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The Fruitage of Spiritual Gifts

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    Health Institutions

    It soon became clear to the advocates of a rational way of life in those early years that books and lectures, helpful as they were, alone could not bring about the reform that was so urgently needed. Then, too, there were many sick people who stood in dire need of special help. The leaders in the reform became convinced that they must establish health centers or other places where those needing immediate help might be cured and where all might be taught the new and better manner of living.FSG 304.7

    “In the summer of 1866, through the influence of Mrs. White, the foundations were laid for the first health institution among Seventh-day Adventists. Indeed, the institution founded at that time was one of the first of the sort in the western part of the United States. Perhaps it may be said that it was the first of the kind in the United States, or in the world, as it possessed many unique features, and was not conducted as a money-making scheme. Between thirty and forty thousand dollars was raised for the enterprise by the friends of health and temperance reform. A proper site was selected, and the Health Institute opened in August, 1866 [in Battle Creek, Michigan].”—Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 227.FSG 305.1

    This was the beginning of that chain of sanitariums, treatment rooms, dispensaries, and clinics which Adventists today have around the earth and which have made our work known to millions everywhere.FSG 305.2

    Adventists in those early days were “health reform minded” and their many large or small health centers prospered marvelously and gave the Adventist Church a unique prestige. Dr. D. H. Kress, a highly regarded veteran in this health work, who is still with us, recently wrote:FSG 305.3

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