The Offering for July 4
By I. H. Evans
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for an offering to be taken Sabbath, July 4, for the work in Australia. It needs no argument to convince any one who is at all familiar with the work in this important field that the laborers there are in great need. They have started various enterprises and institutions, all of which require more or less ready money. Droughts, hard times, and a small constituency limit their possibilities in raising money in that field; yet, perhaps, but few fields have ever been blessed with a people who have made greater sacrifices for the cause than our brethren in Australia have done. Ten thousand dollars is called for by the Australasian Union Conference for their work the coming year. The General Conference Committee has voted that all of the July donation be consecrated to the work in that field. In order that we may have a liberal contribution on this occasion, we must lay our plans at once to secure the amount that each of us shall give. The world will spend millions on this very Sabbath for pleasure and selfish gratification. Eating, drinking, gambling, dancing, and racing will be the program for the day. How fitting it is that God's people hold their means sacred, and at the very hour of these public amusements, with prayer and the song of praise ascending from their humble places of worship, seal their devotions with their thank offerings! God loves a cheerful giver. Not only the large donations of the rich, but also the willing sacrifices of the poor, are acceptable to him. Read carefully the articles in the REVIEW AND HERALD as they appear each week concerning the work in Australia, and give as God inclines your heart. May we not have a liberal donation, Sabbath, July 4, for this needy field?