The Sabbath-School Donations by George B. Thompson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 31, 1907

The Sabbath-School Donations

By George B. Thompson

THE continued increase in our Sabbath-school donations is quite encouraging. When the contributions of our Sabbath-schools throughout the world for missions had grown to more than a thousand dollars a week, it was suggested to the field that our Sabbath-schools in the United States and Canada alone undertake the task of raising one thousand dollars a week for missions. This met a hearty response everywhere, and we are encouraged to believe, from the report of the quarter ending June 30, 1907, that the goal set before us will be reached by the end of the year.

The report for the second quarter of the year has just been compiled, and is as follows: Total amount of donations to missions from all schools, $17,792.93, a gain of $2,921.47 over that of the previous quarter. Of this amount, $12,707.14 was given from the schools in the United States and Canada. This lacks only $292.86 of being one thousand dollars a week. The first quarter of 1907 our schools in the United States and Canada gave $10,088.63 to missions. The quarter ending June 30, 1907, is therefore an increase of $2,618.51 over the previous one.

Vermont, Alberta, and Saskatchewan gave their entire donations to missions the past quarter, and, considering their membership, their donations are very liberal. With a little greater effort on the part of all, we shall reach the mark thus set—one thousand dollars a week from the Sabbath-schools of the United States and Canada alone. Shall it not be done?

G. B. THOMPSON.