Our Sanitariums by L. A. H.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 16, 1914

Our Sanitariums

By L. A. H.

THE New England Sanitarium (Melrose, Mass.) reports the past year's work as the best in the history of the institution. The list of patients and guests shows many names that indicate a feeling of confidence on the part of our own people. The interior of the building has recently undergone painting and papering, with other light improvements, in anticipation of a busy summer season. The following appears in a late number of the Atlantic Union Gleaner:—

"The Lord has given us many evidences during the past year that this institution is one of his own planting, and that he will give success in every way if we allow him to conduct it according to his plan. We have been studying to know the mind of the Lord, and have been rewarded with much of his blessing. The faculty spends one hour each Sabbath in a study of the Testimonies concerning sanitarium work. A general Bible class is held every Sabbath afternoon to review the work of the week for those who are reading their Bibles through this year.

"Besides the regular Bible classes in the training school, a Bible class is held each week for graduate nurses and others for a study of doctrines. A general Bible reading for the patients is conducted every Monday evening, and those who attend manifest a deep interest. At the same time a class for members of our family not in the training school is in session in the helpers' dining room, where the various lines of the gospel of health are studied. Lectures for the patients are given three evenings each week, and a general prayer meeting for all is held every Wednesday evening in the gymnasium.

"All these, besides our regular morning chapel, prayer bands, and Sabbath services, will give a glimpse, at least, of the effort that is being made to teach not only our guests but our family the truths of this wonderful message which has been intrusted to us. All these services are well received and attended, and are not without results. We believe that in the great hereafter our hearts will be made to rejoice when we see what God wrought through this institution."

The Walla Walla (Wash.) Sanitarium has found it necessary to make improvements that will give added room for taking care of its growing patronage. These improvements have not involved an increase of indebtedness, everything being paid for either from donations or the profits of the institution. The sun parlor has been converted into a ward, affording room for at least ten more patients. The interior of the building has been redecorated, and the ladies' bathrooms have been remodeled. Arrangements are in progress to install a new elevator. Quite a number of patients attended the meetings of the institute held at Walla Walla recently, and favorable impressions are being made in behalf of our work and truth. The institution is making headway financially, and it enjoys the confidence of our people.

The Madison (Wis.) Sanitarium has been having a good patronage, and the work is moving on very satisfactorily. The friends of the institution have responded liberally to its call for financial aid, nearly $30,000 having been raised by the Wisconsin Conference. People are accepting the truth as a result of their stay at the sanitarium.

The Missionary Volunteer Society of the Hinsdale (Ill.) Sanitarium is engaging in a vigorous temperance campaign for the entire township, making use of the Temperance Instructor. A letter is inclosed in each copy of the paper, urging the reader to work for a dry township, and offering to furnish suitable lecturers for parlor talks. Church and hall meetings are also held by Dr. David Paulson, with excellent interest on the part of the public.

The Hinsdale workers are also carrying on active missionary activities in other directions in and around Chicago. Two of the people for whom they are working have commenced to keep the Sabbath, and others are deeply interested. The sanitarium workers have set their stakes for at least fifty conversions for the year, and have hopes of making the number one hundred. There is at present a remarkable religious interest on the part of the patients. Practically every patient who is not bedridden comes to the morning Bible study. Three are now ready for baptism. Both the mother and the aunt of one of them, living in Chicago, have already accepted the truth.

Drs. M. M. and Stella C. Martinson, recently of the Graysville (Tenn.) Sanitarium, are in Chattanooga, Tenn., for a time, doing some special work awaiting their future location. L. A. H.