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Review and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 11.

THE WORK AND THE WORKERS
Earlier text: Small Matters

Colporteurs’ Summary for January, 1914

UNIONS Books Periodicals
AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1914 VALUE 1913 NO. COP. VALUE 1914 VALUE 1913
ATLANTIC
Maine 5 93 $81.45 $56.05 310 $31.00 $58.50
N. New England 3 108 117.80 184.20 580 58.00 43.10
Massachusetts 6 289 371.80 417.50 3318 331.80 591.90
S. New England 3 191 163.50 137.10 2007 200.70 200.60
New York 7 360 457.81 605.60 1250 125.00 121.00
W. New York 11 352 291.60 133.30 938 93.80 155.50
Gr. New York 8 526 650.39 353.85 4565 456.50 610.40
Totals 43 1919 2134.35 1887.60 12968 1296.80 1781.00
COLUMBIA
Ohio 24 1060 1054.85 1253.80 3645 364.50 447.70
West Virginia 6 594 973.70 672.85 100 10.00 35.80
Chesapeake 6 470 657.90 913.75 933 93.30 102.30
E. Pennsylvania 5 372 362.05 1061.54 1188 118.80 279.60
W. Pennsylvania 10 767 907.00 1148.00 3751 375.10 197.90
New Jersey 8 483 590.90 827.65 1831 183.10 182.00
Dist. of Columbia 6 483 672.15 993.70 1446 144.60 241.80
Virginia 8 343 406.15 254.75 770 77.00 140.10
Totals 73 4572 5622.70 7126.04 13664 1366.40 1627.20
LAKE
E. Michigan 7 926 659.85 554.95 3808 380.80 276.80
W. Michigan 5 384 310.30 314.45 1504 150.40 209.70
N. Michigan 2 189 110.95 103.30 836 83.60 35.50
Wisconsin 3 62 56.25 585.80 3148 314.80 136.20
N. Illinois 3 177 99.35 256.95 4372 437.20 646.50
S. Illinois 13 1082 927.25 1158.15 212 21.20 31.60
Indiana 13 688 741.75 131.50 1375 137.50 52.60
Totals 46 3508 2905.70 3105.10 15255 1525.50 1388.90
EASTERN CANADIAN
Ontario 2 .... 224.30 372.85 2042 204.20 170.10
Quebec 1 .... 19.25 ...... 110 11.00 97.50
Maritime 1 .... 22.50 ...... 54 5.40 ......
Newfoundland .. .... ...... ...... 90 9.00 46.00
Totals 4 .... 266.05 372.85 2296 229.60 313.60
SOUTHERN
Louisiana 5 376 183.00 603.50 350 35.00 148.00
Alabama 8 585 387.30 484.00 1015 101.50 90.50
Kentucky 4 227 281.15 412.65 835 83.50 130.20
Mississippi 9 469 363.50 525.05 575 57.50 72.00
Tennessee River 12 882 695.50 355.80 395 39.50 156.50
Totals 38 2539 1910.45 2381.00 3170 317.00 597.20
SOUTHEASTERN
Cumberland 9 1245 834.35 565.25 11 1.10 80.50
Georgia .. .... ...... 308.45 1535 153.50 259.00
North Carolina 14 876 828.75 508.75 768 76.80 182.50
South Carolina 12 1395 1074.80 415.00 346 34.60 102.50
Florida 13 958 1514.00 658.50 845 84.50 92.00
Totals 48 4474 4251.90 2455.95 3505 350.50 716.50
SOUTHWESTERN
Arkansas 11 830 885.75 280.95 715 71.50 96.20
Oklahoma 20 1009 1174.25 889.05 1592 159.20 106.00
W. Texas 1 47 29.00 302.70 10 1.00 16.00
S. Texas 6 518 557.95 229.60 557 55.70 82.60
N. Texas 4 218 90.75 265.70 350 35.00 62.50
New Mexico 7 581 702.35 687.56 230 23.00 54.00
Totals 49 3203 3440.05 2655.56 3454 345.40 417.30
CENTRAL
N. Missouri 16 455 741.60 ...... 781 78.10 32.20
S. Missouri 6 147 197.25 1443.00 1240 124.00 33.50
E. Colorado 11 44 81.85 167.50 586 58.60 155.50
W. Colorado 1 64 93.00 ...... 265 26.50 19.30
Nebraska 10 262 444.65 155.55 640 64.00 133.00
Wyoming .. .... ...... 265.00 19 1.90 34.30
E. Kansas .. .... ...... 117.10 170 17.00 119.00
W. Kansas 18 612 435.25 942.26 700 70.00 56.50
Totals 62 1584 1993.60 3090.41 4401 440.10 583.30
NORTHERN
Iowa .. .... ...... 356.80 5740 574.00 261.00
Minnesota .. .... ...... 154.75 4587 458.70 319.60
North Dakota .. .... ...... ...... 785 78.50 27.00
South Dakota .. .... ...... ...... 678 67.80 19.50
Totals .. .... ...... 511.55 11790 1179.00 627.10
UNIONS Books Periodicals
AGTS. HRS. VALUE 1914 VALUE 1913 NO. COP. VALUE 1914 VALUE 1913
PACIFIC
California 2 35 $28.75 $...... 4322 $432.20 $......
N. Cal.-Nev. 2 104 143.20 210.50 1350 135.00 195.00
Arizona 4 143 148.25 45.45 100 10.00 10.00
S. California 9 233 304.05 352.55 7890 789.00 855.40
Utah .. .... ...... 46.00 40 4.00 26.00
Cen. California 8 53 335.00 217.50 655 65.50 63.00
California Coast .. .... ...... 269.05 300 30.00 445.80
Totals 25 568 959.25 1141.05 14657 1465.70 1595.20
NORTH PACIFIC
W. Washington .. .... ...... 187.60 3450 345.00 493.50
Upper Columbia .. .... ...... 298.50 195 19.50 127.00
W. Oregon 5 279 367.65 167.25 1365 136.50 270.00
S. Idaho .. .... ...... ...... 319 31.90 53.00
Montana 1 125 216.25 ...... 666 66.60 45.30
S. Oregon 3 127 158.70 ...... 1180 118.00 32.50
Totals 9 531 742.60 653.35 7175 717.50 1021.30
WEST CANADIAN
Alberta .. .... ...... ...... 479 47.90 41.50
Manitoba .. .... ...... ...... 1090 109.00 70.00
British Columbia .. .... ...... ...... 4310 431.00 8.00
Saskatchewan .. .... ...... ...... 1130 113.00 16.50
Totals .. .... ...... ...... 7009 700.90 136.00
Subscription lists .... .... .... .... 41643 4164.30 4691.20
Foreign and miscellaneous .... .... .... .... 11984 1198.40 2212.20
FOREIGN UNION CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS
British 42 3154 1253.28 1120.16 192154 6711.20 3986.14
Australasian 75 5841 10492.60 10793.66 .... 1939.58 ......
South African 8 701 737.79 636.08 224 12.42 128.90
Indian 19 3739 712.78 472.35 .... ...... ......
Scandinavian 86 14532 3776.56 1891.28 68620 4765.04 457.50
E. German 104 7891 2914.77 16273.70 72077 1744.71 5124.30
W. German 110 8947 3135.99 106891 2901.35
Danube 57 4700 1132.79 ...... 3156 ...... ......
Cen. European 119 10395 4998.38 ...... 29097 947.47 ......
Russian 29 .... 1849.50 1942.85 .... 174.50 ......
Siberian 5 .... 486.18 147.01 .... ...... ......
Latin 9 1206 1059.16 334.50 6602 187.22 51.34
Mexican .. .... ...... ...... .... ...... 410.11
Porto Rico .. .... ...... 31.50 .... ...... 11.10
Cuba 5 420 843.05 876.77 219 19.22 46.40
W. Caribbean 5 .... 476.95 ...... 2378 207.52 ......
E. Caribbean .. .... ...... ...... .... ...... ......
Levant 8 601 64.90 81.48 .... ...... ......
Korean .. .... 27.33 ...... 3219 80.47 ......
South American 20 539 1277.25 4099.58 .... 59.45 85.84
Japan 6 956 17.78 ...... 1331 45.21 ......
Brazil .. .... ...... ...... .... ...... ......
Philippine Islands 1 89 213.83 181.50 .... ...... ......
Canary Islands .. .... ...... ...... .... ...... ......
China .. .... ...... ...... .... ...... ......
Totals, foreign 708 63711 35470.87 38882.42 485968 19795.36 10301.63
Totals, N. Am. 397 22898 24226.65 25380.46 152971 15297.10 17708.00
Grand totals 1105 86609 $59697.52 $64262.88 638939 $35092.46 $28009.63

Comparative Book Summary

1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
Jan. $40,677.06 $42,532.23 $44,495.65 $53,931.97 $64,262.88 $59,697.52
Feb. 48,748.21 50,990.34 53,923.57 53,525.18 62,813.12
March 52,703.85 55,711.55 73,015.56 73,374.99 66,640.42
April 55,109.54 64,042.39 73,548.31 73,027.32 73,520.45
May 82,971.94 86,333.58 81,923.78 94,166.15 101,640.01
June 124,412.34 112,606.05 135,888.76 137,838.38 139,217.06
July 95,445.21 103,919.12 127,256.86 156,166.90 140,576.74
Aug. 71,652.97 91,145.11 91,810.46 103,165.69 111,660.64
Sept. 55,625.41 66,523.65 86,001.72 67,551.70 73,732.12
Oct. 52,669.93 62,461.13 81,367.89 70,219.07 84,013.90
Nov. 49,964.99 58,211.68 67,600.00 77,424.87 73,949.68
Dec. 45,759.73 54,663.93 58,386.24 57,291.91 59,739.92
Totals $775,741.18 $849,140.76 $976,218.80 $1,017,684.13 $1,051,766.94

Comparative Summary of American Periodicals

1911 1912 1913 1914 1911 1912 1913 1914
Jan. * 122202 121666 177080 152971 Aug. 215773 183119 153849
Feb. 99234 144257 201659 Sept. 135179 173077 127017
March 244003 207529 166499 Oct. 164537 587830 126562
April 192757 189498 152088 Nov. 110326 108755 100351
May 141204 162220 166465 Dec. 98541 111199 99504
June 145025 163120 156550
July 197582 191937 176772 T’ls 1866363 2344207 1804396

Publishing Department

N. Z. TOWN                 General Secretary
W. W. EASTMAN          N. Am. Div. Secretary

The January Summary

By N. Z. T.

We hope that all our general and field agents will study carefully the summary this month. Of the ten unions in North America which reported, three show a gain over the corresponding month last year, and the other seven each show a loss. This may be due in part to the union conference meetings which have been held during the first part of the year, but there is a falling off in some of the unions where these meetings have not yet been held. But notwithstanding the falling off in some unions in the book and periodical sales, we are glad to see that the grand total of sales for the month is more than for January, 1913.
We are glad to see that the periodical work in the fields outside of North America shows a very substantial gain over last year. Let us bend every energy to make up for the loss in our book sales this month, and to make 1914 a better year than any we have ever had in the history of our literature work.
Will not each one put forth earnest efforts to make a better time record than was made last year? N. Z. T.

The December Summary

By N. Z. T.

As both the secretaries of the Publishing Department were absent from the office when our December summary was made up, we were unable to mention some features in it which we believe will be of interest to all. This summary shows a gain in book sales of more than $2,500 over December of 1912, and is the largest December summary we have ever published. The total value of orders taken during 1913 was $1,051,766.94, $600,873 worth of these orders being taken in the United States, and $450,800 worth in fields outside.
If the colporteurs could have realized more fully the importance of putting in full time, this summary might have been even larger. In North America each colporteur worked on an average not quite 76 hours a month, or about 17½ hours a week. Those in fields outside of North America did a little better, working 89 1-3 hours a month, or 20 2-3 hours a week. Shall we not, during 1914, make a better record than this?
Over 6,450,000 copies of our missionary periodicals and magazines were sold during the year, of which 4,600,000 were sold outside of North America. We feel very grateful for the good work which has been done. We are still hoping that our total sales for the world will reach the two-million-dollar mark. N. Z. T.

Comparative Summary for Foreign Periodicals

January, 1913, 402,908 copies, value $10,301.63; 1914, 485,968 copies, value $19,795.36.

Missionary Correspondence

One important line of God's work, and one in which many can engage who cannot in any other, is missionary correspondence. When the judgment reveals the result of the work that is being done in the earth, I believe there will be many things seen that will surprise even those who have been trying to do what they could in the Lord's work. Of course we all expect to see many souls saved as the result of the labors of our ministers and Bible workers; but if there is any virtue in the promises of God, we may also expect that those who quietly and humbly try to disseminate the principles of God's truth by means of missionary correspondence, will also have many stars in their crown of rejoicing. This part of our work is not receiving the attention it should. While our numbers are increasing, and some lines of work are rapidly developing, we find that the number of missionary letters written is growing less and less. I have tried in many different States to learn the cause of this, and I almost invariably receive a reply to my inquiries something like the following: “I do not see any results from my missionary correspondence;” “I have written a great many letters, but have received only a few replies, and have become discouraged,” etc.
We find that the Lord says by the mouth of the prophet Isaiah: “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Chap. 55:10, 11. Now if we believe that the truth which we send out in the letters we write is in harmony with God's Word and is part of his truth, we can take this language as applying to our individual cases. And whenever we send a missionary letter in the right spirit, and in harmony with a plan which the Lord can bless, we have just as much reason to expect that good results will be seen in the end as the minister has who preaches the word from the sacred desk; for just as surely as the rain and snow descend from heaven, so surely will the word of God prosper in the thing whereto he sends it, and accomplish that which he pleases; and when the harvest of the world is gathered, we have the sure promise that the word will not return void.
Another objection I find raised by some of our good missionary workers is that they feel so incapable of writing letters. Now if we feel our inability as we ought, it is very positive evidence that we are in a condition where the Lord will help us in our work; for he has promised that his grace will be sufficient for every time of need; and if we feel our lack of wisdom and ask him, he will bestow upon us liberally. But the trouble is that many times we plead our inability simply because of our lack of a disposition to do that which the Lord would have us do.
If we had some good news about worldly affairs that we wished to convey to our friends, how many of us would refrain from writing to them on account of inability? But we have the good news of the soon coming of Christ, and the precious truths which the Lord has permitted us to learn, and why should we not have the same earnestness and zeal in sending these truths to our friends and acquaintances who do not know them, as we do in worldly things?
I was much interested in a letter received from Elder Haskell, from which I quote a few statements. He says:—
“There are ideas which we hold about Christ that present him in an attractive light to the sinner and to those who believe in him, as much ahead of the ideas of the other denominations as our peculiar views are different from theirs. Now why not present these attractions in Christ, and let them first see that we have Christ, and that we see in him matchless charms far beyond their ideas of him? If I should be permitted to say why I think Christ is not presented more prominently by our missionary workers in their missionary correspondence, it would be that they themselves have never seen any superior charms in him. They have never had that depth of experience that leads them to realize that there is in Christ any more than the ordinary professor finds in him. So it is impossible for them to present these features of Christ which they have never seen nor known. And consequently their ideas of the missionary spirit and missionary correspondence are to present some denominational features, some doctrinal points, that others do not see.”
I believe there is a great deal of truth in these statements by Elder Haskell; and I feel very anxious that all our missionary workers may reach that place in their Christian experience where Christ will be their all in all; where they can say, with the apostle Paul, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Gal. 2:20.
Many of our missionary workers are depending upon some person who has had a good deal of experience to furnish them with the form of a missionary letter to be written, so that all they have to do is to copy that letter, and send it out with the first package of reading matter to those with whom they intend to correspond. I do not believe this is the way the Lord would have us do. If we should apply this principle to the work of the minister, and have some one write out a sermon for all the ministers to preach, we should feel that such an arrangement was making mere machines of the ministers, leaving no opportunity for the Spirit of the Lord to direct them in their work; and yet many of our missionary workers are satisfied to copy a letter that has been written by some one else.
I believe the language of the apostle Paul in 2 Tim. 2:15 applies with just as much force to the person who undertakes to write a missionary letter as it does to the minister. And this part of our work should be studied as carefully and entered upon with as much desire to have the approval of God as any other. When the Spirit of God, in answer to earnest prayer, directs the mind of a faithful brother or sister in penning a missionary letter, the same Spirit will impress the truths contained in the letter upon the heart of the one who receives it. But on the other hand, if the one who writes the letter simply copies it from one furnished him, and does not seek for wisdom from the Lord, we cannot expect that the Spirit of the Lord will have much to do with it when it reaches the one to whom it was written. Let us, then, seek the Lord for wisdom, and continue our missionary correspondence with more diligence and care than ever in the past.—Selected.

The 1914 Goal

By M. E.

Of North American Missionary Volunteers

I. FIFTEEN hundred young people added to the church and to our Missionary Volunteer organization.
2. Five hundred new Members of Attainment.
3. One thousand Reading Course certificates.
4. Twenty-five thousand dollars for missions from our Missionary Volunteer Societies.

How to Reach the Goal

1. Every Missionary Volunteer,—
a. An observer of the morning watch.
b. Determined to win at least one soul.
c. Studying for Attainment membership.
d. A Reading Course member.
e. Give $2.50 for foreign missions through the Missionary Volunteer Society.
2. “At it, all at it, and always at it.”—Wesley.
3. Determine to reach the goal. “The best way to succeed is to determine not to fail.”
4. Strive to pass the goal in every point possible.
That, in brief, is the goal toward which our young people are working. From almost every conference come most enthusiastic letters. The words of Samuel J. Mills, “We can do it if we will,” used so often in later years by other Christian workers, are sounding through our ranks today as our young people lift their eyes to the 1914 goal. And several conferences are planning not only to reach their proportionate goals, but to go beyond in every point possible.
The young people almost everywhere are doing splendidly. What are you doing to encourage and help those in your community? It will be a great blessing for our young people to reach the goal. Think what it will mean to each young person to be a faithful observer of the morning watch this year, to endeavor earnestly to save at least one relative or friend who is out of the ark of safety, to strive to become rooted and grounded in the truth through the Standard of Attainment plan, to cultivate a taste for wholesome reading, and to enlist his own interests in the regions beyond through his gifts to missions. Surely, striving for this goal cannot fail to bring to every young person who participates a deeper consecration and a better preparation for service.
On the other hand, the gifts of our Senior and Junior Missionary Volunteers will be felt in the regions beyond. What will $25,000 do for the Orient? It will do all the following things during 1914:—
Support the educational work in south China.
Support the medical work in south China.
Support the educational work in central China.
Support all the native workers in central China.
Support the medical work in central China.
Equip the China Union Training School.
Provide five chapels for east China.
Support the medical work in east China.
Support the native colporteurs in east China.
Support the native workers in east China.
Support native workers in the Malaysian Mission.
Provide three chapels for the Malaysian Mission.
Pay running expenses of the Malaysian school.
Support the medical work in Japan.
Support five nurses in Korea.
Support four native Bible women in Korea.
Support thirteen native teachers in Korea.
Support one native evangelist in Korea.
Equip the new school building in Korea.
Build two homes for missionaries in China.
Because of your interest in foreign missions, and especially because of your interest in the boys and girls and the young men and young women around you, will not you do what you can to encourage them to reach the goal?
Nothing else will hold the young people and the boys and girls as will Christian service, and nothing else is needed so much as is soul-winning work. Robert E. Speer, in an address on South America, tells of a soldier who, having nothing to do, fell asleep on the unfenced deck. Nobody noticed him, and while sound asleep he rolled off, waking up only to utter a cry of despair. He was lost, for no one on that river boat could rescue him from the dark, tumbling waters. There is another picture equally true, and far, far more pathetic. It is that of our own dear young people who are sleeping on unfenced decks. Not one but hundreds of them are slipping off into the world’s swift current.
How is it in your church? How many have you lost? How can your conference Missionary Volunteer secretary help you more in saving your young people? Write your conference secretary about your problems.
And finally, in your efforts for the youth, never despair. In Isa. 49:25 God gives you who are contending with the enemy for the salvation of the youth, this promise: “I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.” M. E.

Our Conference Society

By Katie M. Pogue

ONE of the most important issues that confronts us today is, How may we come in touch with every young person in our conferences and give him the help needed, that he may become a worker for the Master?
As we study the situation in this great world-wide movement, we find that there are different classes to be reached. We have those who have educational advantages, church and Sabbath privileges, and who are surrounded by a spiritual atmosphere at home.
We also find young people who are known as isolated young people; and some may be living where there is but a small company of our people, where no young people's society can be organized. Among those known as isolated ones, we have a large and important class who are forced to obtain employment among the people of the world, where almost every influence tends to lead them away from the message. Many times they are isolated for months, and do not have the privilege of seeing an individual connected with our faith; and it is a sad fact, but nevertheless a true one, that many of these bright, capable young people find the influences of the world the stronger, and one by one they slip from our ranks, and are lost to the cause of truth.
Surely it will need no argument to convince our workers that this class demands our sincere prayers and our very best efforts. As plans were laid for the work among our young people, the workers began to study how real help might be brought to those who are isolated or do not have the privilege of our regular local organizations. To help meet this great need, the State or conference society was organized. What the leader of the local society should be to the society, the State Missionary Volunteer secretary should be to the conference society, except that the work must be done at a longer range, and the greater part by correspondence.
We find that in the conference society there are two classes with which to deal: first, those who are church members, individuals who have had some Christian experience, and who will take the pledge of the Missionary Volunteers; second, those who have been in Sabbath-keeping homes, but for some reason have never given their hearts to God, but are still making some effort to cling to the truth. This latter class, while we cannot enroll them as Missionary Volunteers, is a class that should be looked after carefully by the State secretary.
Dear workers, the work for this isolated class means that upon the shoulders of the conference secretary there rests the heavy burden of bringing help and encouragement to these lonely ones, and making them feel the necessity of doing something for Jesus wherever they may be. Leading them to work for those around them is one of the best ways of brightening their faith and giving them strength and courage.
We find, in reaching these isolated ones, that aside from what personal visits can be made them, a letter of encouragement sent to them each month, with report blank inclosed, is the best known means of keeping in touch with them. These letters, where the society is large, must of necessity be mostly typewritten, but they should be made as personal as possible. We must seek God that his Spirit may accompany each letter and reach down into the hearts of the young people, and help them to realize that God really is interested in them, and is expecting service from them wherever they may be. A few words written with a pen at the bottom of the letter, give a personal touch which is often helpful. Sometimes if you know that some one has become discouraged, a kind, tender letter, written by hand, on paper without letterhead, may be the means of calling that one back. If there is any part of our work that more than any other gives courage and satisfaction to the State secretary, it is the work for these isolated ones. How many times my heart has been touched by the earnest appeals for prayers I have received from them.
In the matter of getting reports from these isolated ones, I have found that there is often a greater percentage who are doing faithful reporting than in the local societies. One quarter I found that the report of work done by our conference society was greater than that reported by the local societies, although not nearly so many members were represented.
You may have on your list some from whom you may never receive a response, but keep after them; do not give them up. I recently received a letter from a dear girl who had not responded for months. She wrote: “Your letters have been such a comfort to me! Do forgive me this time for my negligence. If I can only get away from these worldly influences! I do hope you will not give up writing to me. Please accept the inclosed bill for missions.” I deposited this money on our school and hospital fund, answering her letter at once, sending her the shareholder’s certificate, and telling her that hers was the first money to be received in the office on that fund. In about three days I received another letter from her, telling how pleased she was to have a part in that fund, and that she would send more money for it later.
The following also is from a member of our conference society: “The State society is a blessing to its members, as well as to them for whom they work. Though we have no local society, it is encouraging to hear what others are doing. One might think that he could or would do just as much whether he belonged to the society or not, but I believe that did we not know that a report blank would be sent each month, the tendency would be to put off ‘little deeds of kindness’ until a more convenient season, and consequently the amount at the end of the quarter would be much less. It is helpful, too, to know that we have a secretary who is interested in us personally. What I enjoy most in the work is that in doing for others we are doing for the dear Lord Jesus.”
In the circulating library plan, we have something which will be of great help to these isolated ones.
Dear workers, we should certainly not feel satisfied till we have come in touch with every young person in the conference who is in the message or inclined toward it. The young people should be made to feel that we have a personal interest in them, and that God expects something of them, even though they are young.
I find that in working for our young people, if there is any one thing that they need, more than any other, it is encouragement; but in order to impart courage to others, we must have life and courage ourselves, making the work of the Lord Jesus the real business of our lives. “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” KATIE M. POGUE.
Do you know of any isolated young people with whom your conference Missionary Volunteer secretary is not in touch? If so, will you not send your secretary the names and addresses of such individuals?

Missionary Volunteer Department

M. E. KERN - - - General Secretary
C. L. BENSON - - - Assistant Secretary
MATILDA ERICKSON - - N. Am. Div. Secretary
MEADE MACGUIRE - - N. Am. Div. Field Secretary
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