Nebraska by M. E. Ellis

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Apr 13, 1911

Nebraska

By M. E. Ellis

ONE of the departments of home missionary work receiving attention in the Nebraska Conference this season is the “Ministry of Healing” campaign. It has been my privilege to meet with several of our churches during the last few weeks, and the results are briefly summarized below. There has been very little said about “quota.” The instruction by the spirit of prophecy has been presented, and the burden laid on the hearts of the people that each one ought to do his best; and without urging it has been left for each one to decide for himself what he would do.

At our general meeting at Omaha this work was presented to a small audience, Sunday, February 12, and fifty-four books were taken. On the same evening the young people’s society took forty more.

February 18 I met with the church at Grand Island, where fifty-two books were taken by the little company present; twenty-four had been taken previously.

February 25 the church at Hastings heard more fully about this work, and took 105 books; and on the following Monday the students of the intermediate school here took fifty more. With books previously taken, this makes 324 for the Hastings church.

March 4 I had the privilege of presenting the question to the Lincoln church, and 107 books were ordered. The following Sabbath a larger audience was present, and the number of books was increased by 145. Monday, March 13, the students and faculty of Union College started the week by taking 320 books; the sanitarium took thirty-five the following night; and the church ordered 190 more on March 18.

During these weeks I have received orders from our workers and brethren for eighty-six more, which have gone out by express, making the total number delivered to our people during the past five weeks, 1,189.

We are thankful to God for the way the work is starting up again; and we are confident that when our people in this conference really get thoroughly interested in this matter, a large work will be accomplished. Since our camp-meeting last September, when this enterprise was launched, we have handled about three thousand copies of “Ministry of Healing.”

Our workers are rendering valuable help in pushing this campaign in our territory, and our people are getting interested in it. We hope by the blessing of God to see thousands of homes made better and happier this year through reading and practising the beautiful lessons of this book, and thousands of dollars brought in from outside our ranks to establish more firmly our medical work.

M. E. ELLIS, Missionary Secretary.