A Cheering Report by A. G. Daniells

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 12, 1908

A Cheering Report

By A. G. Daniells

We have just received at the General Conference Office the first printed report of an effort to sell the Thanksgiving number of the REVIEW. This report comes from Canada, where Thanksgiving week comes a little earlier in the season than it does in the United States. Here is the report, as given in the Canadian Union Messenger of October 27:—

One sister in the Toronto church has disposed of her two hundred copies of the Thanksgiving REVIEW, and has received for them $27.70, an average of almost fourteen cents apiece.

Just think what would be accomplished if every Seventh-day Adventist in the United States and Canada would do what this sister has done in one short week. We would circulate 13,000,000 copies of the REVIEW, and gather in $1,800,500 for the mission fields. Such are the great possibilities of this Thanksgiving campaign plan.

What is wanted is an earnest, conscientious, prayerful effort on the part of all. We know that some can not do all that the sister in Canada has done, but some can do more.

There is no question whatever about the results that are possible; the question that causes some anxiety is whether our people will make the effort.

Here are a few facts every believer should look squarely in the face:—

Our message is to be given to all the world in this generation.

The doors of nearly all nations are wide open for our messengers to enter.

A few have gone to nearly all, and send earnest calls for more workers.

Hundreds of consecrated volunteers stand ready to answer these calls.

They can not go because there are not sufficient funds in the treasury of the Mission Board to support them.

The funds must be provided by our people, either by giving their means or by obtaining gifts from others.

The demands seem too great for the resources of our people; hence this Thanksgiving-week campaign plan.

The plan is simple, feasible, and consistent. Everything is ready for the work to start November 22.

Now the question is, Who will seize this opportunity? How many will enter into this effort?

Many prayers are ascending to the Lord of the harvest that this undertaking shall prove a great success.

A. G. DANIELLS.