What do you mean ... PLEDGE

Richmond, Virginia: Duplex Envelope Co, 1955. A humorous photo-illustrated booklet published for congregations to pass out to their flocks, encouraging them to pledge donations. Each page has a different smiling, confused, or silly looking baby, skeptical about the idea of pledging to the church. It ends, "All right. Count me in. If I pledge for everything else, I guess I can surely pledge to the Lord's work. How about you? You'll never really know God's blessing until you've tried it". We can imagine families giving a chuckle and emptying their pockets after reading. The Duplex Envelope Co. of Richmond made its mark in publishing with a novel new way for churches to collect donations: in envelopes with two different pockets, allowing parishioners to donate to different missions or causes (hence the name, "Duplex"). It became the largest publisher of church and benevolent envelopes. Single vol. (4" by 3"), pp. [12], photo illustrated.