The Story of Our Health Message -- Study Guide

“Purchase of Loma Linda Property” (347-353)

1. Trace the difficult circumstances under which the Loma Linda property was purchased. (347)

SHM-SG 39.1

2. Corresponding with Elder __________________, Mrs. White instructed him to secure an option on the Loma Linda property. She concluded her letter with a call to faith and assurance of God’s help: ” Here is the __________________ of the Lord. Open up every __________________ possible. We are to labor in __________________, taking hold of a __________________ that is pledged to do __________________ things for us. We are to reach out in faith in __________________, and in __________________ and __________________. (348, 349) SHM-SG 39.2

3. In the face of hesitancy on the part of the leadership of the Southern California Conference, Ellen White wrote positively to Elder Burden, “In regard to the __________________ of Loma Linda I will say, ___________________________. . . . I am well __________________ that the place is one we ought to have. It is cheap at __________________ dollars. We will not __________________ you, but will stand back of you, and help you to __________________ the __________________.” (349) SHM-SG 39.3

4. When he could no longer delay the owners of the property, what action did Elder Burden take to hold the property for the church? (350)

SHM-SG 39.4

5. What was Ellen White’s reaction when she first saw this property? (350)

SHM-SG 39.5

6. At a meeting arranged in the Los Angeles church on June 20, the president of the Southern California Conference stated that Sister White had said that the Loma Linda sanitarium “should be” the principal training school on this coast. What was Sister White’s immediate response? (351, 352)

SHM-SG 39.6

7. Statements of what two people helped to turn the tide in favor of securing the institution by the Southern California Conference? (352, 353)

SHM-SG 39.7