A Missionary Clock by W. A. S.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 29, 1914

A Missionary Clock

By W. A. S.

So far as we know, it was a little church of believers in Delaware who originated the missionary clock plan of recording and stimulating giving for missions in the Sabbath schools. Elder F. H. Seeney, who is leading in the colored work in Delaware, reported at the recent meeting of the Chesapeake Conference that the original clock is still running and keeping splendid time. For the benefit of Sabbath schools and churches that have adopted the clock plan, and for those who have not yet secured one of these paper clock devices that are now available for all, we quote the following from Elder Seeney’s annual report of his work in the Chesapeake Conference:—

In collecting our money for missions we have adopted the missionary clock plan, and we believe it is the only system which will succeed in the faithful collection of mission funds. We never close our Sabbath school until our quota of fifteen cents is fully made up, and the old hand on the clock goes on as usual. We have been running this old clock for nearly two years, and it has never failed to be on time. It registers fifteen cents for each church member every Sabbath, and has not failed in two years. Every Sabbath we look at the old clock, and

we see that beautiful motto on its face in large letters, and it is always an inspiration to us to see the money made up for missions.

At the close of the quarter, on the thirteenth Sabbath, we collect the other five cents, making our total of twenty cents for each member for the quarter. The close of the quarter just passed, finds the Second Seventh-day Adventist Church of Wilmington up with its mission funds of twenty cents a week for each member.

There are many good features about the old clock. It tells us each Sabbath how much has been given to missions up to date, it always faithfully registers how many members we have in our church, and there are many more good things which will be added later.

We believe the Columbia Union Conference is supplying the little clock device to all its churches for use in keeping time for systematic missionary giving.

W. A. S.