Religious Liberty Offering for 1909 by K. C. Russell

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 14, 1909

Religious Liberty Offering for 1909

By K. C. Russell

SABBATH, February 6, is the day upon which the annual offering for the religious liberty work is to be taken. A special reading has been prepared, to be read in all our churches upon that occasion, and will appear in the REVIEW of January 28. It should be remembered that this one annual offering provides the only means our department has with which to meet its expenses for a whole year.

Owing to the increasing and determined efforts of those who are seeking for religious legislation, during the past year a corresponding increase of effort and outlay of means have been required by our department. In two recent campaigns we circulated over one thousand dollars’ worth of literature. In one city alone over four hundred thousand pages of religious liberty reading-matter were distributed. The expense of these special campaigns is in addition to the regular expense incident to this department of our work.

Our funds have now been entirely exhausted in meeting the demands made upon us during the past year. In view of the strenuous effort being put forth by those who are seeking for Sunday legislation, we ought to have a larger offering this year than ever before, in order to meet the issue, and successfully carry on our work.

We therefore earnestly urge all our people to make their offerings to the religious liberty work this year as liberal as possible. In making the offering let all bear in mind the millions who are in darkness concerning the principles of religious liberty, also the fact that our own liberties may be restricted before we have given them the message. The necessity of our doing what we can in this time of peace and freedom is urgent.

K. C. RUSSELL, Chairman Religious Liberty Bureau.