Progress of the Work

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 1, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 25.

Progress of the Work.

THE subscription book department reports sales of books, made by canvassers, for the quarter ending June 30, 1886, as follows:—

April, May, June.

The “Great Controversy,”……………… 411, 530, 705

“Thoughts on Daniel and Revelation,” 165, 207, 256

“Marvel of Nations,”……………… 312, 414, 536

The Healdsburg College students, who entered the field as canvassers the latter part of April, are meeting with fair success for persons who had no previous experience in the canvassing work.

When the “Great Controversy” was first published, it was not expected that it would be circulated outside of our own people; but it was soon evident that there was a demand for such a work, and, by the advice of the President of the International Tract Society, a popular edition was issued. Agents are making good sales with this book; some agents are taking from twenty to thirty-five orders per day. Nearly twenty thousand copies have been sold. Who can estimate the amount of good that our canvassers and colporters have been enabled to accomplish by placing the illustrated “Great Controversy” in the hands of the reading public? The full results of their work will only be seen in the kingdom of Heaven.