“Ministry of Healing” Campaign Notes by L. A. H.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 26, 1912

“Ministry of Healing” Campaign Notes

By L. A. H.

A number of encouraging reports have been received from those who are selling “Ministry of Healing.” Some conferences are making a special effort in this work since the close of the Harvest Ingathering campaign. A number of workers in the North Pacific Union Conference have been devoting most of their time to the campaign. Several workers in the Southeastern Union have been doing the same. In other parts of the field, individuals have been at work. Results of the efforts put forth have been good. A few experiences are given herewith.

One brother writes: “I drove out into the country about ten miles, and received seven orders from ten exhibitions. Certainly God’s blessing is resting upon the work. I intend to keep selling them for a while.”

A news item from the office of the Western Washington Conference says: “The ‘Ministry of Healing’ campaign is progressing nicely. Brother E. Lovold and Miss Magda Madsen report good success. A few days ago when Miss Madsen was at the office, she had secured forty orders, and Brother Lovold fifty-six. Elder Lewis Jones and Brethren H. A. Green and B. C. Cook held meetings with church-members in the interest of the ‘Ministry of Healing’ work, and report an enthusiastic interest among the brethren.”

Several news items mention that Elder C. W. Flaiz, president of the North Pacific Union Conference, is actively at work, holding meetings with churches, and uniting with the laborers in a real campaign effort.

Brother W. T. Hilgert mentions meetings that were held in behalf of the campaign, and says, “The members are entering into the work, and we expect to see a good order before Christmas. We have visited those in regular attendance, and enlisted them also. As I have gone from door to door in this campaign, I have realized the blessing promised to individual members in this work.”

“Since my last report, the Lord has given me the privilege of holding three Bible readings with a multimillionaire and his wife. Although they are very busy people, both are anxious for the next study. In my regular house-to-house canvassing work I first sold the woman four copies of ‘Guide to Health.’ A little later she became interested in ‘Ministry of Healing,’ and bought four of these grand books. All amounted to thirty dollars.”—E. S. Horseman.

A later report says that Brother Horseman is still working in the city of Seattle, having excellent success. He has been calling at the wealthiest homes in the city, placing from one to seven books in nearly every home.

“I was out last week and took six orders for ‘Ministry of Healing.’ I received seventy-five cents in donations in five hours, besides having some real good visits. I believe we can raise money by the first of the year to pay the debt on our sanitarium.”—C. E. Olcott.

“Monday morning I worked hard nearly all the forenoon taking only one order, but this experience drove me nearer the Lord. I sought him earnestly for his blessing during the remainder of the day. I went out, claiming the promise, and though it rained all the afternoon, I was given five orders, for which I am thankful. I canvassed three days, taking in all sixteen orders besides three conditional orders.”

“Though the weather has been disagreeable, the Lord has blessed my humble efforts, and given me a few orders. Last week I was privileged to take sixteen orders. The place seems to be full of agents. The other day there was a Catholic woman, a Salvation Army man, two Mormons, a representative of the Spokesman Review, and myself, all canvassing about the same territory. One would hardly leave the door before another would arrive. I found difficulty in getting into homes. I worked on for a while with but little success, till I sought the Lord to give me entrance into the homes of those who would purchase my book. The next house I came to, the woman very cordially invited me in, and in a very few minutes she gave me her order. Before I left she said,

‘I do not know why I invited you in. Usually I do not go to the door when agents ring.’ I knew why. The Lord does certainly bless in this work, and the past two days he has given me ten orders for the book. My courage is good, and I am having some blessed experiences, for which I am very thankful. I mean to press the battle to the gates.”—R. A. Libby.

“I am now laboring in the interest of the ‘Ministry of Healing’ campaign. I have disposed of twenty-three copies, and hope to do better soon.”—J. W. Boynton.

The Upper Columbia Conference office says, “One of our laborers who is out with ‘Ministry of Healing’ says that at every home he calls he sells a book, and has secured nearly fifty orders. All the copies of ‘Ministry of Healing’ we had in the office have been disposed of, and we have a large shipment on the road from the publishers; so we shall be able to fill orders promptly.”

Some of the Hinsdale (Ill.) Sanitarium workers engaged in canvassing for “Ministry of Healing,” following a course of health lectures in a near-by town. Their success is shown by the following reports:—

“The first woman I met was enthusiastic, and said she should like to co-operate with us in our work. She gave me her order for ‘Ministry of Healing,’ and said, ‘I have friends whom you can not reach at all; but if you will let me, I will help you sell the book, and will help your work in this way; for I feel it is a noble work.’ The Lord went before me; for I took an order in six houses in succession after that.

“The next day I met a woman who seemed very indifferent at first; but when I began telling her of our work, she handed me a dollar bill, saying, ‘Here, take this to help the work.’ As I showed her the book, she said, ‘I feel this is certainly a good thing, and I want one of your books. Could you also bring one to my friend?’ She gave me the address of the friend, and told me to send the book. That same day I took orders for twelve books. In the forenoon in two and one-half hours’ work, I took eight orders, and four orders in the afternoon. This showed me that Christ’s strength was certainly made perfect in my weakness.

“The next morning I went out and delivered two books, and was detained so long at the houses where they wanted to talk to me that I got in only two hours of canvassing; but in spite of the rush for getting ready for Thanksgiving the next day, I took four orders that morning.”—Clara Meister.

“The first forenoon I was out, I visited thirteen houses, showed the book twelve times, and took eight orders. The next forenoon I showed the book twelve times and took nine orders. I took thirty-four orders in three days.”—Ben F. Adson.

“I called at one house at the edge of town, and was told that it was no use for me to visit the other two houses I saw at some distance away, as a poor colored washerwoman lived in one house, and the family in the other would not buy. The next day I sold a book to the colored woman, and the other woman promised to take one later.

“I sold one book to a Catholic woman. I found her outside the house trying to fix her cellar door, which had broken down, and I could not get her attention until after she had fixed it. Then she seemed interested, and promised to lay aside a dollar and a half for me when I came with the book.

“I called on two sisters. Their brother has just died. They were very poor and could not afford the book, so I promised to leave them my own copy for a while. They thanked me several times for leaving the book. One of them is a Catholic; but she liked the book, and said she would do all she could to sell some for me.”—Clara Stephens.

L. A. H.