A Call for a Colporteur in the Hawaiian Islands by W. W. EASTMAN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 24, 1915

A Call for a Colporteur in the Hawaiian Islands

By W. W. EASTMAN

FOR more than a year the General Conference has had a call from Brother Conway, superintendent of the Hawaiian Mission field, for a man to lead their subscription book work in that territory. In a recent communication Brother Conway says:—

“This is an excellent field for the sale of our publications. The retail value of literature sold by our tract society in 1914 was $1,928.60, and this was placed in the hands of the people largely by our home workers, who can devote but a small part of their time to this work.

“A canvasser on his way from Australia to the States canvassed here about a month, and did well in his work; but he had to go to his sick wife, who had preceded him to Virginia. We could have sold several times as much literature if there had been some regular colporteurs in the field.

“We have eight inhabited islands, with the many nationalities,—Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipinos, Russian, Portuguese, German, Spanish, and some others. Many of these read the English, and most of the remainder can read in their own language.

“We are planning to print soon ‘Helps to Bible Study’ in the Hawaiian language. It is necessary to have some one here who can devote his time to training colporteurs and to scattering our literature in the different languages over these beautiful islands. This is a very interesting field, and the people buy our literature readily.”

It is very important that this man be secured at an early date, and sent to assist Brother Conway and the brethren there in this noble work. But as yet we have not found the man. Are there not those who read these lines that feel impressed? If they will write to me at Takoma Park, I shall be glad to take up correspondence with them.

W. W. EASTMAN.