MORE than a year ago the friends of reform in Australasia, after advising with Mrs. E. G. White and others, began the erection of a large building to be used as a sanitarium in New South Wales. The site for the building was located, after several weeks of earnest search by Brother John Wessels and others, in a beautiful suburb of Sydney, in a place admirably adapted to the purpose; and the work was opened by a committee consisting chiefly of Australian brethren, assisted by others more or less familiar with the work in this country. The Drs. Kress, from Battle Creek, and Brother J. A. Burden, from California, later went from this country, and joined hands with those already at work in Australia, and all have been laboring most perseveringly amid great difficulties to bring their work to completion. The Australian brethren have shown remarkable interest in this new and important enterprise, and have manifested their faith by liberal contributions and by substantial loans. The American brethren who have joined the work have labored heroically to overcome the great difficulties which necessarily attend the launching of such an enterprise in a country where the principles which it represents are little known, and hence little appreciated.
THE SYDNEY SANITARIUM
By recent letters from Dr. Kress and Brother Burden, we learn that a few thousand dollars more would make it possible to complete the building to such a degree that work can be begun within a few weeks. The building itself is nearly completed, but money is needed for equipment, furnishing medical appliances, etc. Ten thousand dollars would give this young enterprise a wonderful lift just now. There is certainly no enterprise on earth more worthy of support than this. The present year is very prosperous in most parts of the great West, and there must be many farmers who could spare a few hundred dollars to help in this good work. The gift of a few thousand dollars to the institution just now would enable those who have toiled so long and faithfully to see their efforts crowned with success, and we might all have the satisfaction of knowing that another life-saving station had been established in a far-away corner of the earth, where multitudes might be rescued from the jaws of death, and restored to useful activity, and from which a life-saving and soul-saving influence might go out among millions who have not enjoyed the exceptional opportunities for becoming acquainted with the light and truth which we in this country enjoy.
Loans without interest or at a low rate of interest would also be greatly appreciated, as they would facilitate the completion of the building, and thus set in operation this much-needed enterprise. The accompanying cut was prepared from a recent photograph showing the sanitarium near completion. Those who would like to help in this enterprise may address the undersigned at Battle Creek, Mich., or Elder J. A. Burden, at Wahroonga, N. S. W., Australia.
