Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

the matter seemed to fall upon the Michigan
conference committee of which I was president.
After agreeing to proceed in faith, I drew up a
subscription paper, and went first to J. P. Kellogg
who, in bold print, pledged $500.
In a few days we had secured the residence of
Judge Graves with nine acres of land for $6,000.
This is where the Battle Creek Sanitarium now
stands. A two-story building with two rooms above
and two below for treatment rooms and water tank,
was erected. On Sept. 5, 1866, the institution was
formally opened for patients, having Drs. Lay and
Byington as physicians, two helpers and one
patient; being less than four months from the time
the subject was first mentioned to our people. In
August we began the publication of a sixteen-page
monthly journal, The Health Reformer.
When we began to receive payments for shares
in the enterprise, it became necessary to form a
legal organization, so I counseled with lawyers
Dibble and Rhine. They told us there was no law
for our case except the law for mining and
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