Mission Funds by W. T. Knox

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 6, 1914

Mission Funds

By W. T. Knox

HEREWITH is submitted the report of all mission funds received in the General Conference treasury for the first six months of the year. We have passed the halfway mark for 1914. It would be well for every Seventh-day Adventist at this time to give careful consideration to the progress made by him in his service to God during this first half of the year. What advancement has been made in the development of Christian character? What has been accomplished by his individual effort in the upbuilding of the kingdom of God? What degree of faithfulness has characterized his efforts to meet the obligations resting upon him to give the message to the world in this generation?

With these queries in mind, the accompanying report should cause serious reflection. We have, through the guidance of God, undertaken a great work, but surely the thought will not be entertained by any that in our work in foreign fields we have proceeded more rapidly than the needs of the cause or the open ing providences of the Lord have indicated.

The Twenty-cent-a-week Fund for the period under consideration, calls for $338,067.60, of which amount only $188,530.75 has been received, with a resulting shortage of $149,536.85. An examination of the report will reveal that with the exception of six conferences and one mission field, every conference in North America has contributed to this heavy deficit. That the condition shown in the report, with the accompanying endangerment of our foreign mission work, will be permitted by us to continue, is not believable. The only right way to correct it, however, will be for each individual believer to ascertain what the Lord will have him do to relieve the situation, and endeavor to bring to the mission treasury speedy relief. W. T. Knox.