Earlier text: Separation and Self-Surrender the Key to Abraham’s LifeSelling Books in Mexico
By G. W. Reaser
Our canvassers have had splendid success during the past few months, as the following statement of books delivered will show. The sales are represented in United States currency:— Canvassers’ Report| No. workers |
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|---|
| 4 |
Sept. |
1908 |
$183.50 |
| 4 |
Oct. |
1908 |
$192.50 |
| 4 |
Nov. |
1908 |
$53.50 |
| 4 |
Dec. |
1908 |
$225.30 |
| 3 |
Jan. |
1909 |
$257.90 |
| 2 |
Feb. |
1909 |
$216.87 |
| 5 |
Mar. |
1909 |
$100.00 |
| 5 |
Apr. |
1909 |
$135.00 |
| 4 |
May |
1909 |
$308.22 |
| 4 |
June |
1909 |
$407.82 |
Total ............................ $2,079.64 Better than figures which show the amount of books sold, is the fact that many are manifesting a keen interest in our work. On receiving the book for which he had subscribed, one intelligent Mexican said to one of our canvassers, “You are distributing your propaganda; what are you going to do to follow up this work?” Thus they are expecting that we will send the living messenger to organize our work in different localities, and so intelligently follow up our “propaganda” of literature. But where is the money to support the workers to fill these calls? One man connected with a large printing plant expresses a desire to join us in our work. Two priests want to connect with us, and several of the people of one city urged our canvassers to have a Bible worker sent. They stated that they had been reading our paper for several years, and in order to become established in what they believe to be truth, they want a Bible worker to come and study with them. The calls are coming to us from many sources. This is the opportune time to give the Lord’s last message to Mexico. Workers are available, but we have scarcely sufficient funds to support our present force of laborers. There is no conference in the home field which can not easily use all of its funds at home, but that policy will never give this message to all the world. There must be some equitable division with the great needy fields in the regions beyond. _Religious Liberty Work in Kansas and Missouri_
By J. S. WIGHTMAN
IN the early part of June, Prosecuting Attorney Coon, of Jasper County, Missouri, promised a general law-enforcement crusade, including the enforcement of Sunday laws. After hearing of the matter, upon invitation, the writer, accompanied by Mrs. Wightman, came into the district and began a general religious liberty crusade at Galena, Kan., and the Joplin district, opening at Joplin, Tuesday, July 13. A summary of this work is as follows: Nine days’ time in all was put in, covering Joplin, Carthage, Cartersville, Webb City, and Galena, Kan. All open-air meetings were attended in the aggregate by between three thousand and thirty-five hundred people. The interest shown was remarkable. Great street17 audiences listened as quietly and respectfully as in a church. The weather was ideal, though exceedingly warm. Indoor audiences would have been out of the question. Mrs. Wightman addressed the people on "Object of Civil Government," and "The Danger That Threatens Our Republic." Sixth Street, in Joplin, was crowded full around the float from which the speaker addressed the people. Newspapers took particular notice of the work, ten articles in all appearing, reaching an aggregate of one hundred seventy thousand readers. Nine lectures were given altogether, the last, closing the effort, in a religious liberty convention held in our Joplin church, Sunday night, the eighteenth inst. One thousand special July Signs were ordered for the effort, and twenty-five thousand pages of religious liberty leaflets. Altogether the effort was most satisfactory. Joplin and Carthage churches rendered strong financial aid. BROTHER L. J. BURGESS sends the following note, taken from a letter written him by B. A. Kurtz, of Naini Tal, in the Himalayas:— “We opened a day-school here last week, with seven pupils; but we have now sixteen on our list, and are expecting more. They range from six to eighteen years. All are studying both Hindi and English. Sister Samuels teaches the Hindi, and I the English. They all seem very anxious to learn, and it is quite a pleasure to teach them. We have our study from 7:30 to 10 A. M., but every morning they are nearly all here by 6:30. This shows that they mean business. Twelve of our pupils were at Sabbath-school yesterday, and said they would come again. In all, there were twenty-six at the Sabbath-school.” “We are having our classes under the trees. This does very well for the present, but I do not know what we shall do when the rains begin. I should be very sorry to have to close the school during the rains; but as there is no house empty in the village which we might rent for this purpose, I suppose that will be the only thing to do. “Last week a man and his wife came from Haldwani, about twenty-five miles distant, to study the message. We now have six in our Bible class.” CANTON.—To-day I had the privilege of baptizing four precious souls in the river near Canton. About forty persons, including the teachers and some of the students of the schools, took a large boat, and went down the river about one mile, to a quiet place. We sang familiar hymns on our way down. After the boat anchored, I spoke for a short time on the meaning and importance of baptism; then all went on shore. While the brethren and sisters sang, “There is a fountain filled with blood,” the candidates—three Chinese women and one young Chinese man—followed their Lord in baptism. One of the women, Mrs. Liu, is the mother of the three girls baptized by Elder Anderson two years ago. (One daughter is now near Los Angeles.) Mrs. Liu’s aunt was also baptized. These two women and the young man were never members of any church. The other woman is from Kongmoon, and was formerly a member of the Church of England mission. All but one of these persons have been keeping the Sabbath for about two years. One young man who should have been baptized at this time is away in the country, canvassing, but we expect to have another baptism soon. We are having a wonderful revival among the students in our boys’ school. I wish you could hear their prayers and testimonies. The Spirit of the Lord is also working in the girls’ school. On Sabbath afternoons at three o’clock they have a Bible study or social meeting. At its close they may be seen sitting in groups in their rooms, some singing, while others are talking together about the Sabbath question, nature of man, or other Bible doctrines. Two persons were baptized recently at North Creek, N. Y. THREE persons were baptized at Elmira, N. Y., on a recent Sabbath. ON Wednesday, June 23, two persons were baptized at Middletown, Conn. FOUR young men were baptized at Ellendale, N. D., on a recent Sunday. BROTHER J. F. PIPER reports the baptism of five persons at Hagerstown, Md., on June 12. AT Arcata, Cal., three persons have recently taken their stand for the truth as the result of Bible readings. AS the result of a series of tent-meetings at Lindsay, Cal., five persons were baptized. Several accepted the truth at this place besides those who were baptized. ON June 13, six persons were baptized at Saginaw, Mich., and nine new members were added to the church at that place. Two or three others are expecting to be baptized later. AT the close of a series of meetings at Pleasant Valley, Mich., on Sunday, June 27, three persons had decided to obey the truth, and one other is expected to take his stand soon. A CHURCH of sixteen members was organized at Smithsburg, Md., on May 8. Others are keeping the Sabbath, and are expected to unite soon. On Sunday, June 13, nine persons were baptized. BROTHER B. F. STUREMAN, reporting from Michigan, says: “Sabbath, June 5, it was my privilege to take two into the church at Flint, subject to baptism, which was administered the following day.” BROTHER W. R. MATTHEWS sends in the following report: “July 4 I baptized five young people, four of whom united with the church at Maplegrove, Mich., and one at Cedar Lake. July 17 I baptized two, who joined the church at Albion.” A LETTER recently received from Brother L. H. Proctor says: “We have now moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., and held our first service in the tent last night, with a good congregation present. The Sunday before leaving Newburgh, N. Y., I baptized seven persons.” THIS report comes from Brother George L. Budd, of Minnesota: “The work at Bruno is not yet finished, as several others are contemplating baptism in the near future. I had the privilege of burying nineteen dear souls in the watery grave just before leaving for camp-meeting.” A CHURCH of eight members, six of whom were recently baptized, was organized at Quitman, La., as a result of work begun a year ago by Brother A. B. Cheek, a canvasser sixty years old, and followed up with tent-meetings by Brother E. L. Maxwell. There are others who are keeping the Sabbath, and who will unite later. AT the close of a sermon by Elder H. A. Aufdehaur on Sunday, June 27, at Klink, Colo., nine came forward and signed the covenant. Five desired baptism, and, in harmony with the commission, were buried in the watery grave. At the evening service four others took their stand for the truth, thus making thirteen in all. These were organized into a company. THE following inquiry has just been received from a pastor of a large church in Michigan: “A little book, entitled The New Testament Primer, by J. E. White, recently came under my observation. Is it still in print? and what is the price and bindings? While it may not be written for a class book, I may recommend it to the superintendent of our primary department of the Bible School in our city for her first-year scholars. We do not like the International system for small children. If I mistake not, you represent the Adventist Church. This, however, would not make any difference, providing the book teaches the truth. We have a large school—about six hundred fifty enrolled. If we adopt the ‘New Testament Primer,’ we shall need a large number of copies. Give us your best prices, and oblige.” “IN 60 hours I sold 1,608 copies of Life and Health,” writes Miss Lynne Rainwater, one of our agents in the South, “an average of a little over 25 copies an hour. This includes residence work, which takes much longer than the business sections. One lady bought ten copies, and helped me to sell another one. Sometimes people will see the magazines on the train and ask the privilege of buying. One man said: ‘May I buy a magazine? I see a man in the other car examining one so closely that I want to see what it is.’ Once, while the train stopped, I sold seven copies in less than three minutes. And these are only a few of my experiences. I love the work, and am thankful to have a part in it. Please send 200 copies to—, 100 to—, and 50 to—. I expect to sell at least 1,000 copies of the August number, and perhaps more. Enclosed please find post-office money-order for $38.30.” Preparations for Church-Schools
By F. G.
IN a few weeks it will be time for our schools to begin a new year, and adequate provisions should now be made for the same. Many new schools should be opened this coming fall. Now is the time for the collection of sufficient funds to conduct a school successfully throughout the year. The teacher should be employed at once, if he has not already18 been engaged. The schoolroom should be put in readiness, and provision be made for the industrial features of the school. If charts or maps or books of reference are needed, they should be obtained. In fact, everything necessary to the conduct of a successful school should be attended to at this time. Our children should have given them the very best in educational lines. While we may not have as commodious schoolrooms and all the excellent facilities of many public schools of to-day, yet we can have cheery, well-ventilated, properly lighted rooms, comfortable seats, and everything necessary to efficient school work. Christian education should be all that its name implies,—the very best; and as professed Christians, we are responsible to secure it to our children. F. G. Christian Education
By Frederick Griggs
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference FREDERICK GRIGGS - - - - Secretary Some Changes Among Our Teachers
AT this season of the year there are always a large number of changes in our faculties, but the number is unusually large this year, owing to the calls made by the General Conference for our teachers to fill positions in other lands. The following are some of the changes that have been made:— B. F. Machlan, principal of South Lancaster (Mass.) Academy, goes to Cooranbong, Australia, as principal of the Avondale School for Christian Workers. C. W. Irwin, who for eight years has been principal of the school at Cooranbong, Australia, is to connect with the educational interests of the California Conference. C. S. Longacre, Bible teacher in South Lancaster Academy, has been chosen as principal of the academy, in the place of B. F. Machlan. C. L. Stone has been chosen principal of Bethel (Wis.) Academy. Professor Stone is just completing a course at the Valparaiso (Ind.) University. A. W. Spaulding, who has been principal of Bethel Academy, is to connect with educational interests in North Carolina. Prof. and Mrs. F. O. Rathburn have been transferred from the Adelphian Academy, Holly, Mich., to Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich. Elder E. W. Farnsworth, president of the Atlantic Union Conference, is to serve in the Foreign Mission Seminary at Washington as instructor in Bible. M. E. Olsen, who has been editor of the Good Health, London, England, is to act as instructor in English in the Foreign Mission Seminary. M. M. Hare, principal of the Stuart (Iowa) Industrial Academy, has been chosen educational superintendent of the Iowa Conference; and H. B. Allen, of Berrien Springs, Mich., is to be the principal of the Stuart school. C. B. Hughes, principal of the West Indian Training School, is chosen principal of Keene (Tex.) Academy. W. J. Blake, of the Oakwood Manual Training School, is to connect with the Williamsdale (Nova Scotia) Academy as its principal; and E. E. Gardner, who has been principal of the Williamsdale School, is to connect with South Lancaster Academy. R. G. Ryan, who has been principal of the Shenandoah Valley School, Newmarket, Va., is to connect with the Claremont Union College, South Africa. Our Children
By Ellen G. White
ALTOGETHER too little attention has been given our children and youth. The older members of the church have not looked upon them with tenderness and sympathy, desiring that they might be once advanced in the divine life, and the children have therefore failed to develop in the Christian life as they should have done. Some church-members who have loved and feared God in the past are allowing their business to be all-absorbing, and are hiding their light under a bushel. They have forgotten to serve God, and are making their business the grave of their religion. Shall the youth be left to drift hither and thither, to become discouraged, and to fall into temptations that are everywhere lurking to catch their unwary feet? The work that lies nearest to our church-members is to become interested in our youth, with kindness, patience, and tenderness giving them line upon line, precept upon precept. O, where are the fathers and mothers in Israel? There ought to be a large number who, as stewards of the grace of Christ, would feel not merely a casual interest, but a special interest in the young. There ought to be many whose hearts are touched by the pitiable situation in which our youth are placed, who realize that Satan is working by every conceivable device to draw them into his net. God requires the church to arouse from its lethargy, and see what manner of service is demanded in this time of peril.—Mrs. E. G. White. Correspondence Study
By W. E. Howell
Who Should Pursue It; Some of Its Methods
THERE are no people who have so emphatic a need of education as have believers in the third angel's message. This is not because they are so unlearned, but because a mighty work is laid upon them,—a work that makes requisition upon every fragment of time and every trace of talent in the believer. God holds the leaders of this work responsible for searching out every hidden or latent talent and assisting its possessor to put it to the exchangers; and he expects every man to whom he has delivered his goods, whether it be ten talents or five or one, to go and trade with the same. Our young people who have gone out to trade with their talents in the book field and in our resident schools the past few years, have realized a remarkable increase both in means and in ability. God accepts the usury which they bring. But there remain many who can not go out, who are detained at home by sick or dependent or unbelieving parents, by the care of orphan brothers or sisters, by their employment, by lack of means, or by providential circumstances of some kind. These must trade with their talents at home. To all such let it be said, The Correspondence School brings the opportunity to your very door. For a pittance you can obtain power,—power to think, power to will, power to serve. You can begin at the bottom if you need to. You can aim as high as you ought to. You can climb as fast as you want to. Read again the article, “The Correspondence School,” in last week's REVIEW (July 29). Examine carefully the list of studies outlined there. Look at that first line of English, Applied Grammar, and reflect whether or not your use of the mother tongue needs purging and toning up. With our enlightened methods, grammar is not the dry study it once was. The use of good English is one of the very first requisites to your wider usefulness. Look also at the second subject in English, the Foundations of Rhetoric, which starts you in good writing, presupposing a fair working knowledge of grammar in its wider sense. Do you feel the need of learning to calculate rapidly and correctly the interest on your father's or neighbor's note? or to know for yourself the exact amount of lumber you are paying for? or to keep the accounts for your uncle's business? Take our course in simplified, practical arithmetic and in elementary bookkeeping. Then you can not afford to be without a more accurate and systematic knowledge of our great doctrines of present truth. We offer a beginning course in this study. The lessons in physiology and hygiene will be of an untechnical and exceedingly useful character. Preserve your health for higher service. According to the Scriptures the United States is playing and will continue to play a very important rôle in the fulfilment of prophecy. No one should fail to acquaint himself with the leading facts and principles involved in the birth and development of our nation. Take United States History. The Method of Instruction
by correspondence will be very simple. We prepare the outline for your lesson in printed form, making assignments for study in your text-book and requirements for work outside of it, asking questions for you to answer, and offering suggestions to help you in preparing the lesson. Space is left on these lesson sheets for you to write your answers and fill in requirements on the same sheet. When ready you mail it to us, together with any points you can not understand and any questions you wish to ask. Your paper is carefully corrected, your difficulties explained, helpful observations made, and your paper returned to you promptly. Meanwhile you are preparing your next lesson. We wish you to work conscientiously on the basis of completing at least one lesson a week, and as much more as your time will permit you to do thoroughly. Forty lessons will complete a subject. You are taking The First Correspondence Lesson
by the reading of this article and complying with its requests. The lesson topic is, Make a Beginning. Special theme: Only Make a Beginning. Conclusion: Only Make a Beginning Now. Read this article repeatedly. Ponder it well. Pray over it fervently. Your text on this first lesson will be a written one. Write to the principal of the Correspondence School or to your State young people's or educational secretary, and ask for a registration blank. Fill it out carefully, enclose five dollars with it, mail it to the Correspondence School, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., and you will become a charter member of the school for the first half of your first course of study. If you wish to prepay the whole tuition for one course of forty lessons, enclose $9.50. Should you not have the five dollars in hand when you register, send in the registration blank at once, and the money a little later. When the money arrives, you will be enrolled as a full member. Start out with simple, straightforward business principles. The first essential to success is to form a definite purpose. The second is to be prompt in entering upon it. The third is to persevere until you fulfil it. Make these three P's—Purpose, Promptness, and Perseverance—your watchword. The compensation will be power—power to serve. But whatever you do, do it now. Watch the REVIEW next week. The Church-School Board
By F. G.
THE school board has an important work to perform. The responsibility for the success or failure of the school rests to quite an extent with it. The members of the board should be God-fearing, devoted men and women. They should take a broad view of Christian education, recognizing the importance and proper balance of the physical, mental, and spiritual development of the pupils. They should discharge well the responsibility which rests upon them of making provision for proper and adequate facilities for the conduct of the school. The school board should be of tender sympathies, deeply concerned with all that pertains to the welfare of each individual pupil, and no less solicitous regarding the work of the teacher. They should be so broad-minded that they will be enabled to deal wisely with the difficulties, small and large, which arises in the school; and they should co-operate most heartily with the teacher in his arduous undertakings. F. G. Educational Campaign Literature
By F. G.
THE recent educational council held in connection with the General Conference, made provision for bringing out a series of leaflets to be used in setting before our people the importance of Christian education. These leaflets are to be of proper size to be placed in envelopes, and are for general and large circulation. A large number of these can be used at camp-meetings and general gatherings, as well as in churches. Six or seven of these leaflets have been prepared, and are now being printed. We hope, in the course of two or three weeks, to be able definitely to announce the prices and titles of the same. We trust that they will be secured in large quantities by our conferences. F. G. Canvassers’ Summary for June, 1909
| Canadian Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Ontario |
6 |
158 |
67 |
$467.00 |
$473.85 |
| Quebec |
1 |
214 |
64 |
150.50 |
173.00 |
| Maritime |
9 |
489 |
311 |
64.65 |
742.45 |
| Totals |
16 |
861 |
442 |
682.15 |
1,389.30 |
| Atlantic Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Central New England |
5 |
214 |
125 |
$1,215.55 |
$795.25 |
| Southern New England |
9 |
560 |
186 |
320.85 |
481.15 |
| Maine |
7 |
692 |
224 |
759.40 |
833.15 |
| Vermont |
10 |
1,082 |
230 |
624.05 |
813.55 |
| Greater New York |
5 |
111 |
25 |
279.75 |
84.25 |
| Western New York |
16 |
1,785 |
475 |
1,017.50 |
1,779.30 |
| New York |
13 |
908 |
228 |
1,000.25 |
687.70 |
| Totals |
65 |
5,352 |
1,493 |
5,217.35 |
5,474.35 |
| Columbia Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Ohio |
29 |
3,229 |
1,917 |
$1,240.50 |
$2,719.10 |
| East Pennsylvania |
14 |
1,570 |
595 |
398.20 |
1,414.60 |
| Chesapeake |
18 |
1,388 |
536 |
2,005.60 |
1,301.30 |
| New Jersey |
13 |
1,274 |
373 |
2,078.60 |
1,061.70 |
| West Virginia |
11 |
909 |
301 |
243.50 |
1,008.40 |
| West Pennsylvania |
6 |
699 |
278 |
182.65 |
691.20 |
| Virginia |
7 |
389 |
87 |
859.50 |
256.05 |
| Totals |
98 |
9,458 |
2,287 |
7,008.85 |
8,452.35 |
| Lake Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Indiana |
21 |
1,709 |
496 |
$635.05 |
$1,146.20 |
| East Michigan |
15 |
1,196 |
573 |
630.45 |
1,007.60 |
| Northern Illinois |
9 |
1,208 |
566 |
873.95 |
1,144.70 |
| North Michigan |
23 |
2,620 |
610 |
258.05 |
1,401.85 |
| West Michigan |
9 |
621 |
223 |
49.55 |
472.80 |
| Wisconsin |
19 |
1,631 |
425 |
1,163.15 |
1,440.15 |
| Southern Illinois |
14 |
2,075 |
373 |
375.45 |
1,983.60 |
| Totals |
110 |
11,060 |
3,266 |
3,985.65 |
8,596.90 |
| Southern Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Alabama |
16 |
1,304 |
731 |
$822.28 |
$1,649.40 |
| Louisiana |
16 |
1,455 |
610 |
807.85 |
1,145.90 |
| Mississippi |
10 |
1,230 |
438 |
764.10 |
1,038.30 |
| Kentucky |
10 |
1,360 |
525 |
1,063.15 |
822.45 |
| Tennessee River |
9 |
872 |
296 |
676.15 |
567.70 |
| Totals |
61 |
6,221 |
2,600 |
4,133.53 |
5,220.75 |
| Southeastern Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Cumberland |
24 |
2,342 |
854 |
$1,526.00 |
$1,398.40 |
| Georgia |
10 |
1,327 |
505 |
771.50 |
1,388.95 |
| North Carolina |
13 |
1,303 |
363 |
721.00 |
820.05 |
| South Carolina |
8 |
484 |
339 |
1,444.50 |
560.35 |
| Florida |
6 |
414 |
71 |
.... |
163.50 |
| Totals |
61 |
5,870 |
2,132 |
4,463.00 |
4,331.25 |
| Southwestern Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Texas |
50 |
6,744 |
3,174 |
$1,516.80 |
$10,248.45 |
| Oklahoma |
29 |
3,312 |
1,720 |
2,109.60 |
5,852.55 |
| Arkansas |
21 |
3,093 |
1,400 |
1,946.80 |
4,208.50 |
| West Texas |
5 |
651 |
352 |
319.40 |
1,144.80 |
| New Mexico |
8 |
333 |
270 |
34.50 |
570.05 |
| Totals |
113 |
14,133 |
6,916 |
5,927.10 |
22,024.35 |
| Central Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| North Missouri |
15 |
1,259 |
258 |
$1,902.85 |
$809.50 |
| South Missouri |
28 |
1,529 |
601 |
..... |
1,847.83 |
| Kansas |
21 |
1,315 |
296 |
6825.07 |
1,418.20 |
| West Colorado |
7 |
612 |
160 |
886.50 |
611.30 |
| East Colorado |
7 |
484 |
150 |
..... |
504.85 |
| Nebraska |
25 |
1,662 |
606 |
1,787.70 |
3,105.15 |
| Wyoming |
7 |
609 |
240 |
856.75 |
947.35 |
| Totals |
103 |
6,986 |
2,161 |
12,258.87 |
9,244.18 |
| Northern Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| South Dakota |
28 |
3,636 |
932 |
$1,343.10 |
$3,109.00 |
| North Dakota |
18 |
2,286 |
934 |
956.75 |
2,908.00 |
| Minnesota |
25 |
3,032 |
800 |
2,049.90 |
2,598.20 |
| Iowa |
25 |
3,128 |
765 |
1,092.50 |
2,500.00 |
| Totals |
96 |
12,072 |
3,431 |
5,442.25 |
11,117.20 |
| Western Canadian Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Alberta |
10 |
1,350 |
658 |
$863.00 |
$1,989.40 |
| British Columbia |
3 |
138 |
37 |
873.85 |
166.65 |
| Manitoba |
5 |
747 |
325 |
854.35 |
1,177.40 |
| Saskatchewan |
7 |
1,060 |
484 |
803.95 |
1,560.65 |
| Totals |
25 |
3,295 |
1,504 |
3,395.15 |
4,894.10 |
| North Pacific Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Western Washington |
22 |
1,565 |
787 |
$2,493.55 |
$2,696.84 |
| Western Oregon |
18 |
1,322 |
526 |
2,130.70 |
1,560.85 |
| Upper Columbia |
20 |
1,998 |
946 |
1,620.00 |
3,179.09 |
| Montana |
15 |
1,416 |
641 |
998.15 |
2,115.05 |
| South Idaho |
5 |
503 |
118 |
723.25 |
431.15 |
| Alaska |
2 |
94 |
23 |
..... |
113.25 |
| Totals |
82 |
6,898 |
3,041 |
7,965.65 |
10,096.23 |
| Pacific Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| Arizona |
.. |
.... |
.... |
$245.00 |
$8.75 |
| California-Nevada |
26 |
1,627 |
1,063 |
2,024.80 |
2,568.15 |
| Southern California |
20 |
1,278 |
548 |
1,770.45 |
1,747.50 |
| Utah |
.. |
.... |
.... |
370.20 |
..... |
| Totals |
46 |
2,905 |
1,611 |
4,410.45 |
4,324.40 |
| German Union Conference |
AGENTS |
HOURS |
ORDERS |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| German Union Conference |
333 |
.... |
.... |
$6,202.55 |
$7,801.66 |
| Russian Union Conference |
.. |
.... |
.... |
..... |
795.98 |
| Scandinavian Union Conference |
103 |
11,667 |
9,390 |
..... |
6,749.96 |
| Finland Mission |
19 |
1,979 |
1,008 |
1,109.83 |
719.31 |
| Australasian Union Conference |
64 |
4,536 |
1,616 |
5,543.36 |
5,678.17 |
| Latin Union Conference |
8 |
1,252 |
4,214 |
540.95 |
156.10 |
| Mexican Mission |
8 |
571 |
445 |
117.72 |
550.10 |
| Natal-Transvaal |
4 |
.... |
178 |
..... |
653.33 |
| British Union Conference |
99 |
7,045 |
2,257 |
3,642.76 |
6,142.37 |
| Summary |
1908 VALUE |
1909 VALUE |
|---|
| North American union conferences |
$64,890.00 |
$95,165.36 |
| Foreign union conferences and mission fields |
17,988.67 |
29,246.98 |
| Grand Totals |
$82,878.67 |
$124,412.34 |
|
1905 |
1906 |
1907 |
1908 |
1909 |
|---|
| January |
$14,000.00 |
$21,000.00 |
$26,325.50 |
$25,929.06 |
$40,677.05 |
| February |
10,000.00 |
15,000.00 |
26,309.61 |
30,466.40 |
48,748.21 |
| March |
12,000.00 |
18,000.00 |
36,253.65 |
36,390.09 |
52,703.55 |
| April |
10,000.00 |
24,000.00 |
35,276.76 |
43,858.29 |
55,109.54 |
| May |
24,000.00 |
37,000.00 |
51,097.51 |
67,445.44 |
82,971.94 |
| June |
31,000.00 |
46,000.00 |
65,317.23 |
82,878.67 |
124,412.34 |
Notes of Progress
By Editor
FROM the beginning of this year, our record every month has kept well above the record for 1908, as will be seen from the comparative summary. This summary for the month of June reaches the high-water mark for 1909. Last year July was made a five weeks’ month, and showed the highest record for that year. Such a fine, well-balanced report as the one from the Northern Union Conference makes us wish we might have a summary like this each month in the year. We rejoice to see the summary from Mexico gradually creeping up a little higher every month. The canvassers there are now averaging a value in sales equal per hour to our agents in the United States. Two or three unions show a decline in their totals as compared with last year, but a careful comparison of the work by conferences shows a better balanced, and more normal condition, and a better foundation upon which to build for next year. We should not let these very large reports during the summer months from our union conferences in the United States eclipse the reports which come in steadily all the year, with little variation, from Germany, Scandinavia, England, and Australasia. The Portland Branch of the Pacific Press reports sales for the month of June, 1909, amounting to $6,621.99, as compared with $3,009.50 for the month of June last year, an increase of considerably over one hundred per cent. For the six months ending June 30, 1909, their sales were $14,765.79, a gain of $6,484.67 over the corresponding period last year.20 One of our young lady agents in Missouri tells how she secured a yearly subscription for the Protestant Magazine from an Episcopalian minister. She says: “We boarded the same train, and by his dress I judged him to be a Catholic priest. Nevertheless I felt that I ought to show him the magazine. So I passed it to him, and asked him to look it over. After looking at each article carefully he turned and asked me to take his card for a subscription, handing it to me with thirty-five cents, to pay for the subscription [25 cents] and the single copy he examined. He then told me that he was an Episcopalian minister.” This is a grand record for the South-western Union Conference, isn’t it? This result did not come from chance, or from remarkably fine conditions. At the very beginning of the year, the leaders put forth strenuous efforts for a large corps of permanent canvassers. Those who have studied the summaries monthly have observed that the field work was well built up before the schools closed. Then when the students added their strength to the strong work already in the field, the magnificent result shown in the summary was attained. This is a great demonstration of what may be done if all will work earnestly for permanent workers twelve months in the year, and then what records we might make when upward of five hundred students swell the ranks during the summer months. As we study the report of the three hundred thirty-three canvassers in the German and Russian union conferences, and realize that their total sales for the month amount to only twenty-five dollars an agent, what a contrast appears between the patient, hard work of this little army in Europe compared with the easier field and better success of our agents in America. If our agents in America would manifest that perseverance and devotion to the work twelve months in the year, and regardless of external conditions, that we see in some of these other lands, we would make far greater strides in our canvassing work. We should not fail to recognize, however, that our canvassing force in the United States is manifesting more sterling qualities every year. They put in better time, are more economical, sell more books, and work more perseveringly. We notice from all parts of the field an increasing determination to persevere regardless of the weather or seasons, and we look forward to the coming winter, confidently believing that the records in the United States will be better than in the past. Where Are You Going?
By K. C. RUSSELL
ONE of the speakers at the recent Federal Council of the Protestant Churches of America, in illustrating the importance of young men and women having some definite aim in life, if they expect to succeed, recited the following experience:— “Upon a certain occasion the president of Yale College called for a cabman to come in great haste to his residence. The distinguished man took his seat in the cab, and the driver drove his horses at a rapid rate through one of our large Eastern cities. Up one street and down another they went until the passenger, thinking he must be nearing his destination, finally asked the cabman if they were nearly there. The driver replied, ‘I don’t know, sir; you haven’t told me yet where you want to go.’” Does this illustration apply to any of the students in our schools? or have they all some definite object in view? THE city physician of Des Moines has made a recommendation that ought to be adopted by all the school boards in the United States. He says that individual towels should be furnished for the children in the public schools, and that if this is not done, there should be no towels at all in the schoolhouses. It must be admitted that this physician speaks truthfully when he declares that the “public” towels now used by the children are reeking with disease germs, and are unfit for use. Either discard them altogether or give each child in the school his own individual towel daily. This advice is so timely and sensible that one wonders why such a plan was not adopted by wise school boards long ago. Individual towels or none.—Selected. EVERY lesson should have a purpose. Never apologize for being a teacher. A scold anywhere is a superlative nuisance. A revengeful teacher is a curse to humanity. Self-restraint is indispensable to the teacher. Of the teaching force in New York City eleven per cent are men. Education has brought manual labor “up from slavery.” Virtue is always positive; there is no negative virtue. Portable schoolhouses for emergencies are sensible and economical. Industrial education is to make a wise consumer, as well as an efficient producer. Cincinnati is distributing among the pupils ten thousand copies of a simple treatise on the teeth. In the Fitchburg (Mass.) State Normal School every senior must have entire charge of a room for thirteen weeks. The Gospel of Labor
By Henry van Dyke
THIS is the gospel of labor—
Sing it, ye bells of the kirk:
The Lord of love came down from above
To live with the men who work. This is the rose he planted,
Here in the thorn-curst soil;
Heaven is blest with perfect rest,
But the blessing of earth is toil. Conducted under the auspices of the General Conference Publishing Department N. Z. TOWN — Assistant Secretary