The Story of our Health Message

CHAPTER 37 BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD¹

JUST AS the Lord made man a living creature endowed with power to reproduce his kind, so also the medical institutions which came about by the providence of God are dynamic and living, for institutions are primarily people rather than brick and mortar, buildings and equipment. Frequently they also demonstrate the power of God to reproduce themselves, as institutions beget institutions; and often small indeed is the arm that turns the helm of destiny. SHM 414.1

A banker from Denver, Henry M. Porter, was visiting his daughter who lived in Pasadena, California. By habit he spent the winters in southern California and timed his travel so that his birthday was spent on the train to prevent his friends and family from making an occasion of the event. While visiting his daughter, he contracted a heavy cold; and his daughter suggested that he go to the Glendale Sanitarium not far away and get a hydrotherapy treatment. This he did, and after the treatment he fell asleep on the treatment table. Awakening, he felt much relieved and offered the boy who gave the treatment a dollar tip. The faithful Adventist boy thanked the patient but declined the offer, saying that he was paid by the sanitarium and it would not be right to accept further payment. SHM 414.2