p. 8 | The Summary by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 4, 1915

The Summary

By Editor

THE grand totals of our literature sales for this month show a large drop from the previous month, but there is a reason. Our students nearly all finished their work in August and returned to school. We feel grateful for the good work which the young people from our schools accomplish in the colporteur work each year, but we are also glad to see that a special effort is being made by our field men to enlist men and women in this work who will devote their whole time to it twelve months in the year. Brother J. H. McEachern, of the Central Union, and Brother Carl Weaks, of the Northern Union, are making special efforts to enlist those who will make canvassing their vocation. It is encouraging to see the splendid gain which their September reports show over the corresponding month last year. The Atlantic, Southeastern, Pacific, and Western Canadian Unions also show good gains.

We feel especially grateful for the way our colporteur work keeps up in Europe. This summary shows that in the East and West German Unions more literature was sold during September

this year than during the corresponding month last year. Unfortunately, the report from the British Union did not arrive in time, but even without this report the book sales in the foreign fields show a gain of about $2,500 over the corresponding month last year, while our total gain over September last year is $4,000.