Oakland Sabbath-School.
By Editor
THE Oakland Sabbath-school resolved to donate to the Australian Mission its contributions for the quarter just ended. With a commendable missionary spirit in the school, the amount was larger than that given in any other quarter, being $227.25. And all feel richer for having this investment in so good a cause. This school has before donated an organ to the San Francisco Mission, and given to other enterprises connected with the cause. There are no wealthy families in this church, but there are few individuals who do not do something every week. This accounts for the success. The question has been asked if the action of the school was not hasty in making its donation to the Australian Mission; if it would not have been well to consult the officers of the General Sabbath-school Association. We answer: That is just what was done. The president of that Association is a member of this church, and was and is fully in accord with the action of this school. And our State Association is not unmindful of other interests. It is not the intention to concentrate the entire interest of our schools on any one cause. A healthy interest is not a local one. Let our Sabbath-school scholars early learn and realize that "the field is the world."