The Missions Campaign by T. E. Bowen

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 4, 1913

The Missions Campaign

By T. E. Bowen

We have word from Australia that Elder F. A. Allum, on furlough in that field from China, has found help for the China field among the young people of Australasia, Brethren A. Mountain and H. Stacey with their wives, all of the Australasian training-centers. It was expected that Brother and Sister Mountain would go to China in December, accompanying Elder and Mrs. Allum, and that the other workers would follow early in next year. The Australasian Union is taking up a special collection the last Sabbath of this year in order to provide transportation expenses for the new workers. Thus Australasia is still sending its workers and its means into the fields beyond its own territory, hard pressed as the union is to supply its own wide-spread island territory.

The Missions Campaign

Up to Tuesday night, November 25, the Maritime Conference was first, and the Utah Conference second, to reach the average on Harvest Ingathering.

Monday, four thousand orders were received for the Missions REVIEW. This is nearly as many as were ordered during the corresponding week one year ago. This shows that the work is still on. The president of the Mississippi Conference writes that that conference has almost reached its goal. Four members of one church in Tennessee have undertaken to raise $115 each.

Western New York is issuing a bulletin from the conference office, giving, by churches, the amounts gathered. Jamestown and Buffalo, the two largest churches in the conference, stood almost together,—$90.15 and $89.39, respectively. November 20 the Western New York Conference had $350.79 reported as harvested.

Out in Kansas, where the drought has made hard times, one brother writes: “We surely feel that the Ingathering work is not only a duty, but a definite blessing and pleasure, to those who really get into the spirit of it. Please send us fifty more of the REVIEW, for we are going to try again.”

Bands are at work in Washington, D. C., composed of the various workers connected with the general offices; and while the offices have not closed down for a day, these bands have their territory assigned them, and work the territory evenings and such days as they can arrange to get off. The Seminary has spent two days, specially appointed, with good success.

C. L. Taggart, president of the Northern California Conference, writes: “We have great hopes that we shall reach our goal. It may take us the remainder of the year, but we expect to keep at it.”

Why not spend some of the days during the week of prayer among the people in behalf of missions? Surely the purpose of this special season would blend nicely with the Ingathering work among the people. T. E. BOWEN.