How to Solicit Donations by CLAUDE E. HOLMES

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 10, 1908

How to Solicit Donations

By CLAUDE E. HOLMES

CLAUDE E. HOLMES

IN a short time thousands of Seventh-day Adventists will be engaged in a systematic effort to secure funds from those not of our faith. The means thus secured will be used to advance the cause of God in the earth. As this method of obtaining money is practically new to this denomination, it might seem advisable to consult the tried experience of one who has been successful in raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. Booker T. Washington says, in his autobiography: “As far as the science of what is called begging can be reduced to rules, I would say that I have had but two rules: First, always to do my whole duty regarding making our work known to individuals and organizations; and, second, not to worry about the results.”

“I have observed that those who have accomplished the greatest results are those who ‘keep under the body;’ those who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient, and polite.” “Persons who possess sense enough to earn money have sense enough to know how to give it away. I think that the presentation of facts, on a high dignified plane, is all the begging that most people care for.”

No better way can be devised for presenting the facts concerning our work to the world “on a high, dignified plane,” than by distributing the special issue of the REVIEW, which will be filled with the needed information. This, combined with patience and politeness, ought to secure many dollars to God’s cause.

Takoma Park, D. C.