WHAT THE TREE BORE

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, January 8, 1880

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 55, No. 2

WHAT THE TREE BORE.

Our Christmas tree was kept standing till the evening of New Year's, when another meeting was held in the Tabernacle. The object of the occasion was to bring in gifts, in money, clothing, or provision, for the poor. The exercises consisted of prayer, an address by sister White, choice selections of vocal music, and the gathering of the fruit of the tree. And this is what the tree bore:—

Cash, $67.83; orders on groceries and provision stores to the amount of $14.50; and articles of clothing, including 25 coats, 2 overcoats, 21 pairs of pants, 22 vests, 30 shirts, 27 prs. of ladies' and children's hose, 12 ladies' sacks, 17 dresses, besides boots, shoes, hats, caps, mufflers, scarfs, sacks, items of provision, etc., etc., too numerous to mention, amounting in value to $169.92. The total contributions amounted to $252.25. Some of the citizens of the place, not connected with our denomination, added their offerings to the general store. It was left with the committee of the Maternal Association and the deacons of the church to see that the articles were judiciously distributed among the needy.