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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Sep 25, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 39.

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By E. M. Graham

N. Z. TOWN - - - - - General Secretary W. W. EASTMAN - - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary

A Missionary Rally

AN excellent suggestion has been made in connection with the Harvest Ingathering service to be held October 4. It is that Sabbath and Sunday, October 4, 5, be made two missionary rally days, during which special consideration shall be given to plans for making the Harvest Ingathering a success, and for starting the Christmas campaign for home workers' books.
A suggestive program is being sent out by the General Conference on the Harvest Ingathering campaign. This should be used Sabbath forenoon. Sabbath afternoon the program given in the REVIEW for the fourth Sabbath in September could be taken up in churches that held it over on account of the quarterly meeting. At the close of the program a call should be made for the names of those who feel impressed to take up this work, and the Home Workers' Books leaflets distributed. These can be obtained from the tract societies.
In churches where the fourth Sabbath service was taken up on its regular date, the afternoon of the rally Sabbath, October 4, might well be devoted to a study of the Harvest Ingathering REVIEW. Have several persons selected to take part, and let them talk—not read—such mission stories from the paper as "A Korean's Experience," page 12; "What One Korean Tract Did," page 13; "Won by a Godly Life," page 13; "Government Inspector's Report" (this might be read on account of the figures it contains), page 15; "Out of the Depths Have I Cried," page 18; "The Hindu's Gift," page 19; "Is Not My Word Like a Hammer?" page 24. The program could close with the reading of "A Word From the Mission Treasury," page 3, followed by an outline plan of campaign, and an appeal for all to take part this year. Papers should be given to all at either the morning or the afternoon service, with instruction leaflets. Necessary committees and leaders should be appointed.Sunday morning could be devoted to preparation for service, the first hour to
a drill on the handling of the home workers' books, giving special study to getting into the homes, forms of introduction, and the best points for interesting persons in the books.
The second hour could be devoted to a study of how to present the Missions REVIEW. A supply of canvases should be on hand, and a simple form of introduction learned.
Sunday evening the program should open with special prayer for the Missions campaign. We must have funds for our missionary work, the warning must go on. Therefore we must work and pray until they come. This could be followed by a short study on our responsibility to help those about us; a concert study of the little canvass for the Missions REVIEW; experiences from those who were successful last year in regard to what they found the best methods of work; giving out of territory and final plans for the Harvest Ingathering campaign.
We believe that if this plan of having a good missionary rally on these two days is followed, it will start off the Harvest Ingathering work with good impetus, and that it will help the campaign with the home workers' books. There is not much time to plan for it, but if every church elder will act promptly, every church can have a good missionary rally. E. M. GRAHAM.