Rural Health Retreat by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 27, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 33.

Rural Health Retreat.

By Editor

THE news from our Health Retreat at St. Helena is very cheering. Dr. Gibbs is working with a determination to make it successful, and indications are that he will not be disappointed. More room will be greatly needed another season; and there is none to spare even now, either in main building or cottages. Some severe cases of disease have been and are being treated, and to the entire satisfaction of all. The August number of Good Health says:

"We receive encouraging accounts of the prosperity of the Rural Health Retreat at St. Helena, Cal., under its present management. Those persons who are looking out for a safe retreat from the rigors of a Northern winter, during the coming cold season, would do well to correspond with this delightfully-located institution."

The Retreat will be open during the coming winter, and we expect that it will be well patronized by those who need a retreat from the severity of the Northern winters. The climate in the winter is all that anybody could ask; "neither cold nor hot." Such a temperature is not to be recommended in Christian life, but for a Health Retreat, none can be better. The scenery and surroundings are always beautiful; nature has always a charming dress at Crystal Springs.