p. 19 | The Tent for Ceylon

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Apr 13, 1905

The Tent for Ceylon

SOME time ago the Healdsburg young people responded to Elder Armstrong’s call for a tent for Ceylon. Brother H. G. Lucas reports that the fifty-foot tent, made in the college factory, is off for Ceylon, ropes, rings, and all complete. All will be interested in the following paragraphs from Brother Lucas’s letter to the Mission Board:—

“The ten or eleven volunteers for work met every difficulty, until, after three months from the day the beginning was made, the tent was finished, shipped, and dedicated free from debt. The young people’s society has the morning service every third Sabbath, when they render a missionary program, and take up the regular second Sabbath collection. At this service, February 17, I presented the history of this work for Ceylon, and after reading the financial statement, we knelt and dedicated this tent to the work of the third angel’s message in that field. The report was, in part, as follows:—

“‘The following amounts were raised for the Ceylon tent: By the Healdsburg Young People’s Society, $102.70; by Sister Chaney, South Africa, $50; by the Sanitarium, Cal., church, $15.65; total, $168.35.

“‘The tent itself cost $150; mast ring, brake block, and guy-ropes, $12; total, $162, leaving $6.35 to be applied on the freight. Here are some items of interest:—

“‘Brother Charles Peter, of San Francisco, raised $10 in a short time. A little boy about seven years of age secured $2.15, and sent it in. The wholesale house in San Francisco from which tent material has been purchased gave one hundred pounds of rope, worth $10. Some money was sent in from an appeal placed in the Recorder. About twelve young people in Healdsburg had a share in securing the necessary means, and upon them, as well as upon those who gave, God will bestow a blessing, and we shall yet hear of souls being saved in Ceylon as the result of providing this tent for that needy isle.’

“‘We have since received enough to pay all the freight, and the tent was shipped February 25. This was a good work. Our printer, plumber, and nurse helped materially. Our blacksmith made the mast ring, and donated part of the price. It was the strongest and best ring that he had made. Our prayers still continue for the work and workers in the regions beyond.”