亲爱的赫斯格弟兄和姐妹：
我们4月18日离开家去访问加利福尼亚州南部。在去圣迭哥的路上，我们在费尔南多停了下来，在洛马林达待了几天，稍稍光顾了一下天堂谷疗养院。我向助理工人和客人讲了两次道。在5月4日和5日，安息日和星期日，我在圣迭哥向教会讲了道。我作了非常清楚明白的见证。星期日下午，我在恳切的呼吁之后献上了祈祷。之后举行了见证聚会，一些人在会上认了罪。……{PC 230.2}
我留在洛马林达将近一周，期间我向学生们讲了两次话。安息日下午我向大批人讲了道，他们从周围的教会过来聚会。聚会是在草坪上举行的。在场的有些人最近才开始在雷德兰兹遵守安息日，黑尔长老和怀特海德长老一直在那里主持系列聚会。{PC 230.3}
在疗养院后面的胡椒树下布置了座位。这是一个有趣的场合。主赐福了我，使我从《以赛亚书》第五十八章讲起。在结束前，我向那些有钱财帮助圣工的人发出了强烈的呼吁，提出了洛马林达疗养院的需要。我敦促他们不要只将他们的精力花在商业上，而要将财宝积攒在上帝的宝座旁边。{PC 230.4}
晚上，尼科尔斯兄弟来到我的房间，满脸喜庆，说：“我想告诉你今天你所说的话取得了什么成就。一位姐妹来找伯登弟兄，向他奉献了十美元，一位先生提出要借给他一千美元，为期一年，不要利息。”我为这个回应而感谢主。{PC 230.5}
我从伯登弟兄了解到，提出借给他一千美元的人是一个在疗养院待了一段时间的病人。他有严重的胃病，有一段时间生命垂危。安全地度过危机之后，他开始研究真理，并对此深感兴趣。{PC 230.6}
上午的礼拜结束后，疗养院在草坪上为访客提供了午餐。伯登弟兄认为疗养院这么做不会失败，我同意他的意见;因为我记得我们过去有作出相似供应的经验。这种行动有时是将种子撒在那些正在寻求真理之人心中的手段。{PC 230.7}
下午，路德·沃伦长老讲了一堂极好的道。沃伦弟兄是一位能干的工人，我们希望他能在这个贫困的园地工作一段时间。现在是在雷德兰兹作工的好时机。基督教妇女节制协会最近在雷德兰兹举行了一次重要会议，斯塔尔医生参加了她们的聚会。她被介绍给大会，应邀向她们讲了健康着装的问题。她受到了很好的接待，并收到了许多在各个地方授课的邀请。我们相信主会在她面前打开道路，使她能帮助消除一些人的偏见，以便他们乐于听从真理。{PC 231.1}
Dear Brother and Sister Haskell,
We left home on our visit to Southern California April 18. On our way to San Diego, we stopped off at Fernando, and we spent a few days at Loma Linda. At the Paradise Valley Sanitarium we found a very small patronage. Twice I spoke to the helpers and guests. On Sabbath and Sunday, May 4 and 5, I spoke to the church in San Diego. I bore a very plain testimony. Sunday afternoon, I followed an earnest appeal with a prayer. This was followed by a social meeting at which some confessions were made....?{PC 230.2}
I remained at Loma Linda nearly a week, during which time I spoke to the students twice. Sabbath afternoon I spoke to a large number who had assembled from the surrounding churches. The meeting was held on the lawn. Among those present were some who have recently begun the observance of the Sabbath in Redlands, where Elder Hare and Elder Whitehead have been conducting a series of meetings.?{PC 230.3}
Seats were arranged under the pepper trees at the back of the sanitarium. It was an interesting occasion. The Lord blessed me in speaking from the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah. Before I closed, I made a strong appeal to those who had means to help in the Lord’s work, and I presented the needs of the Loma Linda Sanitarium. I urged them not to spend all their efforts merely in commercial lines, but to lay up treasure beside the throne of God.?{PC 230.4}
In the evening, Brother Nichols came to my room, his face aglow with happiness, and said, “I want to tell you what your words today have accomplished. A sister came to Brother Burden, and gave him ten dollars, and a gentleman has offered to lend him a thousand dollars for a year without interest.” I thank the Lord for this response.?{PC 230.5}
From Brother Burden I learned that the one who had offered to lend him a thousand dollars is a patient who had been in the sanitarium for some time. He had a serious stomach difficulty, and for some time his life was hanging in the balance. The crisis safely passed, he has begun to study the truth, and is deeply interested.?{PC 230.6}
After the morning service, a lunch was provided by the sanitarium, on the lawn, for the visitors. Brother Burden felt that the sanitarium would not be a loser by doing this, and I agreed with him; for I remember the experiences we have had in the past in making similar provision. Such actions are sometimes the means of sowing seed in the hearts of those?who are inquiring after truth.?{PC 230.7}
In the afternoon, Elder Luther Warren gave an excellent discourse. Brother Warren is an able worker, and we hope he may labor for a time in this needy field. Now is a favorable time to work Redlands. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union recently held an important convention in Redlands, and Dr. Starr attended their meetings. She was introduced to the convention, and by invitation spoke to them on the subject of healthful dress. She was well received, and has received many invitations to give lectures at various places. We trust that the Lord will open the way before her, that she may be a help in removing the prejudice of some, that they may be willing to listen to the truth. -?{PC 231.1}
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