Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

large colleges built for the education of the colored
people. These grand buildings stand as
representatives of a great and good work that is
being done for this race. The Lord has favored and
blessed those who have given themselves to this
work. It was in the order of God that Seventh-day
Adventists should enter Nashville. I was instructed
that memorials for God were to be established in
this place, not only right in the city, but at a little
distance from it. Efforts were to be made to reach
both the white and colored people. The medical
missionary work was to be established there; for it
is the right hand of the gospel. But the work would
have to move slowly; for there was not much
means with which to carry it on. The work was not
to be carried forward as a private business, but as a
conference enterprise.
A deep interest should be shown in the building
up of the work in and around Nashville. A
sanitarium should be established. If possible, a
building already erected should be secured, if a
suitable one can be found in a favorable locality.
As soon as possible, steps should be taken to
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