Not Weary in Well-Doing
By J. S. Washburn
OUR loyal people are not “weary in well-doing,” they are— Within the last few years they have paid the $66,000 debt on the Christiania publishing house; nearly $55,000 on the Relief of the Schools Fund; paid for the English Sanitarium, and given largely in response to other calls, and yet from January 1 to March 24 $33,190.24 annual offering was received, as against $22,000 for the whole of the year 1903. This very large increase in the annual offering shows clearly that the confidence of our people has been greatly strengthened by this move to Washington, and that now there will be more money than ever before for missions and other enterprises. Those who love the great message of truth love to be asked to support it, and they are greatly blessed in the actual giving. From a letter written shortly after the week of prayer I quote the following:— “Our dear people still love the message, and they love to hear the facts.” “Sabbath we made of first importance the subject of missions and the offering. . . . That was the best meeting I have attended for years; and the subject of the meeting was— Money, Money, Money! missions, missions, missions. O, the people love to hear of all the good things that mean the closing up of the grand, old gospel work! and they are not tired of being asked for money for such purposes.” This is the spirit of him who was rich, and for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might become rich. Thank God, that spirit is with this people and this movement. We are very glad to say that the response to the appeal for the one hundred thousand dollar fund, even on such short notice, is most encouraging. Not a day passes without a number of donations to this fund. But we are still waiting for a donation of $1,000 to start the published list in the REVIEW.