p. 24 | Offering for Religious Liberty Work

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 30, 1908

Offering for Religious Liberty Work

THE first Sabbath following the date of this paper falls on February 1. That is the day set apart by the General Conference for the creation of a fund with which to carry on our religious liberty work through the year. The year before us will be filled with some of the most important developments ever encountered in the history of our work. There never was such a general stir throughout the nation and the world over the matter of religious legislation. The matter of a Sunday law for the District of Columbia (which will be in effect a national law) is now hanging in the balances, and the advocates of Sunday laws throughout the country are watching the developments here with keen interest. With the influence of such a law behind them, they expect to be able to accomplish much more in the interests of Sunday enforcement than ever before. The Religious Liberty department is doing all that it can to educate the people regarding these matters, and to hold back the rising tide of oppression. It must have financial support in order to carry on its work. We therefore hope that the offering will be a generous one. The program for that day will be found in the REVIEW of January 16, in the Christian Liberty department.