p. 266 | OHIO PLEDGES by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · April 22, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 17

OHIO PLEDGES.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

In August, 1878, at our camp-meeting in Tiffin, our brethren and sisters made pledges to the amount of $3,500, one-half to be paid in one year, and the remainder to be paid in two years. The whole time will expire in a few months. In looking over these pledges, I find that a large share of them, principally small ones, remain unpaid. This money is now greatly needed. Our tract society, in order to work to advantage, has had to spend a great many hundred dollars during the last few months, in purchasing a large stock of books for the different districts, for ministers, and for colporters; and a great deal more will have to be expended during the next three months.

We do not wish the brethren to understand that this is all thrown away or given away; it is simply invested in stock, such as tracts, pamphlets, bound books, Bibles, dictionaries, concordances, histories, etc. This is all good property, and is being used to advantage by the societies. The money will come back sometime, at least, a large share of it. But we cannot wait until these books are all sold before we pay for them, and for many of them we are obliged to pay down.

The REVIEW Office has established a rule to give us five per cent off, in addition to the usual discount, if our bills are paid within thirty days. This is right, and it is important that we should take advantage of the reduction. In order to do so, we must have the ready money.

We therefore earnestly request our brethren and sisters who have made these pledges to pay them as soon as they can consistently. You can pay them to your librarians, or to any of our ministers, who will see that it is properly forwarded.

We should not form a habit of making pledges, and allowing them to run on year after year unpaid. The Lord will not bless us in so doing. Make an effort, brethren, to redeem your solemn pledges made to the cause of God. D. M. Canright.