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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Dec 29, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 52.

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Spreading the Message

By S. H. LANE

S. H. LANE
The ordained method of carrying the gospel to the world is by the living messenger, whom our Saviour commissions to preach the good news of salvation to all nations. All should become messengers, and in our work we should employ every lawful means to aid us in the dissemination of the truth.
All can not stand in the pulpit and proclaim the truth publicly, but nearly all can dispose of our reading-matter. We have reached the period of the year when the evenings are long, and people have leisure time in which to read; and as we are living in a reading age, people will read, and we should improve every opportunity to spread our good literature.
We should not depend on any one season of the year to sell our books, but should press their sale at all times; yet, should any one period be more favorable than another, we should be on the alert to take advantage of the circumstance, and press the sale of our books with a commendable zeal. Our books are not especially designed as holiday books, but they sell just as well for that purpose as other attractive books. The books, “Steps to Christ,” “Christ our Saviour,” “Mount of Blessing,” “Paradise Home,” “Glorious Appearing,” “Best Stories,” and “Little Folk’s Bible Nature” are excellent ones, and should be in the hands of the people. They sell readily. If these books have not been sold in your neighborhood, take one or more of them, and begin to sell them. The presentation editions of “Steps to Christ,” “Paradise Home,” and “Best Stories,” are attractive books, and sell almost at sight.
Write to your State agent or tract society about the matter, and obtain some suggestions as to how to begin the work, if you do not already know. Select your own book, and become fully familiar with the subject of which it treats, so you may explain the nature of the book intelligently and eloquently. We are in hopes that before the close of the winter thousands upon thousands of our books may be placed in the hands of the people. Who will aid in this good work?