The Acre Fund — A Pleasant Surprise
We were made happy this morning to learn that some are thinking of the needs of this department of the great cause of the Master. We received a visit from one of the employees of the Sanitarium Food Company, of Battle Creek, Mich., who brought donations for himself and several of his associates in the factory, amounting to over nine dollars, and declared that this was only the beginning. They have long been thinking how they could help along the Acre Fund; as they are closely confined to their work inside, they have no time to cultivate a piece of land for this needy branch, so decided to lay by a little from time to time, and later turn it in to this office. It comes at a good time; for the treasury is about exhausted, and the crops of those pledging for the Acre Fund have not matured as yet; so it was especially thoughtful in these dear friends to aid us now. Are there not others who would feel it a privilege to send in a donation this summer? A few of our people who, by the earnest solicitation of those then in charge of the work, placed their money in the College at a time when it was greatly needed to keep the work moving, now need it to sustain them in their age. We greatly desire to respond to their request for a portion or all of what they have invested in the old College plant, as in some cases it is only fulfilling an agreement made in the name of the Lord, whose cause this is. May the Lord abundantly bless his servants who are planning to help those in official position to discharge the obligations resting upon his cause. Address W. H. Edwards, secretary, Training-school Association, care Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.