Washington, D. C by J. S. Washburn

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 15, 1904

Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

We are very thankful to see the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund growing so encouragingly. The total amount, as will be seen by reference to page 21, is now $34,816.02.

There is one very interesting feature of this work to which I would call the attention of every one who is interested, and this is that there are quite a number of friends who are not Seventh-day Adventists who are helping. We know it to be real missionary work to bring this matter before them. In this way they will become interested in the great message of present truth as they never would have been had this opportunity to give not been presented to them. It is a great mistake to think that because there are no members of the church living in our vicinity, we can do nothing with the subscription lists. Please read the following letter:—

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLO., July 21.

DEAR BRETHREN: I received your authority for securing gifts for the Washington fund. On the eighteenth of this month I went to town, and as I am the only Adventist living here, I thought I would not receive a cent, but I worked a little while, and received three dollars, and a promise from other men that the next time I came down, they would give me some money for this purpose; so to-morrow I will go again. We live four miles from our little town. . . . Hoping this will meet with your approbation, I am as ever,

Your sister in the blessed hope.

The following letter was written by a brother in Amsterdam, Mo.:—

DEAR BROTHER: Your subscription paper has been here about thirty days. I have taken it to all the business men in our little town, banker and all. They all gave me something. God gave me a great blessing in my undertaking, and my prayer is that he will move upon hearts to give of their means to finish the work, and go home, where we can rest. May God bless you, dear brethren at the head of the work, is my prayer.

The following letter is quite remarkable:—

Enclosed find money order for five dollars for the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund, and I will try to pay one dollar a month until it is raised. I am a Methodist minister's wife, and this is by self-denial. May the Lord bless and prosper you is my prayer.

If every member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church would do what this Methodist lady is doing, the amount needed would be raised within two months at least. But we are satisfied that, as many are not making any donations at all, there must be some large donations to complete the amount. Will you not, dear reader, respond to this appeal, which comes to you, not for any human organization, but for the closing up of the work of Him who, although the riches of the universe were in his hands, became so poor that he had not where to lay his head, while seeking to save the lost?

The following words from the testimony written June 4, are certainly very direct and forcible:—

I know that the people of God desire to act their part nobly in advancing his work in the world. God extends his favor to us daily, and we are to regard it as a privilege to show that we are in harmony with the work now being done at the capital of our nation. We have no time to lose. The bounty that God daily bestows upon us makes a direct and forcible appeal to us to respond to the goodness and love of God by placing all that we have and are upon the altar of sacrifice.

J. S. WASHBURN.