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The Question Answered

By L. Flora Plummer

For a year we have kept in mind a certain interrogation mark standing alone in a whole column by the side of other black columns of irregular height, each one indicating the amount of the Sabbath-school gifts to missions for a year.

It is strange how loudly a silent question mark can speak. Every time the eye rested upon its curved figure, it seemed to say: Well, what are you going to do for missions this year? You think you have done pretty well in the past; are you going to stop now? Are you tired of giving to missions? Is the world-wide need any less than before?

SABBATH-SCHOOL RECORD FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS $929,063.17 TO MISSIONS.

These questions have been splendidly answered. The diagram is presented now with the question mark obliterated by the answer. And the answer is as loud as the question. Most emphatically, the Sabbath-schools have said: Although we have been doing quite well in giving to missions, this year we are going to do better. We are not thinking of stopping. We are not tired of giving to missions. We recognize the world-wide need and the world-wide opportunity as greater than ever. And you may count on us.

When the exact height of that last column was accurately determined, it was found that the border must be broken to make room for it. Our faith once more had failed to provide room for our blessings.

But a glance at the diagram is not sufficient. We must study the exact figures to understand it fully.

Comparison of Sabbath-School Gifts to Missions

1910 In United States . . . . . . $101,122.49 1909 " " " . . . . . . 83,881.26 Gain . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,241.23 1910 In whole world . . . . . . $136,213.23 1909 " " " . . . . . . 112,047.46 Gain . . . . . . . . . . . $ 24,165.77

United States and Canada Reach the Goal

Our motto for 1909 was, “One hundred thousand dollars for missions.” The schools in all the world gave $112,000. During 1910 we asked the schools in the home land to take the world-wide motto for theirs. They did. And the schools in the United States and Canada gave $101,000.

The Honor Roll Growing

During the last quarter of 1910, seven conferences were added to the Honor Roll for the first time: Southern Oregon, Virginia, St. Louis Mission, West Kansas, Ohio, East Kansas, and Upper Columbia. Fifteen conferences in this country are not yet on the roll. The complete Honor Roll, fifty-seven conferences long, is as follows:— N. New England North Carolina Alberta Southern Illinois Saskatchewan Kentucky Quebec West Virginia W. New York Wyoming Texas W. Colorado North Dakota New Jersey Louisiana S. New England Iowa Mississippi Southern Idaho New Mexico Montana South Texas Massachusetts S. Union Mission Chesapeake Newfoundland Georgia Indiana Gr. New York Tennessee River British Columbia Ontario Florida Maritime Maine S. Missouri Manitoba W. Washington W. Pennsylvania Arizona West Texas South Carolina Alabama Southern Oregon New York Virginia South Dakota St. Louis Mission Dis. of Columbia West Kansas Cumberland Ohio Oklahoma East Kansas Arkansas Upper Columbia

Union Conference Honor Roll

Western Canadian Southwestern Canadian Atlantic Southeastern

Four union conferences have but one conference in each reporting any expense.

Foreign Fields

A number of the large union conferences in foreign lands give their regular contributions to missions. These are the Australasian Union, East German Union, Latin Union, Levant Union, Russian Union, West German Union, and South American Union. China, India, and Japan also belong to this list. All parts of the field are gradually but steadily falling into line in this matter.

Number of Conversions

Request was made for the number of Sabbath-school pupils converted or baptized during the quarter ending in December. The number reported was 661. Fifteen hundred Sabbath-school scholars gave their hearts to the Lord during the last six months of 1910. Most of these are the results of the consecration services held by many schools.

Our hearts are full of courage and gladness for what God has wrought through our Sabbath-schools in 1910.

MRS. L. FLORA PLUMMER.