p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 9. (3/3/1904)

Correction to Medical Department Report

IN the report of the Medical Department of the Atlantic Union Conference in last week's issue a mistake was made in attaching the names of the officers of the permanent organization to the report of the council. The report should have been signed by H. W. Cottrell, Chairman, and A. R. Satterlee, Secretary.

West Indian Workers Enter New Fields

The older West Indian fields are responding to the calls from regions beyond them. The General Conference has invited a successful Jamaica canvasser, Brother Moulton, who has some knowledge of Spanish, to join the workers in Porto Rico. The East Caribbean Conference is also invited to release Brother L. E. Wellman, of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, to join the mission staff in the Panama and Costa Rica field of Central America.

Submit Notices by Thursday

By Editor

We would again remind those sending notices and announcements to the paper, not to wait till the last moment before getting these into the mails. If you try to have them make close connections with the next issue, they are liable not to reach the office in time for insertion. It is imperative that the REVIEW should go to press promptly Monday morning, and most of its pages must of necessity be closed up the preceding Friday. All notices should therefore reach us not later than the Thursday preceding the date of publication.

Second German Party to East Africa

The second German party going out to join the two brethren already in German East Africa expects to sail early in March. Four or five workers will compose the party. Elder Conradi expects to join them March 13, at Port Said, Egypt, and will visit the East African Mission. He writes that the contributions in the German Union for this enterprise have reached the five-thousand-dollar mark. The fund voted in aid by the Oakland General Conference should not be forgotten by our people in America. The list is slowly growing.

Increase Offerings Through Weekly Envelopes

WHEREVER the little weekly offering envelope has been faithfully used, the offerings have been materially increased. This is as true of the individual as of the church or conference. Elder Wm. Covert writes of their experience in Wisconsin: “We have been following this plan in many of the churches in our conference, and although we have not reached the farthest point attainable, yet I notice that our offerings have more than doubled. By giving it more careful attention, we expect to double the offerings again during 1904. We will make the effort. I feel quite confident that there will be a much larger sum raised for foreign mission work in the United States this year than has been raised during any past year.” This can easily be accomplished if each church plans definitely to increase its offerings during 1904. It means only systematic effort. The Mission Board will supply all the envelopes that can be used.

German East Africa Fund

[THE following further gifts have come for the $5,000 fund voted by the General Conference to aid the German Union Conference in establishing mission stations in German East Africa. Gifts should be sent to the Treasurer of General Conference, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.]

Previously reported .......... $154 00 George Kennedy ............... 1 00 Lena Grauman ................. 1 00 Lydia Johnson ................. 3 00 Mrs. Louisa Ostrom ........... 1 00 E. A. South .................. 5 00 Mrs. Melissa Cookendorfer .... 1 50 J. J. Nabeis ................. 1 00 Mrs. Nellie Brahs ............ 6 85 Northern Union Conference .... 2 00 Charlotte E. Dunbar .......... 2 50 Henry J. Dryer ............... 10 00 E. L. Paulding ............... 5 00 Superior Tract Society ....... 5 00 Mr. Randolph ................. 1 00 Mrs. Ann Watson .............. 62

Total ......................... $200 47

An Encouraging Experience

THE divine provision for securing the funds needed for the Lord's treasury is without question the best method; and when it is faithfully followed, there will be no lack of means for pushing the work. A bit of experience will illustrate this view of the matter. In a recent letter Elder A. T. Robinson, the president of the Nebraska Conference, writes:—

We had a splendid tithe come in this quarter, $8,079.60. This enabled us to meet all the demands of our conference work for the quarter, pay our tithe to the Central Union Conference, also a second tithe to the Union Conference of $727.16, which I understand they turn directly over to the General Conference. I believe if we would teach all our people the blessing of rendering to the Lord his own, in a faithful tithe, and the payment of the second tithe as well, there would be an abundance of means to carry forward every branch of the Lord's work. I have tried faithfully to preach this, as a part of the blessed gospel wherever I have gone during the last three months, and I find that nearly all our people love the principle.

We hope that other conferences and individuals will be encouraged to emulate this good example. There is a blessing in it.

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