The Sabbath Offering for the Haskell Home
By Arthur G. Daniells
WHAT is known among us as the Haskell Home Sabbath offering is to be taken Sabbath, October 3. This is the regular fall offering that has for several years been taken in all our churches in behalf of this institution. The object of this offering and the plans for taking it are too well understood to require any explanation. The object of this note is to speak of the present needs of the Home. I am informed by those who have been appointed to the management of its affairs, that for some time they have been sorely pressed for means to meet current expenses. As the winter approaches, extra means for fuel and repairs will be called for. In view of this, it is earnestly desired by those who have to meet the bills, that the October offering shall be large, and that the gifts shall be sent in promptly. The devoted workers, as well as the orphans of the Haskell Home, need the sympathy and co-operation of our people. The Home is full of unfortunate children who have no other place to live. They must be fed, housed, clothed, and educated. This requires devoted, sympathetic ministry on the part of men and women who are free to devote their lives to such work, and it also requires means from the rank and file of our people. Those who have immediate charge of the Home are working hard in caring for the children. Sabbath, October 3, will afford an opportunity for our people throughout the States to do their part in making a liberal offering of means. While the gift of means is needful, and will be highly appreciated, there is another very substantial way of assisting in this line of work, and that is to open the childless homes among our people to the homeless children being taken care of at the Haskell Home. There are hundreds of families among us that could each take at least one child into their homes; and at the same time the children would bring sunshine into these homes. This we know, both by personal experience and by extended observation. While a public institution may serve well as a home for homeless children, a more natural and helpful arrangement is for families who can do so, to take these children and care for them as they would for their own offspring. This not only distributes the burden of financial responsibility, but gives the children better advantages than they can secure in a public institution. The Haskell Home is now full of children who need immediate financial help. The winter is approaching. The object of the October offering is to provide this help. As the Lord has blessed us with good crops, high prices, and general prosperity, let us share these blessings with the less fortunate of the Haskell Home.