The Summary by W. W. EASTMAN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 4, 1916

The Summary

By W. W. EASTMAN

We feel thankful to God that we are able to pass on to the readers of the REVIEW such a splendid summary for March. These summaries from month to month represent the retail value of orders taken for our books, and the retail value of our ten-cent magazines sold for cash, by our faithful colporteurs throughout the world.

It is gratifying to know that the past eight months has shown a steady gain in the sale of our books, over the corresponding months of the previous year, and this in spite of the troublous times existing in our world. Surely there is but one way of accounting for this, and that is that these books contain a message from God to the people and nations of earth, and nothing is to stay the progress of that message till its warning and invitation have reached earth's inhabitants.

The total gain as shown in this summary is $19,000. There is a slight falling off on the sale of books in foreign fields, but a gain in magazine sales; while in the North American Division there is a falling off in magazine sales, but an unusually large gain in the sale of books. Some unions have made very large gains, the Central leading, with a gain of $5,000. We are pleased to see all these splendid gains, but especially to note the progress being made in the Pacific Union, and also to see the Southwest regaining its normal sales.

According to this report, our colporteurs averaged $1.15 an hour in the North American Division, and 90 cents in the world-wide field. W. W. EASTMAN.