How often, during the short time that I have been connected with the Washington Sanitarium, I have heard favorable remarks from the lips of the patients about the excellent spirit that exists among the workers of this institution. Not long ago one woman said, "I do not know if it is their religion, or their vegetarian diet, but surely something makes these young nurses stand out above all other girls I know." Almost without exception praise for the Christian atmosphere and influence is heard in all the rooms.
Recently we had with us a young man of the medical profession who had served sometime in the British Navy. Inasmuch as he was not confined to his room, I had had no personal contact with him, except as I shook hands with him at the close of each evening worship hour. But the medical director suggested that I contact him, for he seemed very much interested. Some of our best contacts with patients are those made at the suggestion of the physicians.
Before he left the sanitarium this young doctor said that he had been greatly impressed by the spirit that existed around the place, and that in establishing his practice and home again, he wanted to locate near a Seventh-day Adventist institution. Thus he could learn more about us, feel the warmth of our association, and place his children in one of our academies.
Since leaving he has kept in contact with us, and he is still of the same mind. A few days ago he stated in a letter: "Decisions such as I am trying now to make seem extraordinarily difficult. . . . However, the edge of the indecision is greatly blunted by the helpful knowledge that what I want most of all is to be a good Christian in the Adventist Church."
Just before I received this letter, he told me by long-distance telephone from New York that he had attended our church and taken his family, and that they had all enjoyed it. What a wonderful testimony to the wholesome influence of men and women who live not for themselves but in service for others.
