The Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund by Arthur G. Daniells

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 29, 1906

The Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund

By Arthur G. Daniells

For Special Work at Home and Abroad

Voices From the Conferences

It is very gratifying indeed to note the response that is being made on the part of conference officers and others, to the suggestion to devote Thanksgiving day to a strong effort for the raising of the $150,000 fund, and to continue this effort steadily until the entire amount is raised. Attention was called to this suggestion in a recent number of the REVIEW, and the plan is being heartily indorsed by the presidents of the various conferences, as is indicated by the following encouraging expressions.

Elder A. G. Haughey, president of the West Michigan Conference, writes regarding this plan as follows:—

I think the plan is ideal and workable, and I will at once enter upon its execution. At our late council at Cedar Lake we divided the conference into districts, giving to each laborer from three to six churches, so that we are in good shape for executing the plan. It will be possible for each one to visit as many as three churches on Thanksgiving day. With this arrangement we can reach nearly all our churches in one day, and thus give assistance and encouragement in giving to this fund.

Elder Morris Lukens, president of the Chesapeake Conference, writes thus regarding this plan:—

I will write a letter to the churches, and will do all I can in our conference to keep the ball rolling until it is all raised.

The president of the North Pacific Union Conference, Elder W. B. White, writes encouragingly regarding this plan, as follows:—

I have counseled with Elder Langdon, president of Upper Columbia Conference, and we have decided to take hold of the plan with all our might. He will write to all his churches and laborers to-morrow, and I will get into connection with the conference presidents in this union at once; will also put articles in the Gleaner, and do all we can to make it a success. We like the idea. It is all right, and North Pacific will be in line.

Elder R. D. Hottel, president of the Virginia Conference, writes:—

We are planning to work the matter up in our conference so as to start the ball rolling Thanksgiving day. We believe our people will take hold and make a good donation toward this fund.

Elder S. G. Huntington, president of the Utah Conference, has the following to say regarding this plan:—

It is a move in the right direction, and I am heartily in favor of it. Every sober-minded believer among us must concede that our work has reached that point in its development where it is either to prove itself true or false within a very short time. That it is a spurious message that we are giving, none of us are willing to admit. To those who have carefully studied its progress it offers the most convincing evidence of its genuineness and sure triumph. With this confidence and assurance in the message, why should we not undertake, and accomplish too, great things for God in the short time that still remains to us? It is the only consistent and logical thing to do. Hence I shall most heartily co-operate with you in this plan, and do all I can in this conference to reach the desired end.

Elder H. M. Stewart, president of the Missouri Conference, indorses this plan in the following words:—

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I will place the matter before all our churches at once, and will urge them to arrange for as liberal a donation as they can possibly make. If all will adopt the plan of giving from five to ten or fifteen cents a day—and many of our people can give twenty-five cents a day—for thirty days, the entire fund could be easily raised in thirty days. Missouri will do what she can. I think the plan feasible and reasonable. If all our people realized where we are in the history of this message, the entire amount could be raised at once.

Elder C. McReynolds, president of the Wisconsin Conference, writes favorably of this plan, in the following words:—

I am sure there is light in this plan. Our churches seem very much pleased with the plan, and will take hold of it. We are explaining to our people that the plan will include a Thanksgiving offering and a Christmas offering, with a daily offering intervening. We have provided for some one to visit every church in the conference during the present month. Thus by personal contact, as well as through our conference paper and by letters, we expect to make a mighty effort to raise the amount.

These are certainly encouraging words from our conference presidents from one end of this country to the other, and they lead us to believe that our people will be encouraged in their desire to assist the enterprises to which this fund is to be devoted. Great possibilities for the accomplishment of much good in the cause of God are involved in this plan. If these are only fully realized, we know that our people everywhere would take hold of the plan heartily, and the entire amount would soon be raised. Then let us take a right view of these possibilities, and do our whole duty in view of what is involved. A. G. DANIELLS.