Increasing the Offerings
By Mission Board
The plan of gathering the offerings for missions weekly was presented to a large Western church a few weeks ago. The elder writes us of the success of the plan, which has been taken hold of very encouragingly. The first Sabbath after the envelopes were distributed, eighty-four of them were handed in, containing $16.47. The next Sabbath one hundred and sixty-nine were returned, with $30.30 enclosed. He says: “The church is taking hold of the matter quite enthusiastically. By this means nearly $47 was contributed on these two Sabbaths, to the foreign mission work, by this church, the greater part of which, had not the plan been adopted, I presume would not have been received.” This is another evidence of what may be accomplished if this work is taken hold of faithfully. It means a larger increase in our offerings, much of the money coming in from those who perhaps would otherwise not have their attention called to it. As new fields are entered, and our work is enlarged, all must have a part in it; and there is no better plan by which all may share in pressing the work into new fields, than by remembering it weekly in gifts and in our prayers.