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Object of the Harvest Ingathering

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 14, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 41.

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Object of the Harvest Ingathering

By I. H. Evans

The plan and real object of this Harvest Ingathering is not alone the distribution of a large number of the special REVIEW, containing an outline of the missionary operations carried on by our people, but also the ingathering of a large donation for the support of foreign mission work.
Last year many orders for the REVIEW were received which did not bring direct financial returns to the treasury of the Mission Board. We are not criticizing any one in this matter, for we believe every one did the best he knew. It is not an easy matter to go out and solicit funds for missionary operations carried on by a people whose doctrines are so peculiar as some that we hold; however, we believe there are many honest, conscientious people who will be glad to make an offering to the foreign mission work carried on by our denomination.
The endeavor made last year was the first in the history of our denomination in behalf of soliciting funds from those not of this faith for the purpose of carrying forward the mission work. A large sum of money was received last year. We believe, however, that with a clearly defined policy the funds can be greatly increased over what was received last year. The copies of the REVIEW that are distributed, but for which there are no receipts, do not help the mission treasury. They may do good in disseminating knowledge concerning the work carried on by our people, but we must not lose sight of the specific object of this Harvest Ingathering; namely, the gathering of funds.
The special number of the REVIEW has not been written with the view of interesting people not of our faith in the doctrines of this denomination. The object of this number is to give to the world a knowledge of the missionary enterprises that are being carried forward by this church, and to enlist financial aid and sympathy in the support of these missionary endeavors.
The churches when ordering the special number of the REVIEW should not be governed by the number they feel they will be able to give away, but should carefully plan their work so the largest possible returns to the Mission Board will be realized. There ought to be not less than one hundred thousand dollars gathered into the treasury for mission work from this Harvest Ingathering. In ordering the REVIEW, the general plan and object of the missionary campaign should be kept in view, so there will not be a large expense incurred without at least an earnest effort to bring funds to the mission treasury. We earnestly hope our churches everywhere will do their best in making this week of ingathering the most successful in the history of our work. I. H. EVANS.