THE T. AND M. CERTIFICATE

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · March 11, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 11

THE T. AND M. CERTIFICATE.

The certificates for life-membership in the General Tract and Missionary Society are now ready. The design of the certificate is comprehensive, beautifully lithographed on a tinted ground, and covering a space of 17 by 21 inches. The central portion is a bird’s-eye view of the greater portion of the western and eastern hemispheres, showing North America, the northern portion of South America, part of Australia, Europe, Western Asia, and Africa. In the upper left-hand corner is a looped and pendent scroll, bearing the mottoes: “A voice said unto me, Write;” “Blessed are they that sow beside all waters.” Inside the scroll is the motto: “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth. It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isa. 55:11. In the upper right-hand corner is a similar scroll bearing the mottoes: “And they wrote letters.” “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Inside this scroll is the motto: “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”

Between these two scrolls, midway, a flying angel is represented in a halo of light, with this motto above, “The earth was lightened with his glory;” and beneath, the reference, “Rev. 18.” Beneath this and around the upper outline of the earth, is the motto, “Here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”

From the angel, rays of light are descending to the different places of the earth where the voice of the message has already been heard, in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and Africa; and the localities are designated by references to the bottom of the drawing, where in scrolls on either side, the names are given, as the Publishing House, College, Sanitarium, Dime Tabernacle, at Battle Creek, Publishing houses at Oakland Cal., Basle, Switzerland, Christiana, Norway, etc.

In the lower part is this impressive device: Between an altar on which the fire is blazing to consume the sacrifice, and a plow against which leans a yoke waiting to receive the heavy strain of labor, stands an ox, and over all the significant motto, “Ready for either;” showing that the Christian must be ready either to give himself to be consumed as a sacrifice, or to put his neck to the yoke, and toil on still longer in the vineyard.

Around this device is the reading of the Certificate: “This certifies that — is a life-member of the Seventh-day Adventist General Tract and Missionary Society;” followed by date and signatures of the President and Secretary.

Neatly framed, this makes a handsome ornament for any room, but better than all it shows that the one possessing it has so far taken an interest in this great work, which is indeed beginning to lighten the earth with its glory, as to become a life-member of the General Tract and Missionary Society by paying ten dollars into its treasury. We hope many of these Certificates will be called for, to grace the homes of our people, and witness to their interest in this cause, all over our land.