p. 7 | The Great Campaign for Missions by A. J. S. Bourdeau

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 23, 1909

The Great Campaign for Missions

By A. J. S. Bourdeau

The Program Outlined

To assist you, dear brother, dear sister, in planning for the part that you will act in the forthcoming campaign in behalf of our foreign missions and missionaries, we present the following information:—

1. The beautiful Missions number of the REVIEW, to be given away during the Harvest Ingathering campaign for missions, will be ready for delivery by Oct. 1, 1909.

2. All orders for the special REVIEW should be in by Oct. 1, 1909, so as to insure delivery in ample time for use during the first week of the campaign, Nov. 1-6, 1909.

3. The General Conference Committee recommend that our churches everywhere give special consideration to the Harvest Ingathering campaign during October and November, as follows:—

Sabbath, October 9

Present to the people the needs of the mission fields, following the program outlined in the second Sabbath reading, which will be mailed to all the churches.

Sunday, October 31

All supplies of the special REVIEW, printed canvasses, circulars, etc., having been received, let the church officers call the members together for a drill on the canvass, assignment of territory to each member, and other necessary instruction.

Monday, November 1

Let every Seventh-day Adventist take a good-sized bundle of the special REVIEW and start out, bright and early, to visit the neighbors, friends, and townspeople in his territory, leaving a copy of the paper with each family, and soliciting liberal donations for missions.

Tuesday, November 2, to Friday, November 5

Put in another full day's work for foreign missions. Finish working territory untouched on Monday. Help to finish up the territory of the weak or faint-hearted members.

Sabbath, November 6

Hold a missionary rally, giving opportunity to the workers to relate their interesting experiences gained during the week's campaign. This should prove to be the best Sabbath meeting of the entire year. Let the missionary secretary (librarian) of the church record the actual number of copies of the REVIEW distributed, number of workers, average hours worked, and total amount of donations received for missions, then forward these valuable statistics to the conference tract society office. At the close of the meeting make a call for those who would esteem it a privilege to engage in the campaign the following week. Let all who are willing, continue the work, and if a sufficient number volunteer for service, repeat the program of the previous week.

4. If, for any reason, the REVIEW and other missionary supplies do not arrive in time, appoint November 7-13 as your first campaign week, and proceed as previously outlined.

5. Copies of the special REVIEW will be sent free to all who will use them in soliciting funds for foreign missions.

6. Order papers, circulars, and solicitor's cards from your conference tract society office. If the address of the tract society is not known, or in case there is no tract society in the conference, order supplies direct from A. J. S. Bourdeau, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

7. The campaign last year was a great success. Nearly 700,000 copies of the Missions number of the REVIEW were distributed. The needs of our foreign missions were presented to many thousands of people. This alone proved the campaign a decided success.

8. In addition to the moral and educational value of last year's campaign, enough funds were collected from non-believers to pay for all of the copies of the special REVIEW, for the actual expense of the campaign, and enough more to make up $30,000 extra for the support of our missionaries.

9. The $30,000 collected during last year's campaign enabled the Mission Board to send twenty-five missionaries to needy fields, and support them for one year.

10. To support the workers sent out last year, and to answer the many new calls for laborers, make the burden of the Mission Board still heavier than before. These twenty-five additional workers sent out last year must be supported, and at least an equal number of new workers should be speeding to the needy fields this year. Shall we not, therefore, distribute twice the number of copies of the REVIEW, and collect double the amount for foreign missions, that we did last year? Ask your church missionary secretary (librarian) to order supplies to-day? A. J. S. BOURDEAU, Missionary Secretary.