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    The Predicted Location Found

    With this communication in hand, the committee began prospecting in the District of Columbia for a site, but no land could be found for less than one thousand dollars per acre. Finally their attention was called to Takoma Park. The following is the report of the committee:—GSAM 460.4

    “We found a tract of about fifty acres just outside the District, but within the city limits of Takoma Park, that we could purchase for six thousand dollars, or at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars an acre. We gave this place thorough examination. We found that some years ago it was selected by a Boston physician for a sanitarium site. He is said to have expended about sixty thousand dollars in the purchase price and in clearing it of all the underbrush, logs, and rubbish. Financial difficulties prevented him from carrying out his plans, and the tract passed into the hands of a gentleman who held a mortgage on it, at a cost to him of fifteen thousand dollars.GSAM 460.5

    “The citizens of Takoma Park, as represented by the mayor and some of the leading men, gave us a very hearty welcome to the place, and assurances of friendly co-operation in carrying out our plans.GSAM 461.1

    “In all our travels and searching, we found no other spot that filled so fully the specifications of the testimonies as this one. We believe the providence of God has led us to the place he would have us occupy.”GSAM 461.2

    In view of the many fulfillments of testimonies presented in this and former chapter, let us “believe in the Lord our God, and so be established; and believe his prophet, and so prosper,” that we may be prepared for the events yet in the future, and not be taken by them unawares.GSAM 461.3

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