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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · May 23, 1907

An Excellent Tribute

By K. C. Russell

THE Northern Union Reaper (Minneapolis, Minn.) of April 2, 1907, contains a report from Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Holdman, of Ferrybank, Alberta, in which he relates a tribute which was paid to Seventh-day Adventists during a sermon preached against the seventh-day Sabbath and in favor of Sunday legislation. The report of his reference to this people runs as follows:—

“In the course of his talk he told of the great work the Seventh-day Adventists were doing all over the world, of their schools, publishing houses, missionary enterprises, and about everything that gave a true statement of affairs, and he said that when a man gets hold of the principle of their doctrine, he sticks to it; he seldom changes. He further said that their money all goes with them. Illustrative of this point, he told of a Dutchman whom he once accosted on this subject, asking how it was. ‘Vel,’ he said, ‘Id is dis vay; first de head get converted, den de heart, den de pocket-book ; id all goes.’ The speaker further declared that besides giving ten per cent of their income, they gave from five to thirty per cent more for other purposes, and then said: ‘If my friends here would do in this way, there would be no begging for means with which to pay the preacher.’”

Let every Seventh-day Adventist resolve that in his own experience he will make this tribute a true one of this people.

K. C. Russell.