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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 10, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 28.

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The Midsummer Offering

By William T. Knox

SABBATH, July 26, is the day set apart for the Midsummer Offering. In the preceding number of the REVIEW there appeared the readings prepared for this occasion, these readings being a report of an intensely interesting meeting of foreign missionaries in attendance at the recent General Conference session. We hope these articles will bring joy and courage to all hearts, and that there will be a hearty response to the appeal of the Mission Board for liberal donations.
Thus far there has been an alarming falling away in the mission offerings for the year. On the fifteen-cent-a-week basis, the treasury should have received, up to May 31, $207,115, whereas there has been received only $126,572, leaving a deficit of over $80,000 in the first four months of the year. This heavy deficit, coupled with the increase of at least $75,000 in our expenditures, called for by the large number of missionaries appointed at the General Conference, makes it imperative that the mission treasury receive an unusually large Midsummer Offering.
W. T. KNOX.