The Good Work Is Progressing
By S. H. Lane
The list of pledges to the Missionary Acre Fund as published in the REVIEW is read with increasing interest in all parts of the country, and many are rejoicing that such a large number are farming and donating for the advancement of the cause. No institution belonging to our people is claiming the attention of the public as is the Sanitarium and its branches. Hundreds are constantly receiving treatment in our nearly one hundred sanitariums and treatment rooms. As a rule the treatments are successful, and many of the cures are marvelous. Individuals are benefited, and leave these institutions enthusiastically proclaiming the principles of dietetic reform. They are favorably impressed with the people who founded and are carrying on these institutions. They are ready to grant favors, and are often anxious to investigate the truth which has made us a peculiar people. I have just attended a camp meeting in a Western State. When quite a large quantity of lumber was required, the lumber dealer said, “Take what you want, use it, and return it, free of charge.” When thanked, he replied, “I took my wife to the Sanitarium, and she was fully cured. I owe something to the people who teach and maintain the principles of health and temperance as you do.” In order to have physicians and nurses to carry on the work in all our sanitariums and treatment rooms in the large cities in this and other countries, young men and women must be educated and graduated as doctors and nurses. In order to accomplish this, they must attend a medical school, and for this purpose the American Medical Missionary College has been organized and incorporated. In order to accomplish its work, a college building must be furnished. For several years the college classes have been held in a part of the Battle Creek College building. The Battle Creek College, as a school, has removed to southwestern Michigan. Through the Missionary Acre Fund the debts on the old college property are to be paid. The buildings will be used by the American Medical Missionary College for the education of young men and women as medical missionaries, that they may labor in our sanitariums and treatment rooms already established, and plant others in every clime. These trained physicians and nurses, if fully consecrated, and none others, should be encouraged to engage in the work. They can enter many homes which no other class of laborers can enter, as they can care for the sick and unfortunate as others cannot; and this class are to be found among the wealthy as well as among the poor. Our sanitariums are reaching a wealthy class. Our Sanatorium at Skodsborg, Denmark, has recently been visited by the king of Denmark, the queen of England, and the empress of Russia. As these persons belong to the royalty of Europe, the papers have noticed their visits and the fact that they were pleased with the institution, and said many kind words for its work. Thus the sanatorium has been advertised all over Europe. That institution now has more patients than it can accommodate with rooms. Many of those who are conducting that institution were trained at the Battle Creek Sanitarium and the medical college. Reader, many more should be trained for that and like institutions. Among them may be your own dear son or daughter; and every acre, every garden, and every dollar, more or less, donated, aids in educating and training young men and women for this great work. Have you decided to aid in this matter? If so, send your pledge to P. T. Magan, Berrien Springs, Mich. If you desire to send money which has been pledged, or that which has not been pledged, or the proceeds of that which you have raised and sold, please send the same to H. M. Mitchell, Battle Creek, Mich., treasurer of the General Conference, and simply state that the money is for the Missionary Acre Fund. All money will be received in the REVIEW ere long. We are very thankful for the money and pledges we have received. Who will aid now?