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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 29, 1902

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 17.

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All Seem Interested

By S. H. Lane

As we meet with our people, we are much pleased to note their hearty sympathy with all phases of the work. Progress and freedom from debt is the keynote which has been struck, and is being sounded loud and clear throughout the land.
At the Lake Union Conference at Chicago and the Northwestern Union Conference at Des Moines, Iowa, when the plan for raising means for the purchasing of the Battle Creek College property for the use of the American Medical Missionary College was introduced, all the delegates responded heartily, and readily volunteered to aid in the work, and to encourage our people in their various fields to do so by gardening and farming for the Lord.
On Wednesday forenoon, April 16, we had the privilege of presenting this matter to the church and the students of Union College, at College View, Neb. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and although but few are farmers, most of those present thought that something might be done. A canvass of the congregation resulted in raising $175 in pledges, $10.50 in cash, and a pledge of the proceeds of one acre of corn and one-half acre of flax. Six young men each pledged the best week's wages during the summer, and six individuals a day's work each, while others pledged the proceeds of garden and fowls. Many of the students determined to use their influence in enlisting the aid of others in this good work when they return to their homes.
We are pleased that there is a move in regard to this matter all over the country. Parents, will you not garden or farm for the Lord this season? Will you not put in from half an acre to five acres of corn, oats, flax, potatoes, beans, cotton, or cane? Will you not give the proceeds of an acre of wheat or hay? Will not the sisters raise some fowls, chickens, ducks, or turkeys, or donate the eggs gathered on certain days? or give some of the proceeds of the dairy or the beehive? Will not some of the children sell the Life Boat, Good Health, or the Signs of the Times, and donate the profits, and thus, while placing some of our publications in the hands of the people, aid a good work financially? Let us all do something definite. Will not all make a long and steady pull? Those who wish to make a cash donation, may send their offering to H. M. Mitchell, Battle Creek, Mich. The King's business demands haste. S. H. LANE.