General Agents, Take Notice!
By E. R. P.
CAN general agents sell books as well as talk about it? W. L. Manful, general agent of the Western Canadian Union Conference, answers this question, so far as he is concerned, in the following report of his personal work for nine weeks ending September 29:— | Week Ending |
Hours |
Exhibitions |
Orders |
Value |
|---|
| Aug. 4 |
33 |
49 |
29 |
$127.50 |
| Aug. 11 |
51 |
86 |
38 |
$166.50 |
| Aug. 18 |
60 |
108 |
58 |
$255.50 |
| Aug. 25 |
58 |
117 |
53 |
$215.50 |
| Sept. 1 |
54 |
83 |
28 |
$115.50 |
| Sept. 8 |
29 |
82 |
47 |
$190.50 |
| Sept. 15 |
58 |
91 |
36 |
$157.00 |
| Sept. 22 |
55 |
72 |
29 |
$120.00 |
| Sept. 29 |
54 |
79 |
36 |
$152.00 |
| Total |
452 |
767 |
354 |
$1500.00 |
This report shows an average of fifty hours a week, the sales amounting to $3.32 an hour. In two weeks and two days Brother Manful delivered $1,420 worth of books. We join with Brother Manful in thanksgiving to God for his blessing upon this effort. No words of commendation are too strong for such a record as this by a general agent. The number of hours per week and the continued success will have a powerful influence upon the work of all colporteurs in Western Canada. We shall look for this work to bear fruit next year. May the Lord bless Brother Manful in giving him a large number of faithful men who will follow his leadership and example, and let us pray that the blessing may reach many other fields. It will be well for all field and general agents to study this report, and ask themselves the question whether their own work, as leaders, would not be strengthened by such a report as this. “It is a good divine that follows his own instruction.”