CALLS for help are continually coming from different places in the great harvest field, and the liberal response on the part of our people shows their interest in the world-wide message.
THE SANITARIUM NEAR MONTREAL
A few weeks ago England made a call for help to buy a sanitarium, and now Canada comes with a like plea, though on a smaller scale. For some time the question of a sanitarium in Canada has been agitated, and this winter an opening has presented itself in a small city, Knowlton, Quebec, about seventy-five miles east of Montreal. Knowlton is pleasantly located at the end of Broome Lake, a beautiful body of water about six miles long and three miles wide, surrounded by fine mountain scenery. The city is supplied with an abundance of pure water from mountain springs. On the shores of the lake are the summer residences of many of the wealthy people of Montreal and other large cities, a testimony to the railroad facilities and climatic advantages of this place.
There has been found a piece of property there, a three-story hotel building of thirty rooms, comprising large parlors, dining-rooms, bedrooms, etc., such as are usually found in modern buildings for such purposes; a good barn 40 x 40 ft., and a two-story hall 20 x 50 ft., the upper story of which has been finished off into bedrooms, pleasantly located on one acre of ground, well laid out, with shade and fruit trees, making a beautiful place for a sanitarium. This property is said to have cost $8,500 eight years ago, when the buildings were put up. After careful and prayerful consideration, the Quebec Conference purchased the property for $2,800, about one third of its estimated cost, and holds it for sanitarium purposes.
We are now in need of two thousand dollars to fit up, equip, and furnish the building, buy a team, buggy, wagon, etc., to begin work.
The accompanying illustration gives a front view of the building, but does not show the rear, where are located the kitchen, laundry, wood-shed, and a large brick oven.
Two thousand dollars is not a large sum to raise, and if all will give a little, the money will be easily supplied, and much appreciated, and no one will be the worse off. In view of this needy field and the worthy enterprise, we present the matter to our people through the REVIEW AND HERALD, and ask that an offering be made by all the churches for the sanitarium in Canada.
Some of the leading physicians in Montreal have been talked with in reference to the enterprise, and it has been their opinion, as well as that of other prominent business men in Montreal, that it will supply a long-felt need in this part of the field.
We trust that our people will all feel an interest in this enterprise, and give something. Let the church forward the money at once to the State treasurer, who will forward it to S. D. Hartwell, Treasurer of Canadian Union Conference, 4230 St. Catherine St., Montreal, Canada, specifying what it is for. We would like to have the money reach us by May 1 if possible, so the building can be furnished and ready to open by June 1.
Thanking you all in advance for your liberal offerings and your interest in the work in Canada, I am
Yours in the Master's work,
W. H. THURSTON,
President Canadian Union Conference.
