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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 22, 1872

A Work of Faith.

EDS. REVIEW:—I send you Dr. Cullis’ “Seventh annual Report of the Consumptives’ Home and other Institutions connected with a work of Faith.”

This institution was commenced in the city of Boston about eight years ago and removed to Grove Hall, Boston Highlands—two miles from our place of residence. It is open every day—Sundays excepted—for the inspection of visitors. This report exhibits a remarkable work of benevolence and faith in God. Many hundreds of poor consumptives, that have no home, nor friends to care for them, are freely received at the “Home,” and cared for by kind nurses, and made comfortable “without money and without price.” It is no marvel that God’s blessing has attended Dr. Cullis in such acts of righteousness and faith in his word.

Peter said, “Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.” Acts 10:34, 35. Jesus said, “Ye shall know them by their fruits. . . . Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.” Matt. 7:16–20.

The subjoined article concerning this institution we clip from a recent paper.

THE “CONSUMPTIVES’ HOME.”

To many of our readers, the “work of faith,” which has resulted in the origin and sustenance of a “Home” for poor consumptives, in Boston, Mass., is not fully known; and as we hope at other times to give sketches of the work carried on by its founder, Dr. Charles Cullis, we can at present do little more than acquaint our readers with the fact of its existence.

The “Consumptives’ Home” is an institution unlike any other in the country, supported entirely through the grace of our Lord, in answering the prayer of faith, and day by day supplying its various needs out of his own inexhaustible resources. The object of the institution is to care for the “poor, sick with consumption;” and any person coming under the above head, of whatever nation, creed, or color, having no home or friends to provide for them, are freely received in the name of the Lord.

There are at present forty patients provided for, with comfortable and cheerful rooms, godly nurses ministering to them, and Christian influences surrounding them. The salvation of the patients is of far greater importance than bodily comfort or restoration, and whilst in the latter respect every attention that can possibly be given by willing and loving hearts is with constant painstaking bestowed, yet the Lord’s servant, to whose stewardship is committed this vast work, prayerfully labors for the spiritual welfare of every individual patient. The results have indeed been cheering, as nearly all, if not all, of those who have fallen asleep, have fallen asleep in Jesus. It may stagger the faith of many professing Christians, and bring the skeptical smile upon the face of others, to hear that last years expenses amounted to $55,723 30. The whole sum expended since the beginning of the work, eight years ago, amounts to $142,028 75. All this sum has been received in direct answer to prayer. You marvel, and well you may, my reader, if you do not know the goodness, and greatness of Him who said, “Whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father, in my name, I will do it.”

The fact is well known to those most intimately acquainted with the “Home,” that “there is no fund, endowment, or known pecuniary provision, whatever, existing for the support of the home; no human friend of it who has ever made any promises, express or implied, to preserve it, or relieve its necessities, and no person in any way connected with Dr. Cullis, who has the control of means sufficient to do more than render small contributions toward its maintenance.”

OTIS NICHOLS.

Dorchester, Mass., Oct., 1872.