Collection for the Haskell Home
By Arthur G. Daniells
I DESIRE to call attention to the fact that the time for the semiannual collection for the Haskell Memorial Home for orphans, to be taken in all our churches in this country, is the first Sabbath in April. The officers and leaders in our various churches and companies should take special pains to present this matter to the brethren and sisters in good season, that it may be understood, and the collection may be sufficient to meet the demands of the institution. For a number of years it has been the custom to set apart the collections of two Sabbaths each year to provide for the support of the Haskell Home for orphans and the James White Memorial Home for aged. The days chosen for these collections are the first Sabbaths in April and October, and the entire donations from the Sabbath-school and the church are devoted to this special and worthy object. Those in charge of this work find almost unlimited opportunities in the care of destitute, homeless, and orphan children, and in providing for the comfort of aged worthy pilgrims. We should consider it a privilege to assist in this effort, and we trust that all our people will respond heartily in the collection to be taken the first Sabbath in April. The needs are pressing, and the opportunities afforded by these institutions for doing a grand and noble work are beyond question; we trust these needs will be recognized by all our people, and the opportunity offered in the collection soon to be taken be improved in a fitting manner. Remittances should be made promptly to the State conference treasurers, who will forward the same, through proper channels, to the General Conference treasurer, at Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.