Forming the Giving Habit by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 1, 1915

Forming the Giving Habit

By Editor

WE have watched with interest the effort being made in the Atlantic Union Conference in raising mission funds. Our brethren throughout the union have been asked to indicate the amount they will give weekly to the cause of missions. Some have subscribed several dollars a week. Very many have indicated their determination to give one dollar a week. Some who have contented themselves with giving fifteen or twenty cents a week have been led to see that with a little more effort they can double or treble this amount. Indeed, this must be done by many in the church if the average per capita throughout the denomination amounts to twenty cents a week, for many are either children with no income, or those in straitened circumstances, who would be unable to average this per capita amount.

So far this movement has met with excellent success in the Atlantic Union, and a great increase in offerings for missions is expected this year. We believe the plan is worthy of the serious consideration of our conferences throughout the field. Giving has come to be, in the lives of many, a habit. They have given so often and so liberally to the cause of God that it has become easy for them to do so. They have formed the habit of giving. This is an excellent habit to form.