声明和呼吁
接受和随从亮光
“《评论与通讯》的总部应设在华盛顿附近。如果我们的书刊在首都华盛顿印出，就表明我们不怕让真光照出，”在稍后写的信中：{PH090 1.1}
“原来在巴特尔克里克进行的出版工作现在要在华盛顿附近进行。” * * * “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。我把这件感受甚深的事告诉你，有一件事乃是肯定的：如果不马上在华盛顿推进圣工，我们就不能安心。我若不看到真理从这里像明灯照出，就决不罢休。”{PH090 1.2}
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。”{PH090 12.1}
“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){PH090 12.2}
没有时间可以浪费
“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较小的医疗机构。……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，好使人对现代真理留下深刻的有利印象。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){PH090 13.1}
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。它在将真理带到人们的心眼面前方面应当是杰出的。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){PH090 14.1}
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。{PH090 14.2}
我上次在(某个大城市)的时候，在夜间异象中见有许多摩天大厦，层层相叠，高耸入云。这些房子都有防火设施。建筑者和屋主造这房屋的宗旨，乃是要荣耀自己。这些房屋愈造愈高，用了许多最贵重的材料。不过业主们的心里却没有自问：“我们怎样才能最好地荣耀上帝，使我们可以永远享受祂呢?”上帝不在他们的思想里。我想：但愿那些以这种方式投资的人能明白，这种炫耀不能使他们在上帝面前得到一点好处。他们虽然建造高楼大厦，但是在宇宙的主眼中看来，他们的打算和计划是何等的愚蠢!他们并非在尽心竭力地研究如何荣耀上帝，以便永远享受祂。而竟忘了这是人类首要的本分。……此后，我忽然听见失火的警报。{PH090 15.1}
人们望着这些想来能防火的大厦说：“不要紧，这些房子是绝对不会有危险的。”岂知这些房子却完全被火烧净，好像是松脂做的一样。消防车不能扑灭火势，消防队也无济于事。{PH090 15.2}
“我蒙指示，知道人们骄傲好大的心若不改变过来，及至主的时期一到，他们就要晓得那有力量施行拯救的手，也有力量施行毁灭，世界上没有什么能力可以阻止上帝的手。{PH090 16.1}
“你们建造的建筑物必须坚固而且结构良好。{PH090 16.2}
不应该做随便的工作。这些建筑物要十分像样，但不能看到铺张浪费。我们不能让世俗的人有可能说我们并不相信我们所宣讲的——万物的结局近了。{PH090 16.3}
“这些建筑物应尽量以最低的成本建造。不要仅仅为了炫耀而花一分钱在上面。我们是生活在一个严重邪恶堕落的时代。全世界都摆脱了宗教的束缚。世俗上的人和教会成员正在使上帝的律法无效。我们应当竭尽全力传扬警告的信息。”(怀爱伦夫人，摘自一封指示函，日期是1904年2月15日){PH090 16.4}
在首都华盛顿建一所培训学校的优势
一个明确的预言
“我看到当这信息能力大增时，上帝的天意就会在东部开路并预备道路， 好成就比目前多得多的工作。那时上帝会差派祂的一些仆人以能力访问现在很少成就或无可成就的地方。”{PH090 27.1}
“在使徒时代，耶路撒冷是一个很大的影响力中心，在这个地方，来自天上的亮光要以最强有力的光线照在主的见证人身上，他们要传达福音信息。{PH090 27.2}
“要阅读《使徒行传》第二章一整章，看看你们是否确信我们确实没能明白我们的首要职责之一就是要在国家的首都特别介绍现代真理。”{PH090 27.3}
门还开着
要是我们在多年前就尽到了我们的本分，原能成就何等一番伟大的工作啊!我们现在如果还不明白自己的责任，岂能无罪地站在上帝面前吗?{PH090 32.1}
主号召我们醒来，认识到摆在我们面前的机会，让我们的光照在华盛顿市，在那里建立纪念物，加速向各国、各族、各方、各民传扬第三位天使的信息。{PH090 32.2}
让我们持住那无限能力的膀臂吧。让我们谦卑地行在上帝面前吧，但我们在面对挫折和困难时应该作巨人。我们必须有增强的信心。让我们赞美上帝吧。祂是我们的力量，我们的盾牌，我们的防御，我们的前卫和后卫。{PH090 32.3}
怀爱伦
PH090 - Statement and Appeal
《Light》
【Received and Followed】
“The headquarters of the Review and Herald should be near Washington. If there is on our books and papers the imprint of Washington, D.C., it will be seen that we are not afraid to let our light shine,” and in a letter written later:?{PH090 1.1}[1]
“The publishing work that has been carried on in Battle Creek should, for the present, be carried on near Washington.” .?.?.?“Above all places, this place should now be worked. Satan is working there against Jehovah with all his might. 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.”?{PH090 1.2}[2]
【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.”?{PH090 12.1}[3]
“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 cannot 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.?{PH090 12.2}[4]
【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?At Once.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.?{PH090 13.1}[5]
【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 cannot 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.?{PH090 14.1}[6]
【Character of Buildings】
“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.?{PH090 14.2}[7]
When I was last in (one of the great cities) I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fire-proof, and they were erected to glorify the owners. Higher and still higher these buildings rose, and in them the most costly material was used. Those to whom the buildings belonged were not asking themselves, “How can we best glorify God, that we may enjoy him forever?” God was not in their thoughts. I thought: O that those who are thus investing their means could see that this display does not give them one iota of advantage with God. They are piling up magnificent buildings, but how foolish in the sight of the Ruler of the universe is their planning and devising. They are not studying with all the powers of heart and mind what they may do to glorify God, that they may enjoy him forever. They have lost sight of this, the first duty of man.... The scene that next passed before me was an Alarm of Fire.?{PH090 15.1}[8]
Men looked at lofty and supposedly fire-proof buildings, and said, “they are?perfectly safe.” But these buildings were consumed as if made of pitch. The fire engines could do nothing to stay the destruction. The firemen were unable to operate the engines.?{PH090 15.2}[9]
“I am instructed that when the Lord’s time comes, should no change have taken place in the hearts of proud, ambitious human beings, men will find that the hand that has been strong to save will be strong to destroy. No earthly power can stay the hand of God.?{PH090 16.1}[10]
“The buildings that you erect must be Solid and Well Constructed.?{PH090 16.2}[11]
No haphazard work is to be done. The buildings are to be thoroughly presentable, but no extravagance is to be seen. We are not to make it possible for worldlings to say that we do not believe what we preach—that the end of all things is at hand.?{PH090 16.3}[12]
“The buildings should be put up at as little cost as possible. No money is to be spent on them merely for show. We are living in a time of fearful depravity. The whole world has thrown off the restraints of religion. Worldlings and church members are making void the law of God. We are to bend every energy to the proclamation of the message of warning.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in a Letter of Instruction dated February 15, 1904.?{PH090 16.4}[13]
《The Advantages of a Training School at Washington, D. C.》
【A Definite Prophecy】
“I saw that when the message shall increase greatly in power, then the providence of God will open and prepare the way in the east for much more to be accomplished than can be at the present time. God will then send some of his servants in power to visit places where little or nothing can now be done.”?{PH090 27.1}[14]
“In the days of the apostles, Jerusalem was a great?Center of Influence,and in this place, light from heaven was to shine in its most powerful rays upon the Lord’s witnesses who were to bear the gospel message.?{PH090 27.2}[15]
“Read the whole of the second chapter of Acts, and see if you are not convinced that there has been a decided failure to understand that one of our first duties is to make at the nation’s Capital a special presentation of the truth for this time.”?{PH090 27.3}[16]
【The Door Still Open】
What a work might have been accomplished if we had done our duty years ago! Can we stand clear in the sight of God, if we now fail of understanding our duty??{PH090 32.1}[17]
The Lord calls on us to awake to a realization of the opportunities presented before us to let our light shine in the city of Washington by establishing there memorials that will hasten forward the proclamation of the third angel’s message to every nation, kindred, tongue and people.?{PH090 32.2}[18]
Let us take hold of the arm of infinite power. Let us walk humbly before God, but let us?Be Giants?in meeting discouragement and difficulty. We must have increased faith. Let us praise God. He is our strength, our shield, and our defense, our front guard and our rearward.?{PH090 32.3}[19]
---Ellen G. White[20]
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