The King's Business Requires Haste by J. S. Washburn

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 12, 1907

The King's Business Requires Haste

By J. S. Washburn

THERE are times when we are to stand still and patiently wait to see the salvation of the Lord; there are other times when we should hasten with every power to fulfil his will and do some special work for him. It would be a great blessing to our people if they would finish up the $150,000 fund before the first of January, 1908. We have passed the $110,000 mark, and over two thirds of it has been paid in actual cash, and a very large part of the $40,000 yet to be raised is pledged.

In the Southern Union Conference at least the amount apportioned by the General Conference has been covered by pledges. Now if those who have made pledges are able and willing to pay them within a few days, and a few more liberal cash donations are made, the whole amount will be in the hands of the union conference treasurers by the first of January, 1908. If the presidents and treasurers of the conferences make an effort to have the pledges paid quickly, and if each officer through whose hands they pass hastens the work, we know that it can be done, and a large overflow besides. Let those who have made pledges see that the money is put at once into the hands of the church treasurer; the church treasurer should forward that amount to the conference treasurer without waiting a day; the conference treasurer should send forward what is in his hands, without a day's delay, to the union conference treasurer; and the union conference treasurer should forward it immediately to the General Conference treasurer. Let all hasten. J. S. WASHBURN.