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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 5, 1867

Acknowledgment.

By J. M. A.

We are happy to acknowledge in this week’s Review a 7-30 Bond from Bro. N. G. Satterlee, of the liberal denomination of $500, which, with the premium that these bonds at present bear, is equivalent to $525, for which amount we give Bro. S. credit for stock in the Health Institute.

Now here is an example, that we invite many more of our brethren to follow. We have been waiting a good while for some one to lead off in this direction. Here is a good start, and we sincerely hope others will not be slow to follow.

There are doubtless more than enough of these bonds in the hands of Sabbath-keepers to clear the Health Institution from debt, and place it beyond pecuniary want. But it is to be feared that these tempting bonds, which seem so very desirable for the investment of our spare means, will to some, at least, prove a fatal snare. Bro. S. has considered his duty in the matter, and resolves to invest in the way of the Lord’s appointment. This is well. May others do likewise.

Brethren, a most important work, in the matter of erecting a suitable building at the Health Institute, is now resting on your hands. It remains to be seen what you will do about it. Has not enough been said already? What can we say more?

We have now ventured in the work as far as seems prudent, until we receive further substantial assurance from our brethren, and certainly as far as our present means will warrant.

We have made large contracts for lumber and materials which are now being placed on the ground ready for early operations in the Spring. Shall the work stop? Shall our faith in this enterprise now come to

naught for want of means to prosecute the work? I trust not. I prefer to cherish the belief recently expressed by a good brother, who is now an invalid at the Institute. Said he, “This work is the Lord’s and it will go on. If the rich do not furnish the means, the poor will.” Let the rich consider this fact, that the Lord’s work will prosper, whether they contribute to its aid or not; but may it not be said of any among us, who have 7-30 Bonds laid by, or other spare means at command, that they have not taken a proper interest in the health-reform part of present truth, by a liberal investment of their means to aid in the prosecution of the work.

We now earnestly appeal to all our friends to say, and say immediately, what they propose to do for the Health Institute. And while some are making up their minds what to say, let others send their 7-30s right along.

J. M. A.