The Harvest Ingathering Campaign by H. D. Middleton

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 1, 1914

The Harvest Ingathering Campaign

By H. D. Middleton

We read nowadays many reports of success in the Harvest Ingathering campaign. As a people we should not expect otherwise; that is, if we truly believe that this campaign is as much a live branch of the Lord's work as any other.

Here at Lacombe, Alberta, in the far northwest of Canada, I am pleased to report that over thirty members of our church enlisted for active service in the 1913 campaign. Our mark was set for $150, and this is how the Lord helped us to reach the higher standard of $160.

Five of our members visited the town of Red Deer, and gathered the sum of $29.40 in five hours. Lacombe was the next place of action, and in the short space of three hours there was deposited the sum of $56.20 in the treasury of our King. This was certainly encouraging to all who participated. The next step was to present the people of Ponoka and

Wetaskiwin with the message-filled papers and solicit their cooperation. In the former place the Lord blessed the effort with the sum of $16, and $31 was received at the latter place. The two sisters who worked in these places averaged 47 cents a copy for each paper handed out, and felt repaid for the trip. One of our sisters has collected the sum of $57, and averaged 80 cents a copy for every paper distributed. Others are working in different ways, and we believe that before 1914 is ushered in, the substantial sum of $200 will be raised.

Truly God is leading his people in this work, and wherever they will unite in effort to advance the cause, his blessing always follows.

H. D. MIDDLETON.