THIS is a day of great privileges for women. In past ages they have not had such freedom as they now enjoy. Many avenues of work now open up to them as freely as to men. This great change that has come over the world is not without significance. It is one of the things that the providence of God has brought to pass, to prepare the world for the last great day.
God designs that women as well as men shall have a part in carrying the third angel's message to the world. The day in which we live is no ordinary time. The last great conflict with the powers of darkness is being waged, a battle whose issues are victory or death to every soul. It is the climax of all the ages.
There are many kinds of work in which women can successfully engage, and the spirit of prophecy tells us that their work is needed. We see a world full of sin, and sickness, and sorrow, which nothing can relieve but divine grace transforming the life. The people need to be taught how to live the Christian life in their own homes. They can not be fed on the cold left-overs of a dead, past experience; but if women whose hearts throb with the love of souls will carry them the truth to their own doors, warm from the heavenly courts, honest souls ready to listen will be found.
Modest, godly women, who have gotten the victory over their own besetments, and have learned to make their own homes the abode of peace and righteousness, have a great opportunity before them. Seventh-day Adventist women who have the light on health reform and on home duties that has been shining out for years through the Testimonies and other denominational literature have a great responsibility resting upon them. They can not hide their light under a bushel and be guiltless. Much of the sin and neglect that we see in the world are the result of ignorance. People need to be led to see what their responsibilities are, and how they are to meet them.
This is not a work apart from the message, but a very practical application of it. There are precious souls everywhere who desire to make their lives what they should be; and when they learn that we have light for them on these topics in which they are interested, they have confidence in the religion that we profess, and they will gladly listen to the truth we offer them, and will read our literature that is full of the gospel message.
It would seem like a Herculean task that God calls us to do, to help carry the message to the world, burdened as women usually are with many cares; but God never lays any duty upon a single soul without providing a way to perform it. His grace is always sufficient. His power will enable even a limited opportunity to count greatly for the salvation of souls. With the abundant facilities provided for us, we can each find something to do.
To women who have long been sheltered within the precincts of the home, it often costs an effort to get out among the people, but God blesses those who do it. We need to come close to the people whenever we can, in order to reach them. The Lord gives most encouraging promises to women who take part in the work at this time.
“Women may take their places in the work at this crisis, and the Lord will work through them. If they are imbued with a sense of their duty, and labor under the influence of the Spirit of God, they will have just the self-possession required for this time. The Saviour will reflect upon these self-sacrificing women the light of his countenance, and this will give them a power which will exceed that of men. They can do in families a work that men can not do, a work that reaches the inner life. They can come close to the hearts of those whom men can not reach. Their labor is needed.”—Testimonies for the Church, Vol. VI, page 116.
With such wonderful promises as these, we can take up our work with glad hearts, knowing that God will bring results from our humble labors.
Reading from the same volume, page 118, we find this instruction: “All who work for God should have the Martha and the Mary attributes blended,—a willingness to minister, and a sincere love of the truth.” Martha looked carefully after the ways of her household, but Mary sat at the feet of Jesus. Such women may be a power for good.
There is a class of women in the world who thirst for excitement and notoriety. They are willing to do almost anything rather than take up the humble everyday duties that lie in their path. These they consider too narrow for them. Such have cast odium upon women's engaging in gospel work, in the minds of many people, and the influence of their work really lowers the standard of piety. But a modest, discreet woman carrying the truth to the people is usually received with favor.
A thorough knowledge of housewifely arts is a necessity to any woman, whether she lives in a family or in an institution. She is constantly meeting with duties that require a domestic training. A true woman can not wholly escape them. She will not wish to escape them, but she will not regard these duties as the all in all of life. She will recognize in them a divinely appointed training-school to fit her to meet the needs of a lost world.
The Lord has given every one the blessed privilege of laboring in his vineyard. When Christ rode into Jerusalem, and the multitude began to rejoice and praise God, he said, “If these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19:40. So in this day we have reached a time when the message must go, and we can not hold our peace.
Dear sisters in Christ, let us join hands, and pledge ourselves to do what divine power enables us to do in this continuous missionary campaign, pressing together that there be no gap in the ranks. Let us seek God for that anointing with the heavenly eye-salve, that even the most secluded ones among us may see the opportunities God has for us. No doubt we shall find giants in the way, but David slew a great giant with a small pebble from the brook, and Christ dwelling in our hearts by faith can make us strong in the power of his might.
This message will soon triumph gloriously, and we may triumph with it. We may share in the toils and trials a little longer, and then receive a royal welcome, an abundant entrance into the heavenly mansions. We have every incentive to be faithful.
Ellesmere, Ontario.
Ruth and Naomi
“EDITH,” said grandma, as a lonely girl went up the road, “why don’t you play with Amy now?”
Grandmothers have time to think, although their fingers are the busiest; and this grandma had seen Amy dropped from the little circle of playmates. She knew, too, that trouble had come to Amy’s home.
“I don’t know,” said Edith.
“You used to go to Amy’s often, and no one enjoyed her carriage more than Edith.”12
“She always asked me, grandma, and her mother was glad.”
“Wouldn’t she be glad to have you now?”
“Perhaps,” said Edith; “but things seemed so different after their home was sold. I felt queer, and Amy felt queer. So I stayed away.”
“If I were Edith,” said grandma, speaking slowly to some one far away, “I’d go to Amy and give back some of the pleasure she gave me long ago.”
Grandma went on sewing, and Edith read her book. Suddenly she sprang up, dropped her book on the table, and not long after another little girl went up the road.
“Amy,” said Edith, going into the tiny parlor, “I’ve brought you some of the apples you like from our orchard. Didn’t we have fun bobbing for them in your kitchen?”
“O!” said Amy. Then what do you think she did? She sat down and cried.
“Why, Amy, aren’t you glad I came?”
“So glad, I’m just finding out how sorry I was!”
“I’ll never stay away again,” said Edith, putting her arms around Amy.
“Did you play Ruth to Naomi?” asked grandma, when Edith told her about it, with flushed cheeks.
“I don’t know what you mean, grandma.”
“Ruth stayed with Naomi when she needed her badly—when she had lost everything else.”
“Amy hasn’t lost everything else, and she won’t lose me either, grandma.”—Selected.
Faith's View
By Pauline Alderman
PAULINE ALDERMAN
WHITE robes of Jesus’ righteousness
Await us for our future dress.
How shall we bless the hallowed name
That cleanses every guilty stain?
So vile am I—my courage fails—
And then atoning blood prevails;
He loves us so! I ask him why,
Though angels veil their faces there.
He loves us so. I ask him why,
And only boundless love descry;
And in his righteousness I see
The mantle that will cover me.
What blissful view this faith imparts!
If I may love and call him mine
I’ll childlike wait till he refine.
What cheer to wounded, sin-sick hearts!
Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
A New Conference in Europe
By L. R. Conradi
L. R. CONRADI
A NEW conference has been added to the twenty-four already existing in the European division—that of Finland. After a profitable workers' meeting, conducted by Elder J. C. Raft, the regular business session was held at Helsingfors, October 6-12. A large hall in the Finnish Christian Hospice building accommodated our conference sessions, our Bible studies, and the evening lectures conducted in the Swedish language, while the Finnish evening lectures were held in our own hall.
Of the one hundred sixty brethren in Finland, more than one hundred were in attendance, one fourth of whom were Finns. The conference organization, which went into effect Jan. 1, 1910, was duly effected Oct. 7, 1909, after the duties and privileges of such an organization had been clearly set before our people.
About twenty delegates responded to the roll-call. Two new churches were received. Last year's report, rendered by Elder Berger Andersen, showed that thirty-six had been added to our membership, and quite a number are preparing for baptism. During the past two years the field finances have nearly doubled. Elder J. C. Raft and S. F. Svensson and the writer assisted in the preaching, and Dr. Sucksdorf gave an interesting lecture on health.
The Sabbath proved a very good day to our people. Quite a number came forward for prayer; and as the Spirit of the Lord came in, several took their stand. After the Sabbath, Dr. F. W. Vasenius was married to one of our Helsingfors sisters, who has been a true member here for some years. She was one of the chief ticket agents employed by the railway in the city, having the Sabbath free; and as she had a large circle of friends, about three hundred were present at the ceremony, after which the writer addressed them. She knows a number of languages, and, having dedicated her life to the service of God, will be a strength to the work in the Abyssinian mission. On Sunday forenoon, when we presented to our people the necessity of supplying the doctor with more surgical instruments, one hundred forty dollars was subscribed toward this worthy object.
Although this conference is small, so far as the membership is concerned, yet there are many omens of a healthy growth. As five sixths of the population speak Finnish, we are pleased indeed to see some young people of promise developing in this tongue.
There are twenty canvassers engaged in scattering our literature, with good success. At the annual meeting of our small publishing house here, there was declared a gain of about five hundred dollars.
Elder Fred Andersen was unanimously chosen president of the Finnish Conference. May God prosper this newly organized conference.
Hamburg.
G. W. REASER
By G. W. Reaser
Mexico
G. W. REASER
It devolves upon God to open doors for the proclamation of his world-wide message. This preparatory work he has now almost universally accomplished. His hand has swung wide open the doors of China, India, Africa, Japan, and Korea for the preaching of “this gospel of the kingdom.” His all-powerful hand was laid upon the iron door of Russia, and by special decree, authorized by the czar of all the Russias, hindrance to the progress of our work in that vast empire has been greatly removed. And now Turkey has become more tolerant to Christianity, and even the sealed kingdom of Tibet is gradually opening its doors to the outside world.
The eye of faith, comprehending the fact that man can not work the mighty miracles necessary to carry the last message of salvation to all the world in a single generation, sees clearly the power of God, working upon the hearts of kings and potentates, in thus performing a series of miracles in behalf of modern missions.
The Power of the Inquisition Broken in Mexico
Until a very recent date the door of Mexico was sealed against Protestantism. The power of the Inquisition was not broken in this republic for a third of a century after public executions had ceased in the Old World. In order to bring about religious liberty in this nation, God must take the government out of the hands of the church party, and place men over governmental affairs who would see to it that there should be such complete separation between church and state that true Protestants might have full liberty in preaching the everlasting gospel in Mexico. For nearly a century Jehovah has been at work in Mexico, to give the affairs of state into the hands of men who would not be hostile to the last work in the plan of salvation in this land.
Forty years ago no man’s life or property was safe in Mexico. The men in power have established law and order; all the property of the Catholic Church has been confiscated by the state, the church being permitted to use only such places of worship as are necessary to accommodate its members. Convents have been abolished, and the buildings used for asylums, libraries, and for state and municipal purposes. Such an era of progress has been inaugurated in railway13building and in postal and educational systems as few countries of the world have experienced during the same period.
Our Needs
STANDING, BEGINNING AT THE LEFT, BRETHREN BANNY, ACKAH, DAHARTY, SAKEY. SITTING, BEGINNING AT LEFT, ELDER D. C. BABCOCK, EVANGELIST C. E. F. THOMPSON.
It is our high calling in Christ Jesus to step into the open door created in Mexico by the miracle-working power of our God, and give the fifteen million people of that republic the everlasting gospel in this generation.
We are cherishing strong hopes that the Lord of the harvest will raise up more consecrated workers.
We have divided our territory into five districts, each having an average of three million people. Our hope is to have one minister, one Bible worker, and two self-supporting colporteurs located in each of these districts. Are our hopes set too high? Are we thus asking too much of our people for Mexico? I fancy I hear a general response from the world-wide congregation of commandment-keeping people, saying, “Your request is a modest one.”
A Training-School
Then, too, we feel that there is great need of at least one training-school for the twenty-nine million Spanish-speaking people of Latin America, north of the equator. Think of it, brethren, we have not a single school in North America where we can take one of the children of these twenty-nine million people and give him a training in his own language to become a worker in God’s cause. When you consider this fact, does it not occur to you that we are very slow in following up God’s great miracle in opening the door of Mexico?
Converted young people from Catholic families plead with us eloquently and earnestly to give them opportunity to receive training, that they may be messengers to their own people. It rests with our people to whom God has entrusted means, to answer these appeals. How long must they go unanswered? Who will respond in helping us with funds to establish our work in this republic?
Tacubaya, D. F.
Why He Stopped
In the early pioneer days, when Mr. Lincoln was a practising attorney and “rode the circuit,” as was the custom at that time, he made one of a party of horsemen, lawyers like himself, who were on their way one spring morning from one court town to another. Their course lay across the prairies and through the timber, and as they passed by a little grove where the birds were singing merrily, they noticed a little fledgling which had fallen from the nest and was fluttering by the roadside. After they had ridden a short distance, Mr. Lincoln stopped, and, wheeling his horse, said: “Wait for me a moment. I will soon rejoin you;” and as the party halted and watched him, they saw Mr. Lincoln return to the place where the little bird lay helpless on the ground, saw him take it up tenderly and set it carefully on a limb near the nest. When he joined his companions, one of them laughingly said: “Why, Lincoln, what did you bother yourself and delay us for, with such a trifle as that?” The reply deserves to be remembered, and it is for this that I have told the story. “My friend,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I can only say this, that I feel better for it.”—Selected.
Imputed and Personal Righteousness
“THERE is no imputed righteousness where there is no endeavor for personal righteousness.”
West Africa
By D. C. Babcock
D. C. BABCOCK
OCTOBER 7 I left Sierra Leone for a visit along the Gold Coast, as there had been earnest calls for help along that coast for some time in the past. I went by the German line, so that I might be able to visit several points on the Liberian and the French Ivory coasts.
At all the ports where I stopped, I found an interest in our work. Especially at Half Assini, the home of a student who attended our school last year, there was an excellent interest. Because of religious convictions, this young man was compelled to return to his home, but the seed of truth had taken a deep hold upon him, and he soon scattered the same seed in his home village. I had some difficulty in finding the young man, but as soon as it was noised about that I was there, several gathered around me, telling me of their intention to obey God as this young man was seeking to do.
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST NSYMBA SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
From Half Assini to Axim, a distance of about sixty miles, there are thirty-six villages, and twenty-two of these have asked that we open our work there as soon as possible.
There are many interesting legends among these people. One is to the effect that many years ago Nyonkupon Kwanmina (god of the Saturday) sent down from heaven a very large brass pan on the seventh day of the week, so they know that that day is the day he observes as his worship day. This pan may be seen at Beyan, the chief town of the country, as the pan is yet worshiped every Saturday by the people of the village.
Friday morning, October 15, we dropped anchor at Axim, just eight hundred miles from Sierra Leone. I was glad to meet on the shore Brethren Thompson, Ackah, and others, who escorted me to the mission home, located on the highest point in the surrounding country, thus affording a healthful home for our workers in that part of the field. That evening, however, I had severe fever, and was unable to attend meeting. The next day (Sabbath) we met at ten o'clock, and enjoyed a good Sabbath-school with the new believers. After Sabbath-school I spoke to the company by an interpreter, and again in the afternoon.
Sunday morning Brother Thompson and I left early, to visit the company at Kickam. Brother Ackah had returned to Kickam on the same day I reached Axim, and had everything ready to receive us. The first interesting thing to which my attention was called was a Seventh-day Adventist school in full working order on Sunday. This was new to me, but it impressed me favorably. The school opens on Sunday morning for the week, and closes on Thursday evening, giving Friday as preparation day. I thought that a good example for our work.
That night a temperance meeting was held. The house was full of those in their native costume who have taken their stand against tobacco and rum. This was a very encouraging meeting to me. The steamer on which I came down the coast was loaded with twelve thousand cases of rum, besides one hundred large casks. The German line of steamers on this coast numbers just fifty, and there are about the same number of the African line, by Elder, Dempster Co., and all of them carry large quantities of tobacco and rum. Whatever is14accomplished for this people must be done quickly. One may imagine the effect of tobacco and rum upon an uncivilized heathen village. Therefore to see a temperance band organized in such a village, causes great rejoicing.
On Monday morning, the village chief called his head men together, and I was invited to meet them, to receive from their hands the tract of land granted to us for a school farm. The land had already been marked off, and as we cleared the lines, I observed how carefully they had guarded their fetish grounds. While cutting our way through the thick bush, we could see paths made by the deer, antelopes, and zebras. Sometimes we would get a little too close to them, and we could see them fleeing before us. After a hard day's work, we got the lines all cleared.
That evening another meeting was held, to consider candidates for baptism. Tuesday morning at half-past four the school bell was rung, and by half-past five we were on our way to the place arranged for the baptism. It was a solemn occasion. It is wonderful to see what this message can do for the heathen in his blindness. After the baptism, we returned to the village, and organized a church of thirty-four. The tender Spirit of the Lord witnessed to all our deliberations. Hearts were made tender, and all greatly appreciated the truth which had revealed to them a Saviour from sin.
This is our first church organization among an entirely heathen community. Our mission is the only one in this village. This church is of the N-sym-ba, or Apollonian tribe, so named by the Catholics, who many years ago undertook mission work among them, but the natives rebelled against them, drove them out, and they were named by the Catholics Apollonians. See Rev. 9:11.
The Apollonian country covers a portion of the French Ivory coast, and extends along the Gold Coast to Axim, and far back into the hinterland. This field is now wide open to this message, and we should go in and possess the country. We have young men in training for this field, but it means expense to prepare workers, and put them in the field to meet the calls.
Tuesday evening we returned to Axim, to attend to the organization of the church at that place. On Friday morning the brethren and sisters met at eight o'clock on the seashore, to witness the solemn ordinance of baptism. The following morning we all met at the hall, and a church of seventeen was organized.
In the Apollonian country we have another company of twenty-five ready for baptism, and since my return home I have received word that there are now fifteen more at Kickam asking for baptism, making, in all, forty asking for admittance. Surely we are in the time of the "loud cry." Who will "come over and help us"? We are in great need of men and means. The work in Sierra Leone is very encouraging. We ask an interest in all your prayers.
Freetown.
Campaign Notes
By A. J. S. Bourdeau
ELDER DAVID VOTH, president of the Oklahoma Conference, is much encouraged over the prospects for a successful conclusion of the Harvest Ingathering campaign in that State. A letter just received from him says:—
“Some of the people in Oklahoma are quite successful with the Missions number of the REVIEW. Elder C. M. McDonald, one of the workers, says in a letter just received, ‘So far I have disposed of thirteen papers at a little more than one dollar apiece, and am going out again to-day.’
“Last Sabbath I visited a little company of believers, and received a donation15of five dollars from one brother who is past eighty years of age. “I am sending out a number of copies of the REVIEW to business men, and hope to secure help from them. Shall also visit a number of business firms in the city of —.”
Thus far we have received orders for 12,577 copies from our workers located in the territory of the Oklahoma Conference, not including, of course, the ten extra copies mailed to REVIEW readers and church elders. This is indeed an encouraging report.
Brother R. Hook, Jr., manager of the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn., writes encouragingly of his experience with the Missions REVIEW. He says: “Our publishing house closed down one-half day to give the employees an opportunity to solicit funds. While the returns were not large, yet all enjoyed a good experience. I have sent out twenty copies of the REVIEW to business firms, and received returns from six, the smallest amount realized being two dollars, and the largest twenty-five dollars, making a total of fifty-five dollars, and there are still others to be heard from. My soliciting has been by letter only. The following is a copy of one of the replies received: ‘Your esteemed favor was duly received, and we enclose herewith our check for twenty-five dollars for the good of your schools, missions, and other evangelical enterprises. Our dealings with Seventh-day Adventists have been so pleasant, and we have always found them to be so reliable, that we most heartily wish there were more such people, and it is therefore with so much more pleasure that we send this little help in that direction.’” We shall be glad to hear from some of our other workers who have done their soliciting largely through correspondence.
Brother T. D. Gibson, missionary secretary of the Northern Union Conference, has just sent us a very interesting item in regard to the campaign work in North Dakota. He says: “A young man now attending the Sheyenne River Academy in North Dakota wrote a letter to a friend, a business man in that State, sending a copy of the Missions number of the REVIEW. By return mail he received a check for ten dollars. He was very grateful for this donation; but to his surprise a few days later he received another letter from this gentleman, in which was enclosed a deed for a lot in —, Suffolk Co., N. Y. Suffolk County is on Long Island. The lot was donated to missions. Although no statement was made as to its value, any lot on Long Island is worth money.” We can not emphasize too much the value of correspondence as a means of soliciting funds for our mission fields.
Brother J. M. Fisher, of Missouri, returns his official solicitor’s card, having on it the names of thirty donors to our Harvest Ingathering fund. These gave the sum of $3.50, or over ten cents each. If every Missions REVIEW sent out thus far brought in returns equal to this, our Harvest Ingathering fund would amount to over seventy thousand dollars. A. J. S. BOURDEAU.
Statement of the 1908 Harvest Ingathering Fund to Nov. 1, 1909
Atlantic Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Central New England
16466
$ 329.32
$1102.10
$ 772.78
Greater New York
12493
249.86
1520.04
1270.18
Maine
4866
97.32
324.05
226.73
New York
16476
329.52
658.87
329.35
Southern New England
8084
161.68
778.16
616.48
Vermont
6175
123.50
306.07
182.57
Western New York
20462
409.24
1005.81
596.57
Totals
85022
1700.44
5695.10
3994.66
Canadian Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Maritime
764
15.28
206.79
191.51
Ontario
4535
90.70
493.87
403.17
Quebec
345
6.90
73.05
66.15
Newfoundland
....
....
29.41
29.41
Totals
5644
112.88
803.12
690.24
Central Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
International Publishing Assn.
....
....
779.75
779.75
Eastern Colorado
15492
309.84
1214.94
905.10
Western Colorado
4641
92.82
253.30
160.48
Kansas
20642
412.84
2600.00
2187.16
Nebraska
26077
521.54
2476.18
1954.64
North Missouri
4330
86.60
347.26
260.66
Southern Missouri
8393
167.86
414.45
246.59
Wyoming
4660
93.20
433.97
340.77
Totals
84235
1684.70
8519.85
6835.15
Northern Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Iowa
33402
668.04
2588.12
1920.08
Minnesota
14087
281.74
1392.93
1111.19
North Dakota
5327
106.54
779.17
674.63
South Dakota
5011
100.22
1081.67
679.45
Totals
57827
1156.54
5841.89
4685.35
Columbia Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Chesapeake
6309
$ 126.18
$ 353.25
$ 227.07
Eastern Pennsylvania
14538
290.76
1389.17
1098.41
West Pennsylvania
6652
133.04
717.95
584.91
Ohio
25275
505.50
1368.33
862.83
Virginia
5470
109.40
284.25
174.85
West Virginia
1886
37.72
162.35
124.63
New Jersey
9148
182.96
1256.42
1073.46
District of Columbia
6707
134.14
588.04
453.90
Totals
75985
1519.70
6119.76
4600.06
Lake Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
East Michigan
27455
549.10
823.12
274.02
Indiana
19885
397.70
1234.14
836.44
Northern Illinois
13446
268.92
1250.12
981.20
North Michigan
7188
143.76
390.12
246.36
Southern Illinois
5467
109.34
418.15
308.81
West Michigan
26694
533.88
1366.27
832.39
Wisconsin
14036
280.72
2239.35
1958.63
Totals
114171
2283.42
7721.27
5437.85
North Pacific Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Montana
3768
75.36
Southern Idaho
2960
59.20
Upper Columbia
13347
266.94
2236.42
1293.16
Western Oregon
12342
246.84
Western Washington
14746
294.92
Totals
47163
943.26
2236.42
1293.16
Pacific Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Arizona
2095
41.90
264.12
222.22
California
46843
936.86
1772.42
835.56
Southern California
26718
534.36
2049.93
1515.57
Utah
1650
33.00
148.80
115.80
Totals
77306
1546.12
4235.27
2689.15
Southeastern Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Cumberland
8924
178.48
226.74
48.26
Florida
4500
90.00
214.67
124.67
Georgia
3633
72.66
284.79
212.13
North Carolina
5717
114.34
116.34
2.00
South Carolina
5240
104.80
169.30
64.50
Not specified
....
....
221.50
221.50
Totals
28014
560.28
1233.34
673.06
Southern Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Alabama
3024
60.48
279.08
218.60
Kentucky
2973
59.46
262.42
202.96
Louisiana
3430
68.60
357.06
288.46
Mississippi
2250
45.00
153.69
108.69
Tennessee River
7375
147.50
399.25
251.75
Totals
19052
381.04
1451.50
1070.46
Southwestern Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Arkansas
6678
133.56
305.60
172.04
Oklahoma
15179
303.58
1078.27
774.69
Texas
17606
352.12
834.20
482.08
New Mexico
2471
49.42
121.00
71.58
West Texas
....
....
94.23
94.23
Totals
41934
838.68
2433.30
1594.62
Western Canadian Union Conference
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
Alberta
2457
49.14
295.00
245.86
British Columbia
1538
30.76
230.10
199.34
Manitoba
2350
47.00
197.98
150.98
Saskatchewan
....
....
62.80
62.80
Totals
6345
126.90
785.88
658.98
Foreign
Conference
Reviews Taken
Cost
Amt. Paid in
Bal. for Missions
England
....
Bermuda
....
Panama
....
Cuba
6154
123.08
95.43
Short 27.65
Central America
....
Mexico
....
Unknown
....
Totals
6154
123.08
95.43
....
Grand totals
648852
$12977.04
$47172.13
....
Total net balance for foreign missions
$34,195.09
Harvest Ingathering for Missions
By E. R. Palmer
“Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power, in holy array.” Ps. 110:3, A. R. V.
The Harvest Ingathering for 1908
We take pleasure in publishing again a summary of the Harvest Ingathering work for 1908, with additions and corrections which make it complete, and, we trust, correct, to Nov. 1, 1909, the date when the campaign for 1909 began.
All remittances received from the Harvest Ingathering work since Oct. 31, 1909, have been credited to the second campaign, which began November 1. Therefore, this summary may be considered as a final statement, and should take the place of all previous incomplete statements of this fund.
Several important changes will appear in this summary when compared with previous statements. In several cases, mission funds as a whole were forwarded to the General Conference treasury without being definitely labeled so as to show how the funds were gathered. In this way several conferences did not receive full credit for the work done in the Harvest Ingathering campaign.
We appreciate the efforts of our conferences to furnish us with full data, which has enabled us to publish this complete report. The amount reported for Kansas is approximately correct. Probably it is not quite as much as should appear to their credit, for in the case of several small items which were unmarked, it could not be ascertained whether the money was secured from the Harvest Ingathering effort or from some other source.
The treasurer of the North Pacific Union Conference reports that the receipts on this fund from the several States of that union conference were not kept separate; therefore the full amount received is reported in one item.
Our people who have worked so earnestly collecting this money for foreign missions will certainly be greatly encouraged, and thankful to God that the effort yielded a net balance for foreign missions of over thirty-four thousand dollars, after paying the cost of the papers. E. R. PALMER.
