One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund
By I. H. Evans
For Special Work at Home and Abroad IN unity is the strength of the people. Probably the strongest organization known to man is that of a well-organized army. It matters little how numerous the multitude, they move and act as if they were inspired by one thought and one plan. Whatever the enemy may be, the whole army arranges itself with the one supreme idea of defeating the enemy. This army may be made up of various elements, from the rich and highly educated, to the poor and illiterate. Yet, like a vast array of machinery, moved by one central motive power, this army throws itself against the ranks of the enemy with one united aim and purpose. The unity of God's people is one of the most pleasing things of which we know. When we take into consideration the magnitude of the undertaking to raise $150,000 to assist various institutions, it is indeed interesting to note how the various organizations among Seventh-day Adventists unite their efforts in trying to raise this money. Looking through the REVIEW this week, we find there are fifty-eight organized conferences putting forth earnest efforts to raise this large amount of money. In addition to the organized conferences in this United States of America and Canada, we find there is represented on this list of contributors, foreign fields, including Australia, China, South Africa, Jamaica, Yukon Territory, England, Gold Coast (West Africa), Mexico, Costa Rica, India, South America, Switzerland, Panama, Nicaragua, Trinidad, British Honduras, Norway, and Japan. Not only this, but there are those who conceal their names, and do not wish to have their gifts specified, so that it is plainly to be seen that Seventh-day Adventists of the whole wide world are taking hold and doing something to help raise this money. When we think of this unity by people scattered to every nation under heaven, separated by many thousands of miles of territory, and existing under almost every conceivable condition of hardship and privation, it is truly an encouraging sight to see such a vast array of contributors to this specific fund. Nearly every mail brings us very encouraging omens of unity in the raising of this large sum of money. It will be encouraging to note in this week's REVIEW, that the amount reported is $38,599.09. It will not be many weeks before one third of the $150,000 fund will have been raised. We trust that the coming season will find that every dollar has been paid into the treasury, and that the whole amount has been contributed for this work, so we can press on to other large undertakings. I. H. EVANS. Received on the $150,000 Fund
up to March 26, 1907
Atlantic Union Conference
Central New England Conf. . . . $1,244.41
Chesapeake Conference . . . . . . 134.70
Eastern Pennsylvania Conf. . . . 535.49
Greater New York Conf. . . . . . 400.75
Maine Conference . . . . . . . . 245.18
New Jersey Conference . . . . . 164.45
New York Conference . . . . . 1,018.17
Southern New England Conf. . . 629.61
Vermont Conference . . . . . . . 662.77
Virginia Conference . . . . . . . 207.12
Western Pennsylvania Conf. . . 502.67
West Virginia Conference. . . . 180.67
Western New York Conference . 479.56
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,405.55 Canadian Union Conference
Not specified . . . . . . . . . . $130.41
Maritime Conference . . . . . . 281.43
Quebec Conference . . . . . . . . 6.00
Ontario Conference . . . . . . . . 3.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $420.84 Colorado Conference . . . . . $ 244.94
Iowa Conference . . . . . . . . 1,302.91
Kansas Conference . . . . . . 1,027.27
Missouri Conference . . . . . . 437.80
Nebraska Conference . . . . . 2,024.90
Wyoming Conference . . . . . . 319.87
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,357.69 Washington churches . . . . . $1,110.27 East Michigan Conference . . . $ 670.05
Indiana Conference . . . . . . 2,584.06
North Michigan Conf. . . . . . . 83.30
Northern Illinois Conference . . 920.94
Ohio Conference . . . . . . . 2,605.00
Southern Illinois Conference. . 619.46
West Michigan Conference. . 2,234.87
Wisconsin Conference . . . . 1,338.80
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,056.48 North Pacific Union Conference
Conference not specified . . . $ 305.30
British Columbia Conference . . 10.00
Montana Conference . . . . . . 130.65
Upper Columbia Conference . . 970.50
Western Washington Conf. . . 864.39
Idaho Conference . . . . . . . 245.90
Western Oregon Conference. . 532.07
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,058.81 Northern Union Conference
Alberta Conference . . . . . . $ 65.80
Manitoba Conference . . . . . . 64.00
Saskatchewan Mission Field . . 21.85
Minnesota Conference . . . . 2,502.39
South Dakota Conference . . 1,977.35
North Dakota Conference . . . 757.45
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,388.84 Arizona Conference . . . . . . $ 156.87
California-Nevada Conf. . . . 2,693.26
Southern California Conf. . . 281.94
Utah Conference . . . . . . . . 96.01
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,228.08 Southern Union Conference
South Carolina Conference . . . $ 13.00
Alabama Conference . . . . . . . 5.00
Tennessee River Conference . . 27.15
Florida Conference . . . . . . . 32.95
North Carolina Conference . . . 12.25
Kentucky Conference . . . . . . 15.40
Cumberland Conference . . . . . 12.94
Louisiana Conference . . . . . . 72.95
Mississippi Conference . . . . . 3.00
Georgia Conference . . . . . . . 14.50
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $209.14 Southwestern Union Conference
Arkansas Tract Society . . . . $ 213.14
Oklahoma Conference . . . . . 609.34
Texas Conference . . . . . . . 755.13
Indian Territory . . . . . . . . . 3.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,580.61 Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . $146.20 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . $122.45
China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00
South Africa . . . . . . . . . . 128.16
Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.17
Yukon Territory . . . . . . . . . 10.00
England . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.32
Gold Coast, West Africa . . . . 10.00
Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.48
South America . . . . . . . . . 23.35
Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . 5.81
Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
Trinidad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
British Honduras . . . . . . . . 17.00
Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $636.58 Grand Total . . . . . . . . . . $38,599.09
All remittances should be made to the treasurer of the State conference wherein the remitter resides. If, for any reason this is not possible, then remittance should be made to I. H. Evans, Treasurer, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., and not to the Review and Herald Publishing Association.
I. H. EVANS, Treasurer. ONE of our missionaries in a distant field writes:— In my letter a few days ago, I forgot to mention the matter of a donation to the $150,000 fund. Please put me down for $12.50, and charge to my account with the Japan Mission. We could use every dollar of this here, but I want to do something for the South. Thus the good work of pushing forward the raising of the fund for the various institutions to be benefited by the $150,000 fund is going forward. There is probably not a mission worker in foreign fields who will not have contributed something to this fund before it closes.