New York by E. L. Cardey

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 10, 1916

New York

By E. L. Cardey

BROOKLYN.— One year and a half has now slipped away since the writer began labor in this part of Greater New York. Many great world events have taken place in that time, and the finishing of the work seems much nearer than it did then. God has blessed us in a measure during these months of labor in this great and wicked city, and we are glad that some precious souls are rejoicing in the light of the third angel's message who did not know it a short time ago. We cannot see that the troubled conditions in the world on account of the war have affected our work in these large cities. Doubtless this is the most favorable time we shall ever have to warn and save the honest in heart in the crowded centers of civilization.

During the past eighteen months, ninety-seven members have been added to the church in Brooklyn. Of this number twenty-three were received by letter, fifty-nine by baptism, and fifteen by profession of faith on their former baptism. We have lost nearly half this number by removal, death, and apostasy, but still it leaves a good net gain in membership.

The finances of the church also have made a good showing. The year 1914 saw a substantial increase over the previous year in tithes and offerings; but 1915 saw a much better increase in this respect. The increase in tithe was $1,258 over 1914, and the increase in the Twenty-cent-a-week Fund was about $400. Aside from this, the church carried a heavy church expense, many times heavier than during the preceding year. In all, this church raised nearly seven thousand dollars for the cause, outside of its local work.

We thank God for his blessings in these temporal matters at this time. Our people have confidence in the triumph of the message in the near future. At the beginning of the school year we began a church school, which carries nine grades, in charge of Miss Christine Johnson and Miss Hazel Gordon. The Chinese Sunday school, which is conducted in our church by our members, is prospering, and a number of bright Chinese young men are learning about the true God, while studying English. Some souls, we trust, will be gathered from this effort on the part of our members to reach the foreign people.

The outlook for the work in this city

is bright, and now is the time for work to be done in these centers. We solicit the prayers of our people for the success of the work in the Eastern cities, of which the Testimonies have spoken so frequently and earnestly.

E. L. CARDEY.