p. 253 | A DIFFICULTY REMOVED by S. N. Haskell

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, April 15, 1880

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 16

A DIFFICULTY REMOVED.

By S. N. Haskell

BY ELD. S. N. HASKELL.

The Publishing Associations have tried from time to time to remove the various hindrances which have stood in the way of our missionary workers. An objection to obtaining subscribers for the Signs of the Times has often arisen upon the ground that it requires a long time for the papers to reach their destination. If it takes one week for the State Secretary to receive the business from the canvasser, through the proper officers, one week for it to reach the Signs Office (the time required from the East), and another week for the paper to reach the subscriber, three weeks, at least, will elapse, and often a longer time, after the subscription is taken, before the paper will be received. Not infrequently this gives rise to complaint and dissatisfaction on the part of the subscriber, which is a source of annoyance, at least, to the canvasser.

We are exceedingly anxious that our ministers, colporters, and brethren and sisters throughout this country and the Canadas, should obtain subscriptions for the Signs; and that the above-mentioned difficulty may be removed, the Publishing Association will send to each State Secretary a club of ten copies, so that they can furnish the paper to subscribers immediately, and continue to do so, weekly, until they can receive a return from the Office. In those Conferences where the individual subscriptions exceed ten copies per week, a larger number will be sent free, if desired.

It is expected that a general effort to obtain subscribers for the Signs, in new fields, will be made by all.