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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 29, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 40, No. 20.

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H. F. PHELPS

By H. F. Phelps

people. And now have we not a thank-offering to present? At least, have we not made up our minds to pay up our Systematic Benevolence? There is about one thousand dollars due the Conference from the different churches in this Conference. Now it is the small sums that make up this larger one. And we do most earnestly hope, and we would urge and beseech you, dear brethren, to pay your vows unto the Lord.
Now, we do not expect that God's cause will suffer if you do not pay one cent of this sum. But you will certainly suffer a very great loss, both here and in the world to come. For as the word of the Lord is sure, so sure his curse will follow those who profess to follow in this Heaven-ordained plan, and yet fail of coming up to the work. Now, shall next Conference find us with a clean record? It is possible. Or shall this terrible blot stand, with all its discouraging influence, upon your Conference records? One quarter of the year is passed and the debt is increasing. Three-quarters are yet in the future, during which time we may clear the account. Shall it be done?
It is but justice to our brethren of the Danish church to say that they never fail of keeping a clear account. Let us imitate their example in this respect, and try, by working, to get nearer to the Lord.

H. F. PHELPS

Pine Island, Minn.