TAKES A SENSIBLE VIEW OF IT
By W. W. Locke
“Dear Brother: Your letter, with inclosures, received, and contents noted. Replying, I will say that I have not yet taken action in regard to the matter of giving to meet the large and numerous calls for money.” “The little that I can do in this direction will make but a small difference, and can hardly be known in the final result of meeting the enormous debt that has been allowed to accumulate, and thus embarrass our schools and other institutions. Your letter was not a surprise to me. I had known of, and thought much about, the situation. At first I could but think that there had been bad management somewhere; but I could not scold as I did not know how to begin, and I am glad I do not know, and hope I never shall know. I do believe that Sister White has given a true and correct statement of the situation, and all we have to do is to put our shoulder to the load, and lift for all we are worth.” “I am an old man, seventy-nine years of age, badly crippled, and without means, or at least with very little. Have been a Seventh-day Adventist about thirty years, am a member of the North Creek church; but am so far away that I do not meet with the church often. I had purposed to do something to aid in this time of need. As you have kindly furnished a self-directed envelope, I return it with two dollars inclosed, which please apply on the fifty-thousand-dollar collection for material to get out the book, ‘Christ’s Object Lessons,’ unless you know where it will do more good. I have not seen a copy of the book; but I intend to send for one soon.” “Although I am alone here, not knowing of another of like precious faith within twenty-five miles, yet I try to keep in touch with the main work. I have the REVIEW, the Signs, and the Indicator, and nearly all our late works. As the way opens before me, I do home missionary work, mostly by correspondence and circulating reading-matter.” “I believe God will show His chosen people a way out of the difficulty in which they are involved. I can not think that the Lord has permitted His people to come into this strait without some well-defined purpose; and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God. It may be difficult for us to see where the good comes in, but we shall know hereafter. I can wait.” “Trusting that I shall learn, and be ready to do all that is required of me in my isolated home in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains of the State of New York, I am sincerely waiting for the coming King.
W. W. LOCKE.”