The Lord permitted fire to consume the principal buildings of the Review and Herald and the sanitarium, and thus removed the greatest objection urged against moving out of Battle Creek. It was His design that instead of rebuilding the one large sanitarium, our people should make plants in several places. These smaller sanitariums should have been established where land could be secured for agricultural purposes. It is God’s plan that agriculture shall be connected with the work of our sanitariums and schools. Our youth need the education to be gained from this line of work. It is well, and more than well,—it is essential,—that efforts be made to carry out the Lord’s plan in this respect. {8T 227.3}

Herren har ladet en ild fortære Review and Heralds og sanatoriets hovedbygninger og derved fjerne den største indvending mod at flytte bort fra Battle Creek. Det var hans plan at, i stedet for at genopbygge et stort sanatorium, skulle vore folk plante adskillige andre steder. Disse mindre sanatorier burde være etableret hvor jorde kunne erhverves til landbrug. (228) Det er Guds plan at landbruget skal være knyttet til vore sanatoriers og skolers arbejde. Vore unge behøver uddannelse for den slags arbejde. Det er godt og mere end godt, det er grundlæggende nødvendigt, at der arbejdes på at gennemføre Herrens plan i dette henseende.