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The Later Elmshaven Years: 1905-1915 (vol. 6) - Ellen G. White

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A few weeks later, on December 10, she urged:

In regard to the school, I would say, Make it all you possibly can in the

education of nurses and physicians.--Letter 325, 1905.

In reporting to the readers of the Review and Herald on the dedication

of Loma Linda on April 15, 1906, she announced:

Loma Linda is to be not only a sanitarium, but an educational center....

A school is to be established here for the training of gospel medical

missionary evangelists.--The Review and Herald, June 21, 1906.

Writing to S. N. Haskell on June 8, 1906, she referred to steps being

taken in response to her urging:

Brother Howell is very desirous of knowing how to plan for the

educational work with which he is connected, so that no mistakes may be

made. I told him that the Lord will lead all who are willing to be led.--Letter

192, 1906.

On August 19, in a letter to Elders Reaser and Burden and the

executive committee of the Southern California Conference, she indicated

her burden for the educational work that should be done there.

Be very careful not to do anything that would restrict the work at Loma

Linda. It is in the order of God that this property has been secured, and He

has given instruction that a school should be connected with the

Sanitarium.--Letter 274, 1906.

A month later, September 20, the Loma Linda College of Evangelists

was opened, yet without a clear sense of direction. Shortly thereafter Elder

Burden and his associates at Loma Linda, being eager to establish the school

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