The Sabbath-School Work by Mrs. L. Flora Plummer

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

The Sabbath-School Work

By Mrs. L. Flora Plummer

A STUDY of the quarterly summary for the first quarter of 1910 makes it evident that the Sabbath-schools in the home field have something to do, if they reach the definite goal placed before them of a hundred thousand dollars to missions during 1910. This first quarter the schools in the home land have given $21,319.01 to missions, not quite one fourth the amount to be raised in the four quarters of the year. However, comparing this record with that of the first quarter of 1909, we find a most encouraging increase:—

	TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS	GIFTS TO MISSIONS
1910, 1st quarter..	$22,015.43	$21,319.01
1909, 1st quarter..	19,459.87	16,989.53
Increase .....	$ 2,555.56	$ 4,329.48

The Honor Roll

The list of conferences giving all their regular Sabbath-school contributions to missions is growing. Five substantial conferences appear on the Honor Roll for the first time: Western Colorado, New Jersey, Cumberland, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The list is now thirty-six names long. Vermont, the first conference ever on the roll, now appears as Northern New England. The entire list is as follows:—

N. New England	Iowa
Alberta	Southern Idaho
Saskatchewan	Cen. New England
Quebec	Montana
W. New York	Chesapeake
Texas	Georgia
North Dakota	Greater New York
Louisiana	British Columbia
Florida	North Carolina
Maine	Southern Illinois
Manitoba	Kentucky
West Pennsylvania	West Virginia
West Texas	Wyoming
Alabama	Western Colorado
Alaska	New Jersey
New York	Cumberland
South Dakota	Oklahoma
Dist. of Columbia	Arkansas

The Union Conferences

The Western Canadian Union is the first on the Union Conference Honor Roll. Four other unions have but one conference each reporting any expense. These are as follows:— Atlantic — Southern New England, $3.25 Northern — Minnesota ........ 7.16 Southeastern — South Carolina.... 5.03 Southwestern — New Mexico ..... .50

Most interesting is the progress shown by the reports from the Australasian and British union conferences. This summary shows that in the entire Australasian field only the Victoria Conference reports expense ($16.55). North England is the only conference in the British Union reporting expense ($13.24). The most of the European field has long furnished us a fine object-lesson in the matter of giving all Sabbath-school donations to missions.

The Goal

Our world-wide motto, “One hundred thousand dollars for missions in one year,” is now the motto of the schools in the home land alone. Can we reach it? We are answering the question from Sabbath to Sabbath.

MRS. L. FLORA PLUMMER.