Medical and Sanitarium Work in Washington
By A. G. Daniells
THE instruction that guided in the selection of Washington for our denominational headquarters, speaks very plainly and emphatically regarding the establishment of a sanitarium in the vicinity of this city. It urges the carrying on of a broad, genuine medical missionary work in Washington. We shall endeavor to place this instruction before the readers of the REVIEW in a short time; hence we make only a brief quotation here. It is as follows:— “There should be a sanitarium in Washington. The people in the nation's capital should know what we are doing. Let the work stand high upon its eternal foundation as gospel medical missionary work. . . . If there is one place above another where a sanitarium should be established, and where gospel work should be done, it is Washington. We can not estimate how great an influence would have gone forth from Washington in favor of the truth had a sanitarium been established there twenty years ago. Above all places, this place should now be worked.” This counsel was heartily responded to by those who attended the Washington Council last October, and recommendations were passed providing for the development of the work in harmony therewith. Since the council, this phase of our work has received as much attention as the pressing duties of those having it in charge have permitted them to give it. The men who have been selected to come to Washington to take the chief burdens of this work in its various phases, have come to our assistance as soon as they could possibly close their personal affairs in satisfactory shape. A corporation known as the “Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association” has been formed, the by-laws adopted, and the trustees elected. The articles and by-laws will no doubt be printed soon. The act under which the association is incorporated is very favorable. It permits the members of the corporation to meet at any time, and in any place in the United States, for the transaction of legal business. This will allow the association to hold its regular annual meetings in connection with the General and Atlantic Union Conferences without the necessity of a meeting in the District of Columbia to ratify the proceedings. The trustees of this new corporation are A. G. Daniells, W. C. White, Dr. G. A. Hare, Dr. J. H. Neall, A. P. Needham, J. N. Nelson, and J. R. Scott. As the by-laws empower the board of trustees to fill vacancies, it is expected that the personnel of this Board will change somewhat as the work develops, and men of experience and efficiency unite with the enterprises here. The first step the Board will take to begin definite work, will be to open city treatment rooms. The location will no doubt be decided upon by the time this statement reaches the readers. In future numbers of the REVIEW, we shall outline more fully the meaning of the objects, the plans, and the responsibilities of this new enterprise. We greatly need divine wisdom and help, and we earnestly desire to be remembered at the throne of grace by our people.