The Thirteenth Sabbath Offering, December 28
SABBATH, December 28, is the time for the next thirteenth Sabbath offering to be taken in all our Sabbath-schools. At the last council of the General Conference Committee, held in September, the following action was taken:— “Voted, That we request the Sabbath-schools to devote the offerings for the thirteenth Sabbath of the last quarter of 1912 to the needs of the training-schools for missionary workers at Camarero, Argentina, and at Pua, Chile, aiming at ten thousand dollars for these enterprises on that day, the overflow above this amount to be devoted to the general missionary work of the South American Union among the Spanish and Indian missions.” A leaflet has been prepared and sent out to all our schools, setting forth the urgent needs of making better provision for the training of workers for this great Neglected Continent. Some special articles will also be found in the REVIEW from Brother J. W. Westphal, and others, in South America, concerning the dire straits in which they find themselves because of a lack of adequate facilities for their educational work. We hope these articles will be carefully read, also the leaflet; and that a most liberal offering will be made for our school work in that great and needy field. South America is a continent of vast proportions, with a population of nearly fifty millions. Here are found almost illimitable areas, where millions are fettered by the superstition of Roman Catholicism. Millions more are primitive pagans, or Indians, on whose ears the sound of the true gospel has not yet fallen. We have a message for all these millions, to be given in the remnant of time which remains before the Lord comes. The territory is almost twice as large as that of the United States. Steam and electric railroads are not so far advanced as in this country. Vast regions are covered by the Andes Mountains, and whole republics must be explored by the evangel of the gospel on horseback. It is a task of tremendous proportions to carry the message to the millions here under such circumstances. The workers must be educated on the ground. It is for this purpose that the offering is to be given in our Sabbath-schools, December 28. Can not each one do a little better than in any previous offering? By doing so, we shall cheer the hearts of the faithful workers in that field, who are struggling against great obstacles, and give the work of God much needed help. SABBATH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.