An Advance Step

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Aug 8, 1907

The time came in the history of this people when an advance step must be taken and a new thing done. That step has been taken, and that new thing has been accomplished. We refer to the establishment of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary. If ever an institution was established to answer a crying need, to fill a field already waiting, such is the case with this school. It is the design of the founders of this institution that it shall be the instrument in the hands of God for preparing young men and women to carry the third angel’s message quickly and effectively to the regions beyond. The need of such an institution has always been sensed, both by those who have gone to foreign fields and by those who have sent them out; and its establishment is another indication of the quick work which is to be done in this generation.

This institution will take persons who have had the training usually given in our other schools, and will give them that training and preparation which will enable them to make a success of their missionary labors from the start. They will have opportunity to study the language of the people to whom they go. They will learn something of the history of that people and their customs and conditions. Instruction will be given in Hebrew and New Testament Greek. They will study the history of our denomination and the different tenets of our faith. They will learn how to treat the more common ailments of the people, as well as how to preserve their own health in the climate to which they go. They will be given instruction in public speaking, in vocal and instrumental music, and in manual training.

This gives but a general idea of the scope of the work which will be done here. We would urge all who have any expectation of engaging in foreign mission work to send at once for the catalogue of the school, which will be ready for distribution before this paper reaches its readers. Address the President, H. R. Salisbury, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.