Nebraska’s Missionary Institutes by A. J. S. B.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 21, 1910

Nebraska’s Missionary Institutes

By A. J. S. B.

Speaking of four home missionary institutes recently held in the Nebraska Conference, Brother M. E. Ellis, the missionary secretary, writes:—

“We had some excellent meetings, which abundantly demonstrated the practicability of this line of work. Our churches all over the conference are waking up to the possibilities before them, and I think we shall see some excellent missionary work done this summer.”

The writer quotes the following from a letter just received from an officer in one of the four churches:—

“At our prayer-meeting Wednesday evening we raised enough money to place a complete set of the Testimonies in the church library; ordered a club of thirty of the weekly Signs, five of the Signs Monthly, and five copies of Liberty. We expect to put other plans into operation soon.”

“This,” says Brother Ellis, “is a little church of thirty-five members, composed almost entirely of sisters. I could quote you a score of letters of similar import received last week, but this will be an index of the entire number.

“We are hoping to circulate a large number of the Temperance Instructor, and are sending out a special letter concerning it to the church officers and isolated Sabbath-keepers.

“We consider this campaign of missionary institutes as only our first step in aggressive work this summer. During the four institutes we sold about seven hundred fifty dollars’ worth of forty-per-cent books and other literature, distributing about two thousand copies of our ten-cent magazines. We had four very successful field days.”

This is truly a very encouraging report. Will not all of our conference missionary secretaries plan to hold home missionary institutes in the churches during the coming summer?

A. J. S. B.