1912

December 26, 1912

A Visit to Loma Linda By W. C. White

EGW

From November 6 to December 6, we were in Southern California, most of the time at Loma Linda. Mother and Sister Mcenterfer spent the entire time of our visit there. Brother Crisler and I spent a few days in Los Angeles and Glendale, and I was at the Paradise Valley Sanitarium Thanksgiving Day.PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 1

At Glendale, we found the Sanitarium full of patients. In the large main building and hospital, there was but one vacant room. The outlook for this institution is very encouraging.PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 2

At Paradise Valley, very important additions have been made to the buildings. The nurses’ dormitory has been enlarged. The business office and ladies’ treatment-rooms have also been enlarged, and an elevator installed. Thus this institution is well prepared for the large patronage that usually comes after the holidays.PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 3

At Loma Linda, our people were very busy and of good courage. The Loma Linda Sanitarium had a splendid patronage during October. In November, there were not many patients, but busy preparations were being made for the rush that usually comes in the latter part of the winter.PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 4

In the medical school, there were sixty-two students, and about the same number in the nurses’ training classes. Dr. Ruble said, “The students returned this year with a strong determination to make the school better than it has ever been before. In our faculty there is unity and courage.”PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 5

The day after our arrival there, Mother spoke about twenty minutes to the Board of Directors, the College Faculty, and the heads of departments. A portion of this talk, under the title ” Be of Good Cheer,” will be found in another column. After that, Mother spoke one Sabbath in the Loma Linda chapel, one Sabbath in the meeting-house in San Bernardino, and one noon she read to the students and helpers a manuscript regarding the duties and privileges of medical students. Here are a few statements copied from this manuscript:PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 6

“Opportunities are before you; if studious and upright, you may obtain an education of the highest value. Make the most of your privileges. Be not satisfied with ordinary attainments; seek to qualify yourselves to fill positions of trust in connection with the Lord's work in the earth. United with the God of wisdom and power, you may become intellectually strong, and increasingly capable as soul-winners. You may become men and women of responsibility and influence, if, by the power of your will, coupled with divine strength, you earnestly engage in the work of securing a proper training.”PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 7

“God will not require of man a more strict account of anything than of the way in which he has occupied his time. Have its hours been wasted and abused? God has granted to us the precious boon of life, not to be devoted to selfish gratification. Our work is too solemn, our time to serve God and our fellow men too short, to be spent in seeking for fame. O, if men would stop in their aspirations where God has set the bounds, what different service would the Lord receive!”PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 8

“The light that God has given in medical missionary lines will not cause His people to be regarded as inferior in scientific medical knowledge, but will fit them to stand upon the highest eminence. God would have them stand as a wise and an understanding people because of His presence with them. In the strength of Him who is the source of all wisdom, all grace, defects and ignorance may be overcome.”PUR December 26, 1912, Art. A, par. 9