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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 11, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 19.

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Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

WE have passed another waymark in raising the Washington building fund. Seven tenths of the one hundred thousand dollars which was to be devoted to the building up of our institutions in Washington, D. C., has now been supplied. The list, as published on page 29, stands at $70,415.53. We are glad to head our list this week with a donation of five hundred dollars. There are also five donations of one hundred dollars or more each, and a large number of smaller donations. There is a stir among our people and a determination to complete this work before the close of the General Conference, May 30. To accomplish this there should be an average of ten thousand dollars a week supplied. This certainly means that beside the smaller offerings, which are now flowing in a strong tide, there should be five donations each week of one thousand dollars. For the sake of the greatest truth on earth, now in its greatest crisis, in the name of Him who was rich and gave all for us, we appeal to our brethren and sisters of means to place their money now in the bank of heaven. Soon every earthly financial enterprise will be swept away by the flood that will drown the world in destruction. Brethren and sisters, shall we not make the one safe investment?
The servant of the Lord has sent us this appeal:—
“Our heaviest burden at the present time is for the work in Washington. Angels of God are co-operating with those who are lifting the standard of God’s holy law in this important place. Will you help these faithful workers? Will you send in the means that is needed in order for the necessary buildings to be erected. Let the members of every church now do all in their power to raise the fund necessary for the completion of the buildings that are so much needed in Washington. The work must be quickly established at the capital of our nation. Will you not, my brethren and sisters, see that the necessary means is supplied for the accomplishment of this work?”
Surely the Lord’s people will respond to the earnest appeals which have been made to them. J. S. WASHBURN.