Our Work at Washington, D. C.
By A. G. Daniells
On returning to Washington after spending the summer with our brethren in Great Britain and on the Continent, I am pleased to find the various departments of the work at our headquarters making progress. The building being erected for the General Conference offices is enclosed, and is nearly ready for the plasterers. This is a plain, substantial, creditable building. It will provide light, well-ventilated rooms for the officers of all the departments of the General Conference who may be located here. As soon as the building is finished, a photograph will be taken for the REVIEW, so that our people may get some idea of the structure. The Review and Herald building is being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The frame of the structure is up, and the work of enclosing is progressing nicely. The cut of this building which appeared in the REVIEW some weeks ago, has given our brethren some idea as to the general appearance of the new Review and Herald Publishing office. The three school buildings erected last winter are now entirely finished. They look very neat and inviting. The second year has opened, and teachers and students are hard at work. The attendance is not large, but those who have come to the school are of mature age, and are here to fit themselves for work in God's cause. Work has not yet been begun at the sanitarium building. The chairman and several other members of the Board have been absent from the city all summer. Now that the members are all here, plans are being worked out, and it is hoped that ere long the building operations will be commenced. In the meantime medical work is being carried on in our rented buildings in the city. We find that the work being done at this sanitarium, and the circulation of our medical journal, Life and Health, are calling attention to this branch of our work, and a favorable impression is being made. Plans are being laid to do a larger work this winter. Dr. G. A. Hare, who was called to Washington two years ago to aid in starting the medical work here, has requested to be relieved. Dr. G. T. Harding, Jr., has been chosen to fill his place, and Dr. Patience Bourdeau-Sisco has been added to the medical staff as lady physician. These new physicians come to us well recommended by those with whom they have been associated. Now that the heat of the summer is over, and Washington is filling up, our patronage is increasing. We have reason for planning for a good attendance as soon as Congress convenes. The evangelistic work being carried on in the city during the summer has borne good fruit. We are earnestly praying that our entire work at headquarters shall be presided over by the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus has sent to take his place in his church.