Testimonies and Experiences Connected with the Loma Linda Sanitarium and College of Medical Evangelists

Land Not to be Sold

And again in a letter of July 5, 1905: PH094 33.2

“I write you a few lines. One thing I wish you to do. I wish you to not be very anxious to get this property in the hands or power of the Conference to manage, but let parties manage the holding of this property. I learn that ----- has proposed to sell some of the land to help pay the standing debt. Tell me how the matter is now. Can you obtain the loan of money for to raise the rest of the five thousand dollars? If not, we must stir about to see if we can not obtain the means. I have sent you the letter that I have written; please tell me what is necessary for me to do. We must be sure and have every payment made in time, and not let it go out of our hands.” PH094 33.3

“I just thought to write you a few lines to assure you that not one foot of that land is to be sold to raise money. We will hire money at the bank rather than this shall be done.” PH094 33.4

“I wish to present before our people the blessing that the Lord has placed within our reach by enabling us to obtain possession of the beautiful sanitarium property known as Loma Linda.... Until our recent visit, I had never before seen such a place as this with my natural eyes, but four years ago just such a place was presented before me as one of those that would come into our possession if we moved wisely. It is a wonderful place in which to work for the sick, and in which to begin our work for Redlands and Riverside. We must make decided efforts to secure helpers who will do most faithful medical missionary work.... Oh, how I long to see the sick and suffering coming to this institution! It is one of the most perfect places for a sanitarium that I have ever seen, and I thank our Heavenly Father for giving us such a place. It is provided with almost everything necessary for sanitarium work, and is the very place in which sanitarium work can be carried forward on right lines by faithful physicians and managers.... When I saw Loma Linda, I said, ‘Thank the Lord. This is the very place we have been hoping to find.” ... PH094 38.1

“The patients could live out of doors a large part of the time. The land will serve as a school for the education of patients. By outdoor exercise and working in the soil, men and women will regain their health. Rational methods for the cure of diseases will be used in a variety of ways. Drugs will be discarded.... PH094 39.1

“It is one of the best locations for sanitarium work that I have ever seen. At this place the sick can be given every natural advantage for retaining health and strength. PH094 39.2