p. 128 | The Appeal by R. F. Cottrell

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 20, 1876

FromThe Review and Herald, Review and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 16.

The Appeal.

By R. F. Cottrell

I HAVE received and carefully read the recent Appeal from our General Conference Committee. I have read it for myself, and not for others; for though I have but little of worldly wealth, the poor are in danger of being covetous, and, from not trusting in God, they fail of sacrificing the time and strength in the cause of God which faith in God and the thrilling truth for our time demands. I hope the Appeal will have the right effect. I believe it will. I feel the assurance that the wants of the cause will be supplied; that our missionaries and publications will be sustained. I want a part in the work; and I have an earnest desire that our people may be aroused and begin to live according to our faith. And now, as the “Appeal” and other documents have been sent out free all over the field, with an invitation for donations to pay the expense of printing and postage, the surplus of receipts to go into the General Conference treasury, here is an opportunity to begin the needed reform. If we have a sincere desire to see our missions to Europe and other places sustained and prosperous, we shall not only refund the $1,400 to the treasury, but swell that treasury in a manner commensurate to the demands of the times and the importance of the work in which we are engaged. God-fearing men have the handling of the means raised—judicious men, whose hearts are in the work. It is God’s cause; it is the last warning of a merciful and long-suffering God to sinful men. Then let our works accord with our faith, and let the work move forward in a way to compel the faith and obedience of every earnest and honest seeker after the truth. R. F. COTTRELL.