Special Funds not Included
By W. T. BLAND.
From Our Treasury Department
WITH this we are glad to present a table showing the receipts for missions from our various union conferences and others, during the fourth quarter of the year 1904. This does not represent all the donations received at our general office, but those especially designated for our various mission fields, and particular mission funds. Special Funds not Included
The donations to the Washington building fund, the Haskell Home for orphans, the International Publishing Association, and some other special funds of like nature, are not included. These would increase the total very greatly. In the near future we hope to publish a complete list of all donations received from the different union conferences or individuals, which will include everything for which contributions were received during the year 1904. From the accompanying table it will be noticed that the Atlantic Union Conference has to its credit the largest amount donated to missions during the quarter. The Pacific Union and Central Union Conferences fall next in order named, with amounts sent in, not far apart, however, but small remittances on the Annual Offering Fund had been received from these two last conferences at the close of the year. Perhaps when the comparative number of Sabbath-keepers is taken into consideration, the Northern Union Conference would rank next. Again the donations from the Sabbath-schools lead in the largest total amount contributed to missions. If some special plan could be devised so that all Sabbath-school donations could go to missions, it would about double the amount contributed from this source alone, and would be a wonderful help in pushing on the work in foreign fields. Now is a good time to call attention to the weekly offerings, or, as they are sometimes called, First-day offerings. Fewer than one tenth of our people have adopted this plan, and are systematically carrying it out. If all our people would begin with this year and faithfully put aside ten cents a week for the work in mission fields, this one source alone would be more than double all other offerings put together. Is the plan not worth adopting?20 It is needless to say that the Mission Board and the officers of the General Conference greatly appreciate the liberal manner in which our people everywhere contribute of their means for this great work of the closing message to the world.