Program of the Sabbath-School and Young People's Convention
To Be Held at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, July 10-21, 1907
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
10:00 A. M. Address of Welcome, Allen Moon. Responses: G. B. Thompson, Frederick Griggs. Organization, selection of committees, etc.
3:30 P. M. Paper, “Our Mission to the World,” A. G. Daniells. Discussion led by G. A. Irwin and H. H. Burkholder.
7:30 P. M. Address, “Providences in Modern Missions,” W. A. Spicer.
THURSDAY, JULY 11
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Jesus,” C. C. Lewis.
8:00 A. M. Devotional exercises, led by J. E. Shultz.
9:15 A. M. Paper, “The Training of State and Local Leaders of Young People’s Work: the Possibilities of Our Young People when Organized for Service,” M. E. Kern. Discussion led by Luther Warren and Miss Mary Cook.
10:45 A. M. “Our Young People and Bible Study,” B. G. Wilkinson. Discussion led by Meade MacGuire and S. M. Butler.
2:30 P. M. Paper, “Facilities for Finishing the Work,” M. N. Campbell. Discussion led by O. J. Graf.
4:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
7:30 P. M. “Our Young People and Prayer,” Luther Warren.
FRIDAY, JULY 12
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Moses,” E. T. Russell.
8:00 A. M. Devotional exercises, led by Wm. Covert.
9:15 A. M. Paper, “How to Bring Our Young People under Training for Service,” M. E. Cady. Discussion led by W. B. White and R. A. Underwood.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “The Sabbath-school and Young People’s Work as Training-schools for Workers,” W. D. Curtis. Discussion led by E. C. Silsbee and W. W. Ruble.
2:30 P. M. Reports of committees.
7:30 P. M. Sermon.
SABBATH, JULY 13
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Jacob,” R. F. Cottrell.
9:00 A. M. Sabbath-school.
10:30 A. M. Sermon, S. N. Haskell.
3:00 P. M. Social meeting, led by R. S. Owen.
7:30 P. M. Round-Table Conference.
SUNDAY, JULY 14
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Joseph,” C. Sorenson.
8:00 A. M. Devotional exercises, led by R. A. Underwood.
9:15 A. M. Paper, “Why Have Young People’s Societies?” O. J. Graf. Discussion led by M. E. Ellis and Meade MacGuire.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “How to Inaugurate Young People’s Work in a Conference,” F. J. Wilbur. Discussion led by H. M. Hiatt and J. W. Christian. Paper, “How to Give Permanence to the Young People’s Work in a Conference,” J. E. Shultz. Discussion led by Luther Warren and Miss Alma J. Graf.
2:30 P. M. Reports of committees.
4:00 P. M. Open.
7:30 P. M. Address, “Religious Liberty,” K. C. Russell.
MONDAY, JULY 15
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Saul,” Miss Matilda Erickson.
8:00 A. M. Devotional exercises, led by F. J. Harris.
9:15 A. M. Paper, “Literature for Our Young People,” C. L. Benson. Discussion led by O. J. Graf.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “The Young People’s Work a Strength to the Church and the Conference Work,” Meade MacGuire.
Paper, “How May We Best Work for Our Young People at Camp-meeting,” B. E. Huffman. Discussion of both topics led by conference presidents.
2:30 P. M. Reports of committees.
4:00 P. M. Paper, “Our Young People and Home Missionary Endeavor,” E. R. Palmer. Discussion led by Mrs. L. Flora Plummer, Mrs. S. N. Haskell, and M. E. Ellis.
7:30 P. M. Paper, “Our Young People and the Medical Missionary Work,” W. A. Ruble.
Paper, “Our Young People and Our Educational Work,” Frederick Griggs.
TUESDAY, JULY 16
6:00 A. M. Talk, “David,” C. L. Benson.
8:00 A. M. Devotional exercises, led by C. L. Stone.
9:15 A. M. Paper, “Study of Languages an Aid in Missionary Effort,” C. C. Lewis. Discussion led by B. G. Wilkinson and A. G. Daniells.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “The Work of the State Secretary,” Miss Myrta M. Kellogg. Experience meeting—five-minute talks by secretaries.
2:30 P. M. Reports of committees.
4:00 P. M. Paper, “Society Meetings,” Miss Nora Hough. Discussion led by Miss Winnie Hunt.
Paper, “Our Isolated Young People,” Mrs. Mettie Lenker. Discussion led by Miss Bessie L. Jackson.
7:30 P. M. Address, “India as a Mission Field,” G. B. Thompson.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Paul,” W. J. Fitzgerald.
8:00 A. M. Devotional exercises, led by B. L. House.
9:15 A. M. Paper, “Purpose of the Sabbath-school,” G. B. Thompson.
Paper, “Principles of Organization as Applied to Sabbath-school Work,” Mrs. V. J. Farnsworth. Discussion led by Miss Edith Starbuck and J. E. Shultz.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “Sabbath-school Lessons: Grading, Form of Publication,” Mrs. L. Flora Plummer. Discussion led by W. A. Spicer.
2:30 P. M. Paper, “In the Sabbath-school.”17
1. “How to Make Opening, Closing, and General Exercises Most Profitable,” Miss Pearl Hallock. Discussion led by Miss Fannie Fondersmith.
2. “The Review Exercises,” Mrs. Lee S. Wheeler. Discussion led by Miss Myrta Kellogg.
4:00 P. M. Paper, “Teaching the Lesson.”
1. “The Senior Class,” C. C. Lewis.
2. “The Primary Class,” Mrs. Carrie R. King. Discussion led by Prof. F. Griggs and Mrs. L. M. Calkins.
7:30 P. M. Address, “Africa as a Mission Field,” G. A. Irwin.
THURSDAY, JULY 18
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Judas,” E. W. Farnsworth.
8:00 A. M. Devotional exercises, led by W. T. Bland.
9:15 A. M. Reports of Committees.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “Study of the Lesson: as Individuals; as Families,” Miss Mary C. Cook. Discussion led by Miss Margaret Haughey.
Paper, “Training of Teachers,” Mrs. Fannie D. Chase. Discussion led by Meade MacGuire.
2:30 P. M. Reports of committees.
4:00 P. M. “What Our Sabbath-schools Have Done and May Do for Missions,” A. G. Daniells. Discussion led by W. A. Spicer.
7:30 P. M. Open.
FRIDAY, JULY 19
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Daniel,” Mrs. S. N. Haskell.
8:00 A. M. Devotional exercises, led by W. D. Curtis.
9:15 A. M. Question Hour.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “Personal Work,” Mrs. Jessie L. Adams. Discussion led by Miss Ida M. Walters and Mrs. R. W. McMahan.
Paper, “The Home Department,” Miss Ella Merickel. Discussion led by Miss Edith Starbuck and Miss Sue M. Andrews.
2:30 P. M. Reports of committees.
7:30 P. M. Sermon.
SABBATH, JULY 20
6:00 A. M. Talk, “Jeremiah,” W. E. Videto.
9:00 A. M. Sabbath-school.
10:30 A. M. Sermon.
3:00 P. M. Social service.
7:30 P. M. Open.
SUNDAY, JULY 21
8:00 A. M. Devotional meeting, led by A. G. Daniells; topic, “The Results of the Convention.”
Mission Notes
By B. G. Wilkinson
CHINA is to have a permanent place for the publishing of the third angel's message. A new printing-office is being built at Sin-yang Cheo, in the province of Honan. The brethren have a clear title to the land, and the new office is being pushed to completion as fast as possible. This means much to the advance of the message in China.
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MORE than any other of the countries of Latin Europe, Spain is led captive in the chains of Rome. Her priests hold the people in their hands, and from top to bottom the government officials must move at their behests. “Do you see these scars on my face?” said an old Bible colporteur to me in Madrid. “These were made by the mobs, urged on by the priests.” “But,” I asked him, “is your labor not repaid by some fruit?” “Yes,” he replied; “in one village I entered, God gave me great success in selling his Word. But shortly I ran into the house of the priest. He ordered me to stop; and immediately he set out to urge the people against me, and to collect my books. As I came back through the village, the priest, surrounded by a mob, awaited me before the principal store. They seized my donkey, and tore my Bibles in pieces. Returning some time later to this village, I learned of a family who had turned Protestant. I sought them out. The father of the family told me that the merchant of the store before which my Bibles were torn apart had used the shreds as wrapping paper; that in buying a quantity of provisions, a goodly portion of the Bible had fallen into his hands, and upon reading it he was converted. He sent for the complete Bible, and upon learning the truth, he determined that he and his children had better be dead than to live longer in the foul superstitions of Rome.” And then the colporteur added, “Am I not repaid for these scars?”— B. G. Wilkinson.
The Convent and the Educational Work in the Church of Rome
By Chas. T. Everson
AMONG all the institutions of the Catholic Church perhaps those dedicated directly to the cause of education stand pre-eminent in their influence in favor of Catholicism. The church in this instance furnishes us with a strange paradox. For while she has a well-earned reputation for holding her people in ignorance, yet she does not forget to make a wonderful use of education to further her cause.
We might say that the Catholic educators are masters in the art of making the science of didactics serve the purpose at which they aim. They are famous not so much for what they teach as for how they teach. The pupils that issue from their educational institutions are not as a general rule equal in mental capacity and instruction to those trained in other schools. But the inferiority of mental accomplishments is of little consequence to the Catholic educator as long as the Catholic atmosphere has been imbibed by the learner, and the Jesuitical virus has been inoculated into his young mind. In fact, it does not even matter whether the student has been able to comprehend the doctrines of Catholicism, or can defend them in a discussion; it is sufficient that he has the general principles well grounded in his mind that Protestants are demons and heretics, and Catholics only can be saved.
As is well known, the foremost educators in the Catholic Church are the Jesuits. They devote themselves exclusively, we might say, to the educational work. And how successfully they have plied their art is evinced by the powerful influence that they exert and have exerted from the beginning of their history. They were raised up to counteract the Reformation. As Satan is a close student of prophecy, he understood what the dawning of the Reformation meant to the cause that he represents. God raised up Martin Luther as the apostle of the Reformation. Therefore an instrument must be found that would be able to stem the tide of the rising power of the Reformation. This instrument was found very soon after the appearance of Luther upon the stage of action, in the person of Ignatius de Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. Martin Luther was born in 1483 and died in 1546, while Ignatius de Loyola first saw the light of day in 1491, and his death took place in 1556. We see, therefore, that the birth of the apostle of the Reformation preceded that of the founder of Jesuitism by but eight years, and their lives ran contemporaneously for over half a century.
The Reformation was a movement that aimed at enlightening and instructing the people. For that reason the educational feature became a prominent factor in its successful development. Ignorance and superstition are sisters, and together form the foundation of the great apostasy. Truth and light are the mighty factors that co-operate in building up the kingdom of God.
Before the time of the Reformation, the Catholic Church had depended upon its religious orders that vaunted their poverty, seclusion from the world, self-abnegation, etc., as its most potent forces to maintain its prestige among the people. But with the rise of the Reformation, which turned the search-light of truth and investigation upon the corrupt life of the convent, the boasts of monasticism became the most deadly weapons that were used in its destruction.
A new order must enter the field in which the Reformation was playing such havoc; this was Jesuitism. It entered the educational field, and very quickly made its power felt in almost every department of religious activity. The mighty power that Jesuitism has exerted ought to demonstrate to us the tremendous importance of the educational work in the religious world. Those who fall under the hateful influence of Jesuitism seldom fully recover from the toxic effects of its diabolical principles and teaching.
The Jesuits have ever been famous for meddling in the affairs of government and family; and by playing upon the tender minds of the youth they have succeeded in opening to themselves means for entering into the secret recesses of home and country. Their drastic measures, furthered by such underhand means, have more than once brought down upon their heads the wrath of nations. As a consequence, they have been repeatedly expelled from both Catholic and Protestant countries; and in fact, Jesuitism proved itself such a viper even in the bosom of the Catholic Church, that Pope Clement XIV, in 1773, hurled the papal bull at it, and crushed its head. But hydra-like, it sprang again into new life, and in these last few years has made gigantic strides.
In order to gain some idea of its tremendous operations, it will be but necessary to call attention to the fact that in the city of Rome alone there are no less than ninety schools administered by the Jesuitical order. With ninety Jesuit schools, over four hundred convents, and thousands upon thousands of priests and prelates in the city of Rome, one can well imagine that every effort to advance the truth is met with the strongest opposition, and every inch of the ground is fiercely contested.
Although the number of clerical schools and convents is already phenomenal, yet to those already existing, new schools and convents are being added by the religious orders, which, driven out of France, have flocked to Rome in great numbers, and have bought some of the choicest building sites.
Among the ninety schools and colleges administered by the Jesuits at Rome are numbered some of the foremost institutes. To these schools the aristocracy of the city sends its children to receive their education. And when these children are once well educated under Jesuitical influence, they remain ever afterward almost immune to true religious impressions and Bible truth. The efforts to convert a young man who from childhood has been dyed in the Jesuitical shop, are almost futile. For that reason we should not forget that in order to meet Catholicism on its own ground, the educational problem, as a means of evangelization, can not be ignored, but must be intelligently reckoned with.
CHAS. T. EVERSON.
Rome, Italy.
Dedication of Nashville Church
By J. S. WASHBURN
ON Sabbath and Sunday, April 27 and 28, the dedicatory services were held for the Memorial church in Nashville. This church was built by the Baptists, and was purchased by our people in 1905. The Baptists, however, under an arrangement with our people, continued to use the building for some time, while they were building their new church. For this reason, we have not felt free to dedicate the church formally to our own work until recently.
The church was purchased with part of the surplus of the $100,000 fund. The cost to us was five thousand dollars, and at that price it is a wonderful bargain. It is situated in one of the most pleasant parts of Nashville, and is built of brick, with an excellent stone foundation. Underneath the auditorium is a large school-room, and also smaller rooms for Sabbath-school,18prayer-meetings, etc. It has a good baptistry, and is quite comfortably furnished. An excellent organ is built into the church.
The brethren have repainted the building within and without, and have fitted it up plainly, yet comfortably, for our work. The buying of this church by our people, and the fact that there is no debt upon it, has raised the credit of our work in Nashville very much. In fact, our people are well regarded in this city. The impression made upon the public is something as it is in the city of Washington, where the Lord has certainly given us the favor of men in high positions, and of the people in general.
On Sabbath, April 27, Elder George I. Butler preached the dedicatory sermon. In an impressive manner he brought out from the Scriptures the great fact that the presence of God, wherever it may be specially manifested, makes that place a solemn and sacred one. Moses at the burning bush, the sanctuary, the temple of Solomon, and the later temple built in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, were cited as examples of the real presence of the Spirit of God in places dedicated to his worship. There was a large attendance of our people resident in Nashville, and of friends from other places.
On Sunday night, the writer gave a brief history of the origin and progress of the work of Seventh-day Adventists, especially in regard to their mission work throughout all the world. A goodly number of friends from the city were present at this service.
Appropriate music was rendered on these occasions, and the services were very pleasant, and we believe profitable. Since that time, Sunday night services have been held in the church. The attendance, which has not been very large, is increasing, and there are evidences of a genuine interest. A strong effort will be made during the next few months to interest the people in every part of the city in this church, and plans are being laid whereby it is confidently believed that the church may be filled with attentive and interested hearers.
The papers are very friendly, one of the leading dailies of Nashville giving us regularly quite extended reports. Besides the writer, Elders R. W. Parmele and J. E. White have spoken on Sunday evenings.
From recent Testimonies it is evident that a great and definite work is yet to be accomplished in this city, the headquarters of the work of Seventh-day Adventists for the Southern Union Conference. J. S. WASHBURN.
Singapore
By G. F. Jones
WHATEVER kind of trials are permitted to come upon us in these days, we are more than compensated in seeing the message pressing itself among the people and the heathen everywhere. Perhaps one of our greatest trials is the inability to answer the calls and provide missionary teachers for the needy ones. One of these came from Java the other day—the result of sending a few Malay tracts,—saying that about forty people, all heathen, wanted to meet and learn the truth. I have not yet been able to attend to this, through pressure of work here in Singapore, but I hope soon to be able to go and help these poor people.
The Australasian Union Conference having sent two new workers here,—Brethren Mills and Fletcher, who are already a great help to our field and are quickly acquiring the language,—I am enabled to attend more freely to some outside calls. Brother Teasdale, from Soerabaya, Java, writes still more interesting news, telling of openings in another part of Java. The message is advancing because the Lord is going before.
Through the printed page sold here in Singapore several young men have renounced the Catholic faith, and are getting ready to unite with us. These young men, while at present retaining their positions under the government, are every day agitating the present truth among their fellow clerks, at the same time giving them some of our pointed tracts on the third angel's message.
One feature which is very encouraging to us is that the interested ones are quickly doing all they can to get others to have studies from us. “Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.”
MISSION HOUSE, SINGAPORE
Although Singapore has been canvassed over and over by the other missionaries with blasphemous pamphlets against Seventh-day Adventist doctrines, yet they have been the means of opening many doors to us, and an interest has been aroused in the truth we proclaim; almost daily we are entering new homes to give studies, through the opposition of the enemy. The good news is spreading fast, and from every direction calls are coming for more workers.
A very ordinary-looking laboring man landed here from a steamer from Australia about a month ago. He managed to earn his fare from New Zealand to Singapore. Some one on the wharf here directed him to us. He told us he was going to Borneo to live among the wild Dyaks, a cannibal tribe of the hills. He had no money except a little he earned coming along, and he had no missionary society behind him, only the Lord. His mission, he says, is to tell the Dyaks of Jesus, and he believed the Lord had led him thus far on his journey. I saw he was familiar with his Bible, and sincere. Since then he has had studies every day, and has accepted the truth. He is now better fitted for the work he believes he is called to do, and with the third angel's message a people from among the cannibal Dyaks will be made ready for the Lord. But has the Lord been obliged to pass by our better-qualified young people and choose a less-qualified person without the training and experience necessary? There are yet nations and many tribes waiting for our talented young people to be the Lord's messengers to them. When they are willing to exercise faith to go anywhere, trusting in the Lord, then it will be but a short time before they are on their journey to the needy field. “Have faith in God.”
Brother Gates has recently come from Australia by way of Manila and China, and we are truly thankful to have his counsel and experience in organizing and instructing us better for the work before us.
We are trying to secure a piece of suitable land upon which to erect a church building and school, and another in the country for a training-school. Our cramped condition in this mission house, where we have church-school, printing-press, orphanage, and the home of seven or eight workers, is strongly saying to us, “Enlarge the place of thy tent.”
Yesterday Professor Prescott arrived from China on his way to India and Switzerland, and as he was continuing his voyage in the same steamer, we hastily gathered our friends, who were deeply interested as they listened to Brother Prescott's stirring talk. I could see that the Spirit of God was present, impressing them with the solemnity of the time as they listened eagerly so as not to lose a single word. At the close, a young man came to me, desiring baptism, and saying, “What if I should be too late?” He intends giving up his government position to connect with the work.
G. F. JONES.
H. T. BENSON
By H. T. Benson
Japan
Tokyo.—As it was thought best for me to put all my time on the language for a while, I have done very little direct missionary work since coming here. Almost immediately I started to attend a school whose primary object is to teach the language to foreign missionaries. This, with the work of secretary and treasurer of the mission, takes all the time I have, except that used in trying to reach two young men by teaching them English. With one I use the Bible as a text-book. The other is not far enough advanced for that, so I am using a simpler book. It is our hope that through them we may be able to reach our neighbors—a preparatory work, to be followed up as soon as we can use the language.
Mrs. Benson is also putting as much time as possible on the language. She has two girls studying English Bible with her. One of these came to the house, and said she wanted to learn about Jesus Christ. But her use of English is so limited that it will be some time before the whole story can be made clear to her.
Now is the most favorable time to work here—not that the majority of the people are ready to receive Christ, but those who are waiting for him must be reached soon, or it will be too late. The hands of the law are beginning to be tightened here in Japan. Sunday is being used as a day for rest and pleasure. Ball games, boat races, etc., are usually set for that day. But history repeats itself. And we must ever keep in mind that the changes which took centuries in other countries occur in decades in Japan. The government is already keeping close watch of our movements. During the late war some of our young men19refused to serve when drafted; and when they stated that their religious belief was the cause of their refusal, our brethren were immediately called upon to explain as to whether or not they were teaching their converts to disobey the law. Of course the young men had made their own choice, our workers having said nothing one way or the other; but this government is very quick to notice the least indication of an influence from abroad, and missionaries are closely watched.
While I can hardly hope to have much of a report for some time to come, I can do my best on the language.
H. T. BENSON
Western Washington
By K. C. Russell
The annual conference and camp-meeting of the Western Washington Conference was held in Kent, Wash., May 16-26. The camp was located within a few minutes' walk of the city. There was a large attendance of our people at the meeting, and at the evening services there was a good attendance of the citizens from Kent and the surrounding country. The mayor, councilman, ministers, and other representatives from the city were present at some of the meetings.
Harmony prevailed at the business sessions of the conference, and all the departments of the work received their share of attention. Educational day was one of more than ordinary interest, owing to the rendering of an interesting program by the students from the Mount Vernon and Meadow Glade Intermediate Schools.
From the first of the meeting, there was an earnestness on the part of many of those in attendance to make a full surrender to God. Opportunities were given on different occasions during the meetings for all who were burdened to seek the Lord. The last Sabbath was a day that will not be forgotten by many of those who returned to their first love. There were fifty-one willing souls who followed their Lord in the sacred rite of baptism. One of the most encouraging features of this meeting was the interest that attended the young people's meetings. The missionary spirit manifest on the part of some of the young people was most remarkable.
There was a striking coincidence at this meeting. Several young persons had been previously impressed to take up self-supporting missionary work in a foreign field. It appears that only two of a company of six, a young man and his wife, knew of one another's burden to make India their field of labor, until it was mentioned here in a private conversation among themselves. After learning of one another's impressions, they met together, with the exception of one who was unable to be present. And we had an opportunity to interview them concerning their convictions regarding their burden for this distant field. We could but feel that the impressions they had received were produced by the Spirit of the Lord of the harvest. All that they desire in taking up this work is their transportation to the field, and their expenses in getting started in the work, provided, of course, that the Mission Board consents to their going. A part of the company are trained nurses, one has served as a conference secretary and school-teacher, and desires to fit herself for the work of translating.
The young people in camp, learning of the burden of these noble young people, proceeded to raise a fund to assist in defraying their transportation and expenses, and in a few minutes there was raised in cash and pledges upward of two hundred and thirty dollars. Subsequent to this collection, another was taken at the close of a service in the large pavilion, amounting to nearly five hundred dollars.
The tithe received in the conference during the past year was $21,625.75, and there was a surplus of $5,000 after all expenses were met. Two thousand dollars of this amount was voted to the General Conference to be used in the mission work. In addition to the collections already mentioned, there were others taken for the work in their local field.
Besides the local laborers present, there were in attendance: Elder A. J. Breed, vice-president of the North Pacific Union; Elder H. W. Decker, financial agent of the same union; Elder G. E. Langdon, president of the Upper Columbia Conference; Elder George F. Enoch; Prof. M. E. Cady, principal of the Walla Walla College; Brother Carl E. Weaks, general missionary agent of North Pacific Union Conference; Elder E. L. Stewart, president of the British Columbia Conference; Elder W. A. Alway, of the Upper Columbia Conference; Miss Katherine Hale, superintendent of the normal department of Walla Walla College; and the writer. Elder John Isaac, Elder H. J. Dirkson, and Dr. J. E. Froom were also in attendance.
Elder F. M. Burg was unanimously re-elected president of the conference, with C. E. Knight as secretary.
K. C. RUSSELL.
Good Fields for Canvassing
By F. B. Johnson
WHERE is a good field to sell our books? This question is often asked, and the best answer I can give is, Anywhere you can find people who can buy.
A few weeks ago I told a brother that I was going to canvass for “Bible Readings” in the eastern part of this city [Battle Creek, Mich.]. He said, “You can not sell books in this place.” But after working sixty and one-half hours, my orders amounted to $79.50, and I was surely surprised to see what a small territory I had been over.
At first I would get a little uneasy when they asked what denomination printed the book, and what church I belonged to, etc., but I do not know where it has made a bit of difference unless it has been a help to me. At one place a neighbor was calling, and said, as soon as I began to show the book, “I have a book like that; it’s printed by the Adventists.” I said, “That does not hurt it, does it?” She replied, “Indeed it doesn’t; it’s the best book I ever had.” Before I got half through my prospectus, the lady asked the price, and I took her order.
As I was making out an order at another time, the daughter of the lady I had just canvassed came in, and asked: “What are you buying, mother?” I showed her a little of the book, and she asked, “To what church do you belong?” When I told her, she said, “I’m a Baptist.” But this did not interfere with the delivery of the book. This lady said to me, “My son never read the Bible much, but he is reading that book every spare minute he can get. It’s the best book I ever saw.”
The first thing necessary for success is to attend an institute, and learn how the work is done. Another important thing is to pray without ceasing, and to count your success by the number of souls you can warn. The Lord will see to it that you have all you need.
