us at $300 an acre. This was an advance of $30
an acre.
At the annual meeting of the constituency held
late in March, 1911, the importance of secur-
mg this property was presented. A number looked
over the tract, but no action was taken. At the
close of this meeting Sister White visited Paradise
Valley. Within a few days she returned, saying
that her work at lLoma l.inda was not yet finished.
Soon after her return she took up the matter of
the purchase of the balance of the Kelly tract ot
eighty-six acres west of Pepper Drive. Three or
four times she rode over and around the property,
each time stating she had been instructed that we
should secure the land adjoining the Sanitarium,
and urging that we ask the brethren to pray over
the matter, so that we might have light to know
what to do. She mentioned that we needed the
property, and emphasized particularly the troubles
that would come to us if others were allowed to
secure the land and sell it to unbelievers who would
crowd in about us.
(in one occasion she mentioned a scene that had
passed before her of a village located mn the val-
fev, and serious difficulties coming to the work.
At another time she mentioned that some of our
aged people would want to make their home here,
and she suggested that suitable ones might be
permitted to build with the understanding that the
buildings would be left to the institution.
A number of the Board remaining at [Loma l.inda
took counsel together, and felt they could do noth-
ing then, as the constituency had considered the
matter and had thought best not to purchase. Still
Sister \White urged that we pray over the matter
and see if we could not get light. Finally, the day
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