THE SIGNS AND SUNSHINE CANVASS by G. I. B.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, December 2, 1884

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 61, No. 48

THE SIGNS AND SUNSHINE CANVASS.

By G. I. B.

The attention of our people is being extensively called to the plans laid at the General Conference to increase the circulation of the Signs of the Times by connecting it with the popular work, “Sunshine at Home.” Our leading brethren at the Conference felt that the time had come to make a special effort to spread the light of truth more rapidly than ever before.

The Signs of the Times is our pioneer paper, and it contains truths that the people need at the present epoch. Strong efforts have been made in the past to circulate it extensively, and with excellent results. Its subscription list has greatly increased, till many tens of thousands have become familiar with it. But there is no halt in this work till the consummation is reached. Our efforts every year will be more and more extensive to spread the truth and light of the third angel’s message. The difficulty in the past has been that it has cost so much to send out the agent to canvass for short-termed subscriptions. Great good has been done by the methods already tried, and we would not discourage any effort to accomplish so important an object; but it was thought some plan could be devised to save this expense to our people, while more good might result.

“Sunshine at Home” has proved to be a book easily sold, and many thousand copies have been disposed of the present year. The publishers of the REVIEW AND HERALD have been willing to give the pecuniary profits which might be derived from the sale of this book, largely to accomplish the object of circulating the truth by means of the Signs of the Times. This book sold easily and rapidly at $1.50 wherever it was introduced. The proposed plan is to furnish the book at the same price, with a three months’ subscription to the Signs of the Times thrown in, the profits to go to the canvassers to sustain them in their noble work of introducing the truth throughout the country.

We expect to see many thousand copies sold, and subscriptions for the Signs obtained by this means in the near future. The holidays are just upon us, and an excellent time to avail ourselves of the desire to obtain suitable presents, and thus circulate the truth.

May God bless the workers in this Signs and “Sunshine” canvass. G. I. B.