2 NORTIIERN
LNTON
and others with them, came forward,
giving their hearts anew to God to
he faithful to Him. There were thrag
additions to the church and another
expects =oon to he baptized and unite
with them. Five subscriptions were
taken for the “Reaper”. Truly it was
a good meeting,
A. IL. Miller.
STATEMENT OF SIXTY-CENT-A-
WEEK FUND
at 313.20 per Member for Five Months
Ending May 31, 1921
Member-
Name of Church shin Receive o hor
Albia Co. » 27.73 5
Algona... 26 113, zl 237.5%)
Atalissa 11 116.492
Atlantic ..... 20 159.9%
Audubon 0 0 S196
Beaman Co.
Birmingham = 3d
Bonaparte Co.
Boone BS 1 1473.75
Braddyville ... 11 153.99
Burlington Hs 544.15
Carroll ee 23 257.92
Castana 9 92.10
Cedar Falls . 19 51.05
Cedar Rapids 31 BREE
Centerville Co.
Charles City 33 02.065
Cherokee Co.
Clinton ee 10 N20
*Coon Rapids 2
Council Blutfs ~1 620.05
Cresco - .— 23 208.22
Creston L228 232.61
Croton 9 114.049
Darbyvville 25 300.50
Davenport 73 607.4940
Davis City 22 167.53
Decorah .... 10 7.03
Denison 20) 211.22
Dex Moines 1461 1216.52
Dex Moines
Swedish. 32 GND A35.58
Dubuque 32 311.21 111.19
East xira . 54 109.12 GO2.6%
Eddyville - 22 133.56 156.54
Ell Horn oo. 36 D51.00 424.20
Exira LTT 319.64 695.76
Iixline een 23 26.12 2TT.R
Fairfield ——. 20 299.1
Farmington i} 52.20 66.060
Fontanelle ... 24 2.00 314.50
*Forest City 18 245.32
Ft. Dodge ... 32 ER1.18 241.22
Ft. Madison ... 24 191.44 125.36
Glenwood 25 92.70 231.50
Grinnell 23 175.07 125.53
Hampton 17 3.23 221.17
Harlan 14 71.55 110.45
Hawarden 8 31.17 ERE]
Hawkeye 0 33 178.71 322.89
Horton Co. 20.15
Humboldt 21 214.56 (52.64
Iowa City = 3 27.85 11.75
Jacksonville . 27 83.97 272.43
Keokuk on 35 130.510) 331.20
Knoxville ... 37 83TH 104.62
Ladopra «wo. oo 6 39.08 40.12
Lake City .... 26 117.07 226.13
I. sing I Fi 28.36 169. 64
Literty Center 24 64.13 2532.67
Libertyville 11 15.30 129.90
REAPLR
Marshalltown 31 5372.40 100.50
Maxon City 35 362.04 49.96
“Missouri Co. SOLES
Module 0 46 3.4.62 1.4.58
Monroe ... ... by 27.52 TR08
Mt. Etna. 24 27.78 oy
Mt. Pleasant 55 177.48
Muscatine ... dl 2249.08
Nevada 19D 1688.1 88.10
Newell ........ 19 ~3.05 167.72
Qaklana 13 16.00 155.60
Olin Co.. . 15.75
Onawa 19 111.3 135.57
(O=ceola 46 2A0.83 367.37
Oskaloosa 14 ERE 110.66
Oxford DMiils b 10.00 42.50
Ottumwa ee 54) 376.03 283.07
Parkershure 12 T3492 3.48
Pilot Mound h) 21.30 44.70
Red Oak 13 63.10 10K.50
Riceville ...... 20 121.65 142.42
Ringsted Co. 0.47
Russell 19 250.50
tuthven TH 2TH Tas
Sundyville 12 H.02 132.058
Sharpsburg 22 125.28 162.12
Shellzhurz 13 1.51 1649.74
Sidney 17 30.07 10.3.3
Sigourney 14 SLi 100.314
Sioux City... 1210) S31.) T5220
Sioux Rapids 2x jOS.~Y 200.71
sSniithland 35 B36NT4 na.2a
Spencer 30 fix 0N 327.02
Spivit Lake 17 (4,15 155.25
Stuart I= 25.00 150.60
Terri 1h g1.81 TT
Uriina 12 N1.05 T6445
Ute 555) IEEE T1082
Villawe Creek 15 2u.45 16
Wallingford . 4 31.61 ~
Waterloo _. 205 111.44 }
Waukon 0 29 163.82
West Union 26 207.37
Wilton 1 4.15
Winterset ... 23 127.14
“Woodburn 13 171.x%
Yale Co, 4 LIN 2.61
Conference
Church 163 A80HTN [~47.22
Isplated Be-
lievers 91-50
Total veceipts
from Jan. 1 to
May 31, 1921 316,644.71
Quota to May
31, 1921 341,171.00
Short May 31, 1v21 32.1,526.29
The Towa Statement
At the time the hooks had to be
closed for May only fifty-three out of
nearly a hundred church treasurers’
reports had been received, and that
together with the two special offerings
for specific lines of work taken during
the month of Mav, ix no doubt re-
sponsible, to quite an extent at least,
for the amount of both tithe
and mission funds received. 1 would
like to request the church treasurers
LEdin to in their reports recu-
small
sand
larly each month and as promptly as
paszible the first of the week follow.
ing the last Sabbath in the month. 1
know that most of our church trea-
surers are busy people, but the Lord's
work ix =urely as important as our
ow, Is it not? Especially ave the
fronds needed regularly and promptly
at the present time.
The tithe for the month of May was
$3,945.35, just a little more than half
what it was for the same month last
vear, and making the shortage, com-
pared with the tithe income for the
first five months of last veur,
317,753.00, or just about one-third less
than the receipts for the same period
last year. This great reduction in the
tithe income could not come without
affecting our work considerably, buat
we sincerely hope and pray that fin-
ancizd conditions will soon improve.
[t has been said, and there iz somo
truth in it, that prosperity harder
tor a Christian than adversity, and
it must be that the Lord has allowed
this to come about in owler that Hi
people nijent nearer to
Him. He iz surely testing His people
to see who will be faithful to Him in
tithes and offerings, and we appeal 10
heen drawn
those who lave back tithe on prop-
any other to ar-
It now if at all possible.
erty, or tor reazon,
rine toopay
ax it 1s needed =o much,
The
realty
Jess
mizzinn funds for May were
very small, $1,630.14, a litte
than one-fifth of our monthly
quota; increasing our shortage for the
month of May by #266035.76, and mak-
224.0526.290 for the frst five
menths of the year. This means that
we have only given an average of a
little over 24 cents per week per
member inzsteud of 60 cents per week.
Now T am not discouraged at all nor
pessimistic in reporting these figures
to vou, and T do not want vou to feel
that way, for the Lord's work eannot
fail even though some of us as His
chitidren may fail of doing our part.
And if we do, it is because we depend
too much upon our own strength in-
stead of upon Him, our all powerful
Captain whe has never lest a battle
But T have always believed that our
people =hould be kept as closely in
touch with the wark and its progress
as possible, for it is only as we all
feel that it ix our work, aud we are
a part of it, that we take the greatest
interest in it amd do our best. We
can almost begin to =ee the fulfilment
now of the admonition given =o long
aco, “The work which the church has
failed to do in time of peace and
prosperity, she will have to do in a
terrible erisis, under most discourapg-
ing, forbidding circumstances,” =o ve
ing it