p. 6 | Encouraging Notes of Progress

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 20, 1906

Encouraging Notes of Progress

ELDER R. A. UNDERWOOD, president of the Northern Union Conference, writes as follows:—

You will be glad to know how we are making the $150,000 fund go. As reported to me, it is going well. South Dakota has already received in pledges considerable more than enough to make her quota. But she proposes to raise considerable more. This is in pledges, and may not all be collected for six months. Minnesota has three or four sets of men out among the churches. The reports show that all are taking hold of the work with courage and success. The most of the churches visited have raised in cash or pledges more than a quota; some, however, came below. We got the young men out and have loaded them up, and they are doing well. North Dakota has pledged about one thousand dollars, and hopes to increase it at the conference.

Elder A. G. Haughey writes:—

I know you will be interested to hear of the progress of the work in raising the $150,000, but at this writing I am not prepared to state any definite sum for West Michigan, only would say that all our ministers are busily engaged in this work. So far, I do not know of a church that did not hold a Thanksgiving day service. Many of the churches made liberal donations. Our treasurer is not in this morning, and I can not give definite data. I know of one church that donated $182, another $35, another, a small company, that gave $25, and still another $162, and so on. We feel we have just made a beginning. We plan to continue this work right along. We want to do our part. I believe there is a blessing in it for us. Since the organization of the West Michigan Conference, we have given nearly all the time of our ministers to the building up of new companies, and our churches need the attention of our ministers, so we have planned to give the churches the benefit of our ministerial help during the entire winter, and will work on the $150,000 fund until spring if it becomes necessary.