To the Elder or Missionary Leader
By A. J. S. B.
(Not to be read publicly) “ORGANIZATION OF A DORCAS SOCIETY.”—“When all has been done that can be done in helping the poor to help themselves, there still remain the widow and the fatherless, the aged, the helpless, and the sick, that claim sympathy and care. Never should these be neglected.”—Ministry of Healing, page 201. Read chapter on “The Helpless Poor.” Also instruction in “Testimonies for the Church.” “Every church should have a Dorcas society, which will gather in worn garments from the wealthier classes, and repair and alter them for the needy ones. As a general rule, what the poor most need is work; and if we can, by any means, find remunerative employment for them, that is the best possible help to give. In some cases financial aid will be necessary. Such cases may be brought to the attention of the officers who dispense the poor fund.”—O. A. Olsen, in “Duties of Church Officers.” “SPRING TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN.”—Organize bands and district your territory for work with our health and temperance tracts and the new Temperance number of the Youth’s Instructor. A small temperance tract may be used as a card to gain admittance to homes where the Temperance Instructor can be sold. Read special instruction found in the chapter in “Ministry of Healing” entitled “The Liquor Traffic and Prohibition,” especially the closing paragraphs on page 346. Then act. “PLANS FOR WORK.”—Plans for renewal of church clubs of such missionary periodicals as the Signs of the Times weekly and the Gospel Sentinel. Let the members pledge the number they will take during the next three or six months. With the expiration of the Present Truth Series of the Signs, it will be necessary to provide new missionary names and addresses to which the new clubs may be mailed. The organization of small missionary bands should be followed up, and they should be asked to report their work at the weekly missionary meetings and the next fourth Sabbath service.