p. 88 | The Dime Tabernacle by James White

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 5, 1878

The Dime Tabernacle.

By James White

We are glad to learn from Bro. H. W. Kellogg that the foundation of the Dime Tabernacle is being laid, and by Elder Smith that already more than one thousand dollars has been received. All the real friends of the cause should come to the camp-meetings with their donations ready. The receipts for the Tabernacle in the last REVIEW AND HERALD Supplement look very encouraging. We expect to see ten thousand dollars receipted in the next.

The Tabernacle should be completed so as to be dedicated as early as December 7 and 8. In order for this, ready means are wanted to purchase material and to hire laborers to advantage and hasten the work. Our wealthy brethren and sisters should each make a liberal donation besides the dime a month, or $1.20 a year. We include the members of our family as follows:—

James White, $1.20; Ellen G. White, $1.20; Mary S. Chase, $1.20; Addie Walling, $1.20; May Walling, $1.20; James White, $100; Ellen G. White, $100.

Let none labor under sufferings of mind through fear that too much will be raised for the Dime Tabernacle. The friends of the cause may rest assured that the Tabernacle will be built and furnished respectably and in the most economical manner possible. And should more be raised than is needed, the surplus will be put into the treasury of our Foreign Missions. So let the dimes, the dollars, the fives, the tens, the twenties, the fifties, and the hundreds come in at the earliest date possible. A full report will be given by the General Conference Committee when the work shall be completed.

JAMES WHITE.