THE RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS.
By P. T. Magan
A few weeks ago, Elder Irwin, in an article which appeared in this paper, stated that a fund was needed to pay for the making of the plates and for the paper and binding material of the new book “Christ’s Parables and Object Lessons,” the proceeds of which are to go to help our schools everywhere out of their debts. And now we formally open the relief column, and call upon all good men and women to help us “roll back the reproach which has come upon our schools all over the land.” We want those whom God has blessed with money to lend a helping hand and make substantial gifts for this purpose. We therefore ask for gifts of fifty dollars and upward. Week by week we shall print in the REVIEW AND HERALD the list of those donating to this fund. Those who can not give fifty dollars or more can help by buying the book, but in the meantime let the wealthier ones come up to the help of the Lord, and roll back this reproach. This is the busiest and best movement which has come to our ranks for many a long day. We know that God is in it, because he has inaugurated it himself at the mouth of his servant. When the debts of the schools have been lifted, the debts of all our other institutions can also be lifted. Very soon the tide of popular feeling in the world will turn against us. Seventh-day Adventists will then be called before the legislatures and courts of justice, and keen and critical questions will be put to us as we stand there. These questions will be vital in their nature. The financial standing and the financial transactions of all our institutions and enterprises will be thoroughly, searchingly, and sweepingly inquired into. So when God calls for his people to free the schools from debt, he is simply calling on all the people everywhere to arise and get his cause in the earth ready for investigation by the powers of the earth; for God is determined that when that investigation is made, there shall be the finest, cleanest, noblest, and best financial records laid before the world that have ever been seen since those of Daniel. So, then, come along brethren of means, one and all, and give to this fund, that we may get out Sister White’s book, and pay off every farthing that is owed by our schools. Send your contributions to A. G. Adams, care of Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich. The money will be fairly divided among all the schools according to the number of books which they sell. The following persons have already pledged or paid the amounts set opposite their names:— W. O. Palmer ........................................ $1,000 00
G. A. Irwin .......................................... 100 00
Russell Hart ......................................... 100 00
Frederick Griggs ..................................... 50 00
H. W. Cottrell ........................................ 50 00
J. N. Loughborough .................................... 50 00
J. L. Locke ........................................... 20 00 P. T. MAGAN, In behalf of the Committee.