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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Oct 19, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 42.

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Vermont's Aid to China

By F. M. DANA

At our last conference and camp-meeting our brethren thought it in their line of duty and in the plan of co-operation in the mission work under this message to all the world, to consider a proposition for supporting a worker in some mission field. Accordingly the following resolution was passed:—
“Whereas, A great blessing came to our people throughout the conference when we gave and supported a worker in Scotland; and,—
“Whereas, Our worker has returned to this country, and is located in another conference, therefore,—
“Resolved, That we pay into the mission treasury the sum of six hundred dollars, to be expended in China by the Mission Board, preferably for a new or added worker.”
A copy of this resolution was forwarded to the Mission Board with a request for the name of the worker to be reported to Vermont as soon as they decided upon the same. We received the following response:—
“I am in receipt of your kind letter, and wish to extend to your conference the gratitude and appreciation of the Mission Board for the generous support that your small conference has extended to the mission work. We thank you very much, more than tongue can tell, for this generosity.
“We will try to forward you the names of the workers in China. There are several who have been sent there, and I will lay the matter before the committee for advice, and either the secretary or myself will write you as soon as the matter is brought to a conclusion.
“With kind regards, and wishing you much of the blessing of the Lord, I remain, Sincerely your brother,
“I. H. EVANS.”
Later we received the following letter, which we are sure will be of interest:—
“At a recent meeting of the General Conference Committee the following action was taken:—
“Resolved, That we gratefully accept the offer of Vermont to pay the salary of a worker in China, and suggest to them that they take Dr. Law Keem as their representative in the land of Sinim.”
This action of the General Conference Committee has been accepted by the Vermont Conference Committee, and now our interest will naturally turn to the reports from this field. Thinking further quotations relative to Dr. Keem may be of help, we quote:—
“Dr. Keem is a native Chinese, and will be able at once to work in the language of China without years of delay in learning the language. Thus Vermont will be busily engaged from the start. Dr. Keem has been in this country nearly twenty years, and so is thoroughly conversant with the truth and with American ways. In fact, he is so much of an American that he has married a nurse in California, and they are both now in China. Special help was provided to land them in China, and our Board felt that the situation was such that they ought to push in without delay, and yet, really, they went last spring as almost a matter of faith on the part of our Board as to their support.
“We are assured that he and his wife will be able and efficient laborers in both medical and evangelistic lines. May the Lord make this splendid gift a blessing to Vermont as well as to China. The Lord's providence is going before us in China, and the time has come when at least a few workers should be placing the leaven of truth in this populous land, the most populous of the countries of the earth, and the last to be entered by the message.
“I can assure you that in the situation in which the Mission Board finds itself, this help proposed from Vermont comes most timely indeed. With kind regards,
“Truly your brother,
“W. A. SPICER.”
May the prayers of God's people now ascend as we unite, with heart and hand, in the work of proclaiming the gospel in this dark land, till Jesus shall come again.
F. M. DANA.