffering, to restore the sick to health, and to qualify our young people by education and training to render efficient service in this department of our work.
THE WABASH VALLEY SANITARIUM, NEAR LA FAYETTE, IND.
THE WABASH VALLEY SANITARIUM, NEAR LA FAYETTE, IND.
The Wabash Valley Sanitarium is located on the west bank of the Wabash River, about two miles north of the city of La Fayette, Ind. The location is very attractive and desirable for sanitarium purposes. The block of land on which the buildings are located contains about fifty acres, rising gently from the bank of the river to the height of nearly two hundred feet. The buildings are set back just far enough to afford beautiful lawns in front, and a nice forest at the back. A good wagon road, and an excellent electric car line, run along the bank of the river, giving all travelers from the city to that part of the country a full view of the buildings and beautiful grounds. The street-car company has erected a neat little station at the foot of the sanitarium walk for the accommodation of our institution.
The main sanitarium building is built of brick. It has four stories, and contains about fifty rooms. The halls are wide, light, and airy, and all the rooms are very light. The bath-rooms are well arranged for sunshine and ventilation. The building is provided with a good steam-heating plant, and an electric elevator. Everything about the grounds is neat and attractive. The building is well planned, and substantially built,—two important features in a sanitarium.
Our brethren and sisters in Indiana showed their interest in this enterprise by coming from the surrounding towns to the dedicatory exercises, though the day was so cloudy and cold that the citizens of La Fayette did not venture out in large numbers. Elder W. J. Stone, president of the Indiana Conference, and chairman of the sanitarium board, conducted the exercises of the day. The mayor, Mr. Durgan, and Mr. Thompson, one of the lawyers of the city, were present, and delivered cordial addresses of welcome in behalf of the citizens of La Fayette. The chairman of the business men's association spoke for the business men.
Dr. D. H. Kress, of the Washington Sanitarium, read a very interesting and instructive paper on how to live for health, and the true methods of treating diseases. After an address by the writer on the Objects of our Sanitariums, and brief remarks by Dr. Worcester, the leading physician of the institution, the entire plant was dedicated by prayer to Him for whose glory it has been established.
The occasion was truly one of pleasure and encouragement. The presence of the majority of the ministers, Bible workers, and teachers of the conference contributed much to the interest of the exercises.
As our sanitarium work has been carried on in Indiana for a number of years, and has won the confidence of people in all parts of the State, there is already a very good patronage at this new institution. We certainly wish the Wabash Valley Sanitarium the fullest measure of success.
A. G. DANIELLS.