Washington, D. C by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jul 14, 1904

Washington, D. C.

By Editor

We publish on page 19 another most encouraging list of donations to the $100,000 fund. We are glad to say that a single donation of eight hundred dollars has just been received, but too late to come into this list. It will be reported next week.

We would also in this connection call special attention to the article by Sister White on page 8, in which will be found the following: “Our people are to remember that for the present the work in Washington is to be our first interest. There are many lines of work to be carried forward in different places, but our first interest just now is our work at the capital of our nation. . . . The workers in Washington will advance with steadfast courage just as fast as the Lord’s people furnish them with means.”

Oh, we thank God that the day of debts is past. The whole amount needed can be raised within the next few months. Who will come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty?

We are constantly receiving letters of the deepest interest, burning with the fire of the Holy Spirit, thrilling with the joy that the shining land is just ahead, and the race nearly won. We will quote the following:—

“I can see in this move that the Lord is getting ready to cut the work short in righteousness. The message has been given that there will be delay no longer, and we can see that the Lord means just what he has said. We have come to the time when we must move, or God will move us with fire. We are past the Mosaic period of our existence, and are in the days of Joshua, so to speak, and God will not wait any longer. The pillar of cloud is moving, and Israel is falling into line to make the last grand march. The pillar of cloud will never rest over Israel again, but will keep moving onward until Israel shall enter the goodly land. I have always been willing to help in everything, yet I have never had such a burden for any other enterprise as I have for the work in Washington. My whole heart is in the work. I would be more than glad to give one hundred thousand dollars myself if I could. I can not rest until the work is finished. May the Lord help us all to do all we can to finish the work.”

J. S. WASHBURN.