One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund by Arthur G. Daniells

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 10, 1907

One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund

By Arthur G. Daniells

For Special Work at Home and Abroad

An Encouraging Outlook

THOSE who have read with care the camp-meeting reports this summer must have been gratified to learn that at these meetings many of our conferences raised in cash and pledges the remainder of their part of the $150,000 fund. The most of the pledges taken are small, so that they can and will be paid soon.

We are not sure that we have a full list of the conferences that have made this provision for their entire quota, but we know of about thirty that have done so. Some of these have already sent to the General Conference Treasurer their full amount, and even more. The rest are collecting the pledges promptly.

In a general way, the affairs relating to the fund stand about like this: $120,000 has been raised in cash and pledges; $92,517.30 of this amount is reported in this number of the REVIEW as having been received by the General Conference Treasurer. Fifteen conferences have already fully paid up. A number have less than $200 yet to send to the General Conference Treasurer. No conference has a very large sum yet to raise.

These facts and figures are very gratifying and encouraging. The $150,000 fund was launched less than one year ago. The first printed statement regarding it appeared in the REVIEW of October 25. The first acknowledgment of contributions to this fund was made in the REVIEW of November 15. Less than six thousand dollars was raised by the close of 1906.

At this writing we have received at the General Conference treasury over $92,000. Nearly thirty thousand more has been definitely promised by individuals whose promises are reliable. No one person has given very much time during the last year to the raising of this fund. Very little extra expense has been made in raising it.

This compares favorably with our experience in raising the $100,000 fund. The first appeal for this was published in the REVIEW of Feb. 25, 1904. One of our ministers was appointed to devote a large share of his time to raising this fund. He worked faithfully, and employed such help and means as seemed necessary. With all this, it took one year and four months to raise the $100,000. But it was raised, and the raising of it proved to all our people what we can do by a persevering effort. This experience has no doubt been a great help in raising the $150,000 fund.

Now that we are well along with this undertaking, why should we not finish it before the first day of January, 1908? Please think of this until next week, when we shall give some good reasons why this can and should be done.

A. G. DANIELLS.