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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 17, 1907

One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund

By Arthur G. Daniells

For Special Work at Home and Abroad

The Closing of the Fund

IN last week's REVIEW regarding the $150,000 fund I raised the question as to why we should not have this whole fund raised before Jan. 1, 1908.

For the sake of the enterprises which are to receive this money it should be raised without delay. The most of them need the sums apportioned to them very much. They are very important enterprises, and are greatly needed where they are located to advance the interest of the cause.

Our brethren who are placed in charge of them are carrying heavy responsibilities, and would be terribly perplexed to know what to do for means were it not for the promise of help from this fund. They have made all their financial arrangements with the expectation of getting this help, and are thus depending upon it. They are watching the growth of the fund with deep interest as it is reported in the REVIEW from week to week.

Now the question is, Shall we all take hold and finish the raising of this fund at once, and not let it run into next year? There is not a question but that it can be done. It can be done easily without hardship to any union or local conference, to any church, or to any individual. Then why not do it? If every member who can contribute toward this fund, and who intends to do so, will think for a moment of how much more these enterprises need the whole amount they are to receive than any member needs the fraction he is to contribute to it, he will surely decide to do his part at once.

As pointed out in last week's article, it has been less than a year since the raising of this magnificent sum for our worthy and needy enterprises was launched. We have received nearly two thirds at the General Conference Office. About one half of the remainder has been provided for in pledges which are now being paid. The last twenty-five thousand is distributed among such a large number of conferences, churches, and individuals that it can easily be raised before this year closes.

One union conference has less than a thousand dollars to raise, and will do this before December 31. Another has only five thousand to obtain to finish its quota. The president and vice-president are making an earnest effort to secure the last dollar of this amount before the middle of November. I believe they will succeed. The Lake Union had the largest total amount to raise of any union This conference has already sent in considerably more than half its quota, and has all the rest promised by the brethren and sisters in the conference. These pledges are now being collected, and the money is coming in.

Why should not every union and local conference set its stakes to finish its part of this fund before the new year dawns upon us? The officers would like to do so, but they depend on the help and co-operation of the churches. Then let every elder, deacon, clerk, and treasurer join in a supreme effort to close this fund before December 31. And let all the people join us. Brethren, the remainder of this fund can all be raised before this year closes. What can be done should be done. Then let us say, “What should be done will be done by the grace of God.” A. G. DANIELLS.