Chapter 8—As an Object Lesson
“Then One appeared on the scene and said: ‘All this has been caused to pass before you as an object-lesson that you might see the result of carrying out certain plans. Commercialism must not take the place of the vital work to be done.’ (PH095 10.2)
“And then, lo, the whole scene changed. The bakery was not where we had planned it, but at a distance from the sanitarium buildings, on the road toward the railroad. It was a humble building, and a small work was being carried on there. The commercial idea was lost sight of, and, in its stead, a strong spiritual influence pervaded the place. The patients were favorably impressed with what they saw. Nothing of a commercial nature, as a means of lessening the debt on the Sanitarium, should be brought in to burden the mind.” (PH095 10.3)
Again, in a letter dated May 19, 1907, I read: (PH095 10.4)