Famine Fund by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 16, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 16.

Famine Fund

By Editor

Famine Fund.—We have received the following receipt from the China Union Mission, sent by the treasurer, W. E. Gillis:

"Received of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, of California, 18 pounds, 9 shillings, and 8 pence, on account of famine fund."

Dr. Selmon, the first assistant superintendent, writes: "We are using every care possible in the expenditure of this fund, aiming not only to save life temporarily, but to make the funds accomplish something permanent. During the revolution, the region about Pakhoi, where Brother Bach is located, was devastated, and many of the believers lost everything they had in the world. Some barely escaped with their lives. All clothing was stripped from their bodies." He also tells us that we will be glad to learn that "this fund has helped many in the Hankow district also. Fearful famine conditions prevail in parts of the province of Hunan. And one hundred dollars in gold is used in relief work in the section south of Chang-Sha. Several hundred dollars of the famine fund was used to buy grain that is now stored in Ying Shang, and will be used in helping the needy this spring." He closes by "wishing God's richest blessing to all the kind-hearted givers of this fund."