十五万元基金
摘自关于在首都华盛顿建一所疗养院的证言
“过于所有其它地方”
“如果在世界上有什么地方应充满现代真理亮光的话，那就是我国的中心华盛顿。……上帝看到该城一直被忽视，就不喜悦。{PH143 3.1}
“既然医疗布道若照上帝所指定的进行，就确实是第三位天使信息的帮助之手，我们就应该毫不迟延地利用有利的机会开始在华盛顿附近从事这项工作。若有一个地方比别的地方更应建立疗养院，更应该做福音工作，那就是华盛顿市了。我们无法估计要是二十年前就在华盛顿建立了一所疗养院，原会有多么大的支持真理的影响力从华盛顿发出去。……我国首都现在应有机会比其它地方先听到现代的信息。”(怀爱伦夫人的证言，“我们在国家首都的工作”，日期是1903年7月17日){PH143 3.2}
“不要浪费时间”
“愿上帝帮助我们制定计划，使我们的青年能够成为真正的医疗布道士。……我们面前的工作是立即在华盛顿附近建立一个医疗机构。”{PH143 4.1}
“不要浪费时间。要呼吁最好的人才，并且作出安排，开办一所护士培训学校。应该做成所能够做的一切，好给人留下支持现代真理的深刻印象。要把一个值得信任的人放在这个机构的领导位置上。要获得治疗所需的设施，并得到敬畏上帝的青年作你的帮手。”(指示函，日期是1903年8月27日){PH143 4.2}
“在坚实的基础上”
“要让为推进这方面工作而制定的计划带有上天的认可。决不应使这方面的工作成为次要的。在将真理带到人们的心眼面前时，这方面的工作应当占据重要位置。要以大智慧在华盛顿建一所疗养院。要将这工作建在一个稳固的根基上。楼房要建得整洁高雅而不昂贵。我们担不起建立一栋昂贵的楼房。主希望这栋楼房代表祂计划祂所有的疗养院都应该成为的样子。主的百姓若是愿意存谦卑的心与祂同工，祂就必与他们同工。”(证言，“致我们工作中的领袖们”，日期是1903年10月15日){PH143 4.3}
楼房的性质
“关于要在华盛顿建的楼房，所赐给我的指示是，主的旨意并不是要它成为壮观的炫耀。楼房要向信徒和与我们信仰不同的人表明，没有一块钱用在不必要的炫耀上。楼房的每一部分都要作见证，证明我们认识到在我们面前有一个未开工的传道大园地，真理要在许多地方得建立。”(怀爱伦夫人的一封指示函，日期是1904年2月15日){PH143 6.1}
已经浪费了时间
“若有一个地方比别的地方更应建立疗养院，更应该做福音工作，那就是华盛顿了。我们无法估计要是二十年前就在华盛顿建立了一所疗养院，原会有多么大的支持真理的影响力从华盛顿发出去。现在这个地方比别的地方都应该开工。撒但正在那里全力反对耶和华。”{PH143 6.2}
“我把这件感受甚深的事告诉你，有一件事是肯定的：我们如果不马上在华盛顿有所作为来代表我们的工作，我们就不能无罪。我若不看到真理从这里发出，如明灯发亮，就决不罢休。{PH143 6.3}
“我现在不敢写出主就这个问题所赐给我的所有的话。将来我觉得自由的时候会写的。”{PH143 7.1}
“我们的人无论远近都需要扪心自问主如何看待他们对美国重要中心的忽视。在这个国家有许多地方真理还从未传扬过。许多年以前就应该在华盛顿特区有一所疗养院。但是人们在许多事上偏行己路，真理本应藉着建立医疗布道工作进入的地区，却一直受到忽视。”{PH143 7.2}
“如果在世界上有什么地方应充满现代真理亮光的话，那就是这个国家的中心华盛顿。”{PH143 7.3}
“主已再三指示我看到华盛顿是一个一直被奇怪地忽视了的地方。在查看我的日记时，我发现了我在十二年前写的一些东西，论到在华盛顿的工作，和在那里为上帝建立某个记念物的重要性。”(摘自写于1903年10月14日的证言){PH143 7.4}
“请不要耽搁。把你自己奉献给上帝，祂就必作你急难中随时的帮助。通过做等待你参加和帮助的工作，完全依赖上帝的引导和指示，你将获得宝贵的经验。(摘自写于1903年12月2日的证言) {PH143 7.5}
工作开始了
“我感谢主，在华盛顿的工作开始了。我很高兴出版社已从巴特尔克里克搬到了华盛顿，并且正在制定计划要在华盛顿建一所疗养院。我们看到了阿拉法，我们知道基督也是俄梅戛。”(摘自写于1903年12月2日的证言){PH143 8.1}
“我的弟兄姐妹们，要立即采取行动，提供完成华盛顿工作所需的资金。你们若是愿意敞开心扉，接受圣灵的影响，这项工作很快就能完成。现在应当让你们的虔诚和慷慨表现在完成在华盛顿必须完成的工作上，也在派遣宣教士到世界各地上。你们要心努力，以便不久就会传出消息：所需的资金手段已经得到了提供，工作也可以愉快地迅速向前推进了。”(摘自写于1905年3月30日的证言){PH143 8.2}
立即
加利福尼亚州疗养院，
1906年1月26日{PH143 8.3}
“G.A欧文长老，{PH143 8.4}
“我亲爱的弟兄：{PH143 8.5}
“我收到你的信了。我昨晚十点半读的。昨晚的头一段时间我很不安，就在十点钟走进了我的办公室，为要减轻想睡却睡不着的压力。我看到你的信放在晚上给我送来的信常在的地方，就读了。这让我开始了一连串了思路。我在计划在塔科马帕克的疗养院。但是我想，要是我把我的计划写出来会有什么好处。我已经写过并说过疗养院不应留到最后才建，而应立刻就建起来。我已经说过，它不应该建得又大又昂贵，还说过它应该建在离学校建筑足够远的地方。我已说过楼房应该建得大小适中。{PH143 8.6}
“几个月前，我发出了我所收到的关于疗养院的亮光，——它的建造应该立即开始。……{PH143 9.1}
“据我所见，现在要做的最好的事情就是立即开始建造这座大楼。要建一栋大小适中的楼房，使用你们拥有的资金。在南方有需要得满足。要继续为华盛顿疗养院筹集资金，而不通过报纸进行公开宣传。我不认为花5万美元在疗养院上来建造和装备所需要的建筑是太多的钱。我感到失望的是，留给疗养院的钱如此之少，但不应再拖延下去了。肯定应该立刻开始建造这个机构。要使用你们所拥有的钱并尽你所能地前进。……{PH143 9.2}
“我想这就是我今天所能写的一切了。有一件事是肯定的：你们应当开始建造疗养院的楼房，然后让信心和行为在努力中联合起来。要用你们拥有的钱开始建造，然后作工、祈祷并且相信。{PH143 9.3}
“我所再三说过的关于建造疗养院楼房的必要性的话似乎没有多少影响。我相信这次将产生更大的影响，有关该机构的工作将很快开始。怀爱伦”{PH143 9.4}
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《Extracts from Testimonies Concerning A Sanitarium in Washington, D. C》
【“Above all Other Places”】
“If there is any place in the world that should have the full rays of present truth, it is Washington, the city that is the very heart of the nation.... God has looked with displeasure on the neglect that has been shown to this city.?{PH143 3.1}[1]
“Since medical missionary work, when carried on as God has appointed, is indeed the helping hand of the third angel’s message, we should without delay take advantage of the favorable openings for beginning this work in the vicinity of Washington. If there is one place above another where a sanitarium should be established, and where gospel work should be done, it is in this city. We can not?estimate how great an influence would have gone forth from Washington in favor of the truth had a sanitarium been established there twenty years ago.... Above all other places the capital of our nation should now have an opportunity to hear the message for this time.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in Testimony, “Our Work at the Nation’s Capital,” dated July 17, 1903.?{PH143 3.2}[2]
【“No Time to Be Lost”】
“May God help us to develop plans so that our youth can become genuine medical missionaries.... We have before us the work of establishing a medical institution near Washington.”?{PH143 4.1}[3]
“No time is to be lost. Call for the best talent, and make arrangements for conducting a nurses’ training-school. All that can be done, should be done, to make a deep impression in favor of the truth for this time. Place at the head of this institution one who can be trusted. Obtain facilities for giving treatment, and secure God-fearing youth as your helpers.”—Letter of Instruction, dated August 27, 1903.?{PH143 4.2}[4]
【“Upon a Solid Foundation”】
“The plans laid for the carrying forward of this work should be such as will bear the indorsement of heaven. In no case is this line of work to be made secondary. It is to be prominent in bringing the truth to the minds of the people. With great wisdom, establish a sanitarium in Washington. Establish the work upon a solid foundation. Let the building be neat and tasty, but not?expensive. We can not afford to erect an expensive building. The Lord desires this building to be a representation of what he designs all his sanitariums to be. The Lord will work with his people, if they will work humbly with him.”—Testimony, “To the Leaders in Our Work,” dated October 15, 1903.?{PH143 4.3}[5]
《Character of Building》
“The instruction that has been given me in regard to the buildings to be erected in Washington is that it is not the Lord’s will for an imposing display to be made. The buildings are to show, to believers, and to those not of our faith, that not one dollar has been invested in needless display. Every part of the buildings is to bear witness that we realize that there is before us a great, unworked missionary field, and that the truth is to be established in many places.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in a Letter of Instruction, dated February 15, 1904.?{PH143 6.1}[6]
《Time Already Lost》
“If there is one place above another where a sanitarium should be established, and where gospel work should be done, it is Washington. We can not estimate how great an influence would have gone forth from Washington in favor of the truth had a sanitarium been established there twenty years ago. Above all places, this place should be worked. Satan is working there with all his might.”?{PH143 6.2}[7]
“I present this to you as a matter that is stirring me mightily. One thing is certain: we shall not be clear unless we at once do something in Washington to represent our?work. I shall not be able to rest until I see the truth going forth as a lamp that burneth.?{PH143 6.3}[8]
“I dare not write all the words that have been given me on this subject. In the future I may feel free to write them.”?{PH143 7.1}[9]
“Our people far and near need to ask themselves how the Lord regards their neglect of important centers in America. There are many places in this country in which the truth has never been proclaimed. Many years ago there should have been a sanitarium in Washington, D.C. But men have chosen their way in many things, and the places to which the truth should have found entrance, by the establishment of medical missionary work, have been neglected.”?{PH143 7.2}[10]
“If there is any place in the world that should have the full rays of present truth, it is Washington, the city that is the very heart of this nation.”?{PH143 7.3}[11]
“Again and again the Lord has presented Washington to me as a place that has been strangely neglected. In looking through my diaries, I have found some things that I wrote more than twelve years ago in regard to the work in Washington, and the necessity of establishing there some memorial for God.”—Extracts from Testimony, written October 14, 1903.?{PH143 7.4}[12]
“Please do not delay. Consecrate yourself to God, and he will be to you a present help in time of need. By doing the work that awaits your presence and assistance, depending entirely upon God for guidance and direction, you will obtain an invaluable experience.”—Extract from Testimony, written December 2, 1903.?{PH143 7.5}[13]
《The Work Begun》
“I thank the Lord that the work is begun in Washington. I am glad that the publishing work has been moved from Battle Creek to Washington, and that plans are being laid for the establishment of a sanitarium in Washington. We see the Alpha, and we know that Christ is also the Omega.”—Extract from Testimony, written December 2, 1903.?{PH143 8.1}[14]
“My brethren and sisters, take hold without delay to supply the means needed for the completion of the work at Washington. If you will open your hearts to the influence of the Holy Spirit, this work can soon be accomplished. Let your piety and liberality be shown just now in the accomplishment of the work that must be done in Washington, and in sending forth missionaries to all parts of the world. Put your hearts into the efforts, that soon the word may go forth that the needed means has been supplied, and that the work may go forward with joyful despatch.”—Extract from Testimony, written March 30, 1905.?{PH143 8.2}[15]
《At Once》
Sanitarium, Cal.,January 26, 1906.?{PH143 8.3}[16]
“Elder G. A Irwin,?{PH143 8.4}[17]
“My Dear Brother,?{PH143 8.5}[18]
“I have received your letter. I read it last night at half past ten o’clock. I was restless during the first part of the night, and at ten o’clock stepped into my office room, to relieve myself of the strain of trying to sleep and being unable to. I saw your letter in the place where the letters that come for me at night are always put, read it. That started me on a train of thought. I?was planning about the Sanitarium in Takoma Park. But I thought, what good would it do if I should write out my plans. I have written and said that the Sanitarium should not be left until the last, but should be erected at once. I have said that it should not be a large expensive building, and that it should stand at a sufficient distance from the school buildings. I have said that the building should be of moderate size.?{PH143 8.6}[19]
“Months ago I sent the light that I had received in regard to the Sanitarium,—that its erection should be begun at once....?{PH143 9.1}[20]
“The best thing to be done now, as far as I can see is to begin at once to put up the building. Erect a moderate-sized building, using the money you have. There are necessities to be met in the South. Keep in operation the raising of means for the Washington Sanitarium without making a public call through the papers. I do not think that fifty thousand dollars would be any too much to expend on the Sanitarium, to put up and equip the building that will be needed. I am disappointed that there is so little means left for the Sanitarium, but there should be no further delay. A beginning on the institution should certainly be made at once. Use the money that you have and go as far as you can....?{PH143 9.2}[21]
“I think that this is all I can write today. One thing is certain: you should make a beginning on the Sanitarium building, and then let faith and works unite in the effort. Begin with the money you have, and then work and pray and believe.?{PH143 9.3}[22]
“That which I have said over and over?again regarding the necessity of erecting the Sanitarium building has seemed to have little influence. I trust that this will have more influence, and that work on the institution will soon begun.”?{PH143 9.4}[23]
---Ellen G. White[24]
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