Excerpt from Life of Henry Foster, Founder Clifton Springs SanitariumSuch a man was Henry Foster, the founder of the Sanitarium at Clifton Springs, N. Y. For 50 years he toiled with unstinted zeal, in behalf of the thousands of invalids who came to his place of healing. He commanded their love and devotion, and he saw the Institution grow from very humble beginnings to its present proportions. In 1881, he conveyed by Deed of Trust this property which was exclusively his own, to a Board of Trustees who should continue the work as he had planned it. The semi-centennial in the history of the institu tion was fittingly observed Sept. 13th, 1900. A committee waited upon him then to gain his con sent to the writing of his biography, but they met his flat refusal as he said, Give God the glory, but do not parade the humble instrumentality. Fol lowing his death, which occurred a few months later, a similar request was presented to his widow, who felt that she could not consistently grant what he had refused.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.