Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Lt 220, 1901

Kellogg, J. H.

Nashville, Tennessee

December 25, 1901

Previously unpublished.

Dr. J. H. Kellogg
Battle Creek, Michigan

Dear Brother Kellogg,—

I have written two letters to you which I cannot find. I supposed I had them with me, but they must be in my diary which I supposed was with me, and is not. 16LtMs, Lt 220, 1901, par. 1

I have heard the document read in regard to the forming or creating of sanitariums, and the light God has given me is that such a document should not bear the endorsement of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, neither should it bear the endorsement of any sanitarium that shall be created. 16LtMs, Lt 220, 1901, par. 2

I have this word to speak to you; that the Lord has not directed that any such agreement should be made. There is not the right ring in these terms, and there is in these prepared arrangements danger of oppression, while it has the appearance of great liberality. All such agreements as are proposed in this document will lead to a condition of things that God forbids shall come in among our people. 16LtMs, Lt 220, 1901, par. 3

We need to be guarded on every side. The dangers were opened to me while in Australia. 16LtMs, Lt 220, 1901, par. 4