The Washington (D. C.) Meeting House
By S. H. Lane
It is indeed gratifying that so many have donated toward the purchasing of a church house in Washington. It can not be considered wise to ask, through the columns of the Review, our people to donate to pay for houses of worship or to aid in their erection in all our cities, as these houses should be built by the membership in the cities. If the membership in the town or city is not able financially to build, it should be a pleasure to the people in the State or province to aid, providing the membership and interest in the city will warrant the outlay The District of Columbia, in which is situated the city of Washington, is national territory, and therefore all the people of the nation are interested in the affairs of the district and city. At all periods of the year, and especially during the sessions of Congress, the city contains representatives from all the nations of the world, as well as from our own country. These representatives, as well as the people who live in Washington, should have the opportunity to attend worship in some house in which they can hear the message for this time proclaimed, that they may become interested in it, and also become instrumental in proclaiming it in their fields as they return to their own land. Our brethren in Washington have purchased a suitable house of worship, and Elder Washburn has faithfully laid before18the readers of the Review the fact, that the house cost the sum of $12,900. To raise the means with which to pay for it the brethren and sisters in Washington and friends in the general field have donated liberally, and at the last report $10,000 had been paid on the debt, besides the interest. Surely all who have donated have done nobly. Will those who have not donated do so immediately, so the remaining debt on the house can be fully liquidated? Send to the treasurer of the General Conference, Battle Creek, Mich., or to your State tract society. Let us do so, and finish the matter, and thus present a memorial house, situated in the capital city of one of the mightiest nations in the world, to the cause of God, which will result in spreading the truth to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.