p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 3. (1/14/1915)

Earlier text: The “Church Officers’ Gazette”

Present Truth Series

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Offerings to Missions

By W. T. Knox

THE readers of the REVIEW will be interested to learn of the early reports being received at the General Conference Office concerning the outcome of the year's offerings to foreign missions. It is too early to even estimate what the final outcome will be, but reports have been received from the Northern Union Conference that definite returns show three of the local conferences exceeding the amount required, with good prospects for the remainder of the union also making a satisfactory record.

From Massachusetts we have the word that that conference has exceeded its portion of the Twenty-cent-a-week Fund by at least $1,500, and from the Greater New York Conference that it has passed its goal by $2,200.

From Northern Illinois we have the word that for the first time in its history that conference will make full returns on the mission funds.

We are trusting that these reports are omens of what we may expect when all the conferences have been heard from. The statement of the final returns will appear in the REVIEW AND HERALD in the course of two or three weeks. W. T. KNOX.

Correction About Minneapolis Work

A RECENT note in the REVIEW stated that Elder Stemple White had charge of the work in Minneapolis, Minn. This was a mistake. Elder O. O. Bernstein we understand is carrying forward successful evangelistic work in Minneapolis. Brother White is at Duluth, where an excellent work is going forward. A number have already accepted the message, and many others are deeply interested.

Ambassadors of Heaven

WE are made the ambassadors of Heaven to a wicked world. We hold in our hands a pardon for criminals against the government of God. Let us prove faithful to the position to which God appoints us, and seek through the ministry of his love to lead men to lay down their arms of rebellion and to be reconciled to the government of heaven.

Guatemala English School Continues

WE learn of the return to Keene, Tex., of Brother and Sister J. G. Pettey, who for several years have been in charge of the English school in Guatemala City, Central America. At the end of the school year Brother Pettey was able to report all expenses paid, with a sum turned over to the Guatemala Mission besides. The school will be continued as a private enterprise by Brother J. A. Bodle and wife, formerly of South America. “We feel that the school has been a factor for good,” Brother Pettey writes, “although we know that there are more effective and direct ways of getting the message before the people.”

Educated and Consecrated Workers

AMONG the workers in the cause of God there is no aristocracy of position, of wealth, of education. Official positions in the world or in the church commend no man to the favor of God. The highest official must come to the Lord in the same way as the humblest member of the church, his connection with divine power being dependent upon the employment of exactly the same means; and this is as true of the man of wealth as it is of the one who possesses no property. Sometimes we are tempted to make distinctions based upon position and upon wealth, but God makes no such distinctions. In the service of God consecration takes the precedence of education. Heaven can use an unlearned but consecrated man to do a work which can never be accomplished by one who is educated but unconsecrated. The demand of the cause of God today, as it has been in every age, is for educated, consecrated workers. It is through him who devotes his life to God's service, and who makes the most of himself for God in the improvement of every talent, that Heaven can work the most effectually. In this closing work, God can do more through educated, consecrated workers than he can through those who lack the essential knowledge. It is for every worker to realize that God calls him to a high and holy position. That position he should honor by giving to it his best energies, spiritually, mentally, and physically. Earnest application will accomplish much for every worker. The one to whom has come few advantages in the past, by the improvement of the opportunities offered him today may become by God's grace an intelligent, discriminating worker for souls.

Mission Printing in the Philippines

By Editor

WE were surprised the other day to see a report of the pages of papers, books, and tracts, running close to the million and a half, which the mission printing office in the Philippine Islands has produced. These publications have gone out in four languages besides the English. Elder L. V. Finster reports also that the baptisms during the last year were close to one hundred. The workers had just closed the best general meeting ever held in the islands, the Lord greatly blessing and giving new courage to the workers as they take up another year of service.

Burg Accepts Loma Linda Position

A RECENT letter from Elder F. M. Burg states that he has decided to accept the position of Bible instructor in the Loma Linda College of Medical Evangelists, taking the place of Elder M. C. Wilcox, who, on account of his health, has found it necessary to resign this additional work, confining his effort to his regular work as book editor of the Pacific Press Publishing Association.