p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 27. (7/7/1904)

Earlier text: The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

The Acre Fund — A Pleasant Surprise

We were made happy this morning to learn that some are thinking of the needs of this department of the great cause of the Master. We received a visit from one of the employees of the Sanitarium Food Company, of Battle Creek, Mich., who brought donations for himself and several of his associates in the factory, amounting to over nine dollars, and declared that this was only the beginning. They have long been thinking how they could help along the Acre Fund; as they are closely confined to their work inside, they have no time to cultivate a piece of land for this needy branch, so decided to lay by a little from time to time, and later turn it in to this office. It comes at a good time; for the treasury is about exhausted, and the crops of those pledging for the Acre Fund have not matured as yet; so it was especially thoughtful in these dear friends to aid us now. Are there not others who would feel it a privilege to send in a donation this summer? A few of our people who, by the earnest solicitation of those then in charge of the work, placed their money in the College at a time when it was greatly needed to keep the work moving, now need it to sustain them in their age. We greatly desire to respond to their request for a portion or all of what they have invested in the old College plant, as in some cases it is only fulfilling an agreement made in the name of the Lord, whose cause this is. May the Lord abundantly bless his servants who are planning to help those in official position to discharge the obligations resting upon his cause.

Address W. H. Edwards, secretary, Training-school Association, care Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.

Change of Address

The permanent post-office address of Elder A. G. Daniells is now Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. Other officers and departments of the General Conference remain at 222 North Capitol Street, Washington, D. C., and should be addressed there for the present. During the building up of the enterprises in Takoma Park it is more convenient for Elder Daniells to be located there, and he has transferred his office to that place. The post-office is in the District, and is a station under the Washington post-office, hence all mail-matter intended for this office is properly addressed Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. It is necessary to add D. C., in order that the address may not be confused with Tacoma, Wash., as has been done in some instances. The proper address for telegrams, freight, or express matter is simply, Takoma Park, D. C.

Address

THE address of Brother Sven Jespersson is Beyrouth, Syria, German Post-office.

Publications Wanted

N. B.— Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.

[SPECIAL NOTE.— All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.— ED.]

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—

Mrs. J. E. Youmans, Mainard, Douglas Co., Mo., tracts.

John A. Bartow, 2814 Third Ave., Seattle, Wash., periodicals.

Geo. E. Tuck, Cumberland, Md., Signs, Sentinel, Instructor, tracts.

H. Crippen, Lock Box 240, Alamogordo, N. M., periodicals and tracts.

Mrs. L. M. Davis, 3814 Indiana Ave., Chicago, Ill., periodicals and tracts.

Mrs. Jane E. Harris, 626 Blanding St., Columbia, S. C., Signs, Life Boat, Good Health.

Sven Jesperson, Beyrouth, Syria, German Post-office, periodicals, health journals, and tracts, in English and French.

Reports of Missionary Work

By Editor

We are glad to devote so large a portion of our space to reports of work actually being done in the different parts of the great field. We are confident that our readers will be interested in these evidences of the spread of the closing message, and that they will be inspired by them to renewed zeal and consecration. “The church of Christ on earth was organized for missionary purposes, and the Lord desires to see the entire church devising ways and means whereby high and low, rich and poor, may hear the message of truth. Not all are called to personal labor in foreign fields, but all can do something by their prayers and their gifts to aid the missionary work.” Soon the earth will be lighted with the glory of this message, and the Saviour will come. Let all unite to hasten the day.

The Work in Washington, D. C.

By Arthur G. Daniells

SINCE the removal of our offices to Washington, we have endeavored to keep our people informed regarding the development of the work here. We have been very much cheered and encouraged by the many letters that have come to us expressing confidence that the Lord is leading in this movement, and deep interest for the prosperity of the work here at headquarters. And we are more grateful than words can express for the gifts of means that have accompanied many of these letters. We would rather have the confidence, interest, and prayers of God's people back of this movement than the power and wealth of the nation.

Encouraging progress has been made since our last report. Brother A. S. Baird, with a force of workmen, has begun work on the school buildings. At this writing the foundation of the gentlemen's dormitory is finished, and the walls are going up. Ground for the foundation of the dining-hall has been broken. Timber, sand, and stone are being brought to the ground as fast as our teams can do the work. The gentlemen's dormitory will be a two-story building with a basement about two thirds above ground. The basement and first story will be built of cement; the upper story will be of wood. This building is to accommodate about forty students, and it is estimated that it will cost from five to six thousand dollars. We are studying and working to our utmost to provide what we require at the lowest possible cost.

The school board are endeavoring to secure a strong faculty, and are planning to open the school by the first of the coming November. They have secured Prof. J. W. Loughhead as principal, and are in correspondence with others to take important places in the school. We find it very difficult to secure the help required. The Mt. Vernon Academy board found it difficult to consent to release Professor Loughhead, but they did so in behalf of the interests of this new institution.

Sabbath, July 9, we are to begin Sabbath meetings in Takoma Park. There are enough members in that place to form a good church. That will be the fourth church in the District of Columbia, or the city of Washington, with a total membership of about three hundred and fifty. Our plan is to organize churches in different parts of the city, and thus prevent the building up of one large congregation.

Active work is being done in the city this summer. Elder Lewis Sheafe has begun a series of tent-meetings in the southwestern part of the city, and is having an excellent hearing. The Lord has blessed Brother Sheafe's work in this city. The new church he formed last fall with fifty members now has a membership of over eighty. Plans are laid to begin another series of tent-meetings, Sunday night, July 10, in the northwestern part of Washington. Elders Washburn and Colcord and other general laborers in the city will assist in this tent work. Three young ministers from Iowa will spend the summer in Washington before proceeding to foreign fields. They will join in the tent effort about to open. Plans are being laid to do an extensive work in visiting, giving Bible readings, and selling literature from house to house. We hope to go out into the suburbs and country settlements around Washington. Now is our time to work here. I need scarcely request the prayers of our people, for we have them already. A. G. DANIELLS.

Five Baptized in Washington

FIVE persons were baptized at the Memorial church in this city on Sabbath, June 25. The Spirit of the Lord was present in a marked manner, and all were encouraged. The fruit of the work in Washington is now beginning to appear.

Our Little Friend’s Fifteenth Volume

The Pacific Press Publishing Co. mark the beginning of the fifteenth volume of the children's paper, Our Little Friend, by sending it out with an attractive colored cover. The circulation of this paper has been largely increased of late, and it is now a welcome visitor in seventeen thousand homes.

Lake Union Headquarters Located in Indianapolis

It has been decided to locate the headquarters of the Lake Union Conference at Indianapolis, Ind. Office rooms have been secured in the Unity building on Market Street, east of the post-office building. The Indiana Conference and the Indiana Tract Society will remove their offices to the same building in a short time.

Takoma Park Sanitarium Grounds

By Editor

THE murmuring of the waters of the Sligo, and the cool shade of the trees along its banks, make the sanitarium grounds at Takoma Park an inviting place during these warm summer days. Our first-page picture, which is from a photograph taken along the Sligo, will give our readers some suggestion of the attractiveness of the place. We look forward with interest to the time when the sanitarium will be ready to receive patients, and when the sick and suffering can be ministered unto under such favorable conditions. With pure, soft water, good sewer facilities, and rural surroundings, it is certainly an ideal location for a health institution.

An Encouraging List

By J. S. Washburn

On page 19 will be found the largest list yet published of donations to the Washington fund. We are very thankful for this evidence that the Spirit of God is moving in power upon the hearts of the people to establish here, free of debt, the third angel's message, the most important movement in all the world to-day. We pray that all may be as deeply interested as the angels of heaven must be, as the conflict centers and focuses at this point. In sending out our appeals for the work in Washington it is not simply to secure the needed money for these institutions, but to know that the hearts of our people are one with us in this great work. We are coming into the last close, terrible conflict, but the victory is sure and certain. Who will help us immediately to establish the work here as God would have it? We are earnestly hoping that donations of from one to five thousand dollars will be made by those to whom God has given ability to do so, and that very soon the work may be finished. J. S. WASHBURN.

Life and Health for July

By Editor

HAVE you seen it? Its beautiful cover, in two colors, will almost sell it at sight. The following are a few of the titles of the interesting articles it contains: Patent Medicine Frauds, Cooking for the Sick, Some Causes of Indigestion in the South, Days of Ministry, Home Happiness—A Way to Secure It, Health by Many Processes, How Are Your Arteries? Questions and Answers.

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