March

A Christian Sanitarium

By

Cornelius Van Til

ARTICLE

IS IT not a pity when Christian people who are suffering from nervous or mental diseases do not receive Christian care? Think of the sorry plight of one who suffers from a mental disease. If anyone needs Christian mercy it is he. Yet in a public institution this is not and cannot be given him. And think of the wonderful curative results that have come to patients who were treated in a Christian sanitarium.

But is there such a sanitarium where Protestant people may send their patients? Happily there is such an institution at Goffle Hill, New Jersey. Goffle Hill is beautifully located just outside of Paterson. It is far enough from the main highway to provide rest for the patients. It overlooks miles of rolling country that stretch to the Palisades and the Ramapo mountains.

The institution is sponsored by a group of Christian people of Reformed persuasion, on a non-profit basis. Full information may be obtained from Mr. Richard De See, 75 North 16th Street, Prospect Park, New Jersey.

For those living in mid-western territory there is a similar institution at Cutlerville, Michigan. Information concerning it may be had by addressing the Christian Psychopathic Hospital Association, R. R. 1, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Notes

Cornelius Van Til

Cornelius Van Til (1895-1987) served as Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Seminary until 1975. His work in presuppositional apologetics remains a hallmark of our institution.

A Christian Sanitarium

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