Harvest Ingathering for Missions by A. J. S. B.

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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Harvest Ingathering for Missions

By A. J. S. B.

“Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power, in holy array.” Ps. 110:3, A. R. V.

Special Campaign Week, Nov. 1-6. Full Campaign Period, Nov. 1 to Dec. 31.

Summary of Last Year's Thanksgiving Fund

Revised to October 1

THE publication of the previous summary in the REVIEW of September 23, created a healthy interest in the great missionary effort of last year.

The present summary submitted by our General Conference treasury department shows all returns received up to Oct. 1, 1909. It also rectifies a few errors in the previous summary, due to the failure of one or two conference treasurers to segregate the Thanksgiving remittances from other foreign mission funds sent in, and also to a few credits given to the wrong conferences. These few inaccuracies, however, did not affect the standing of the various union conferences.

The number of copies of the REVIEW sent out last year remaining the same, every remittance now received on last year's fund improves the standing of the conference remitting.

It is encouraging to note that of the sixty-six local conferences reported, only two now show a “balance short.” A small church in the South came to the rescue of its conference by taking up a collection equal to the “balance short.” A few days later a second donation came in from the same territory, for the same purpose, thus placing the conference in the “balance over” column.

In glancing over the list, we note that the New Jersey Conference made a splendid record, considering the number of copies of the REVIEW taken. Each copy of the paper circulated brought in over eleven cents for foreign missions.

A comparative summary of the average amounts raised for foreign missions by each union and local conference, per capita, would make interesting reading. Figured on that basis, the Atlantic and the Northern union conferences stand perhaps the highest in the list.

Another interesting set of comparisons might be drawn out by estimating the amount of returns received by each union and local conference for each copy of the REVIEW circulated.

How much did you assist, dear reader, in the campaign carried on in your union and local conference? and what part are you planning to take in the present Harvest Ingathering campaign for missions? A. J. S. B.