The Summary by E. R. P.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 4, 1910

The Summary

By E. R. P.

The accompanying summary is one of the best we have ever published. The success of our agents is well distributed. While there is an apparent decline in some of the unions of the United States, due partially, at least, to the heavy contributions made during the past year to foreign fields, there are, on the other hand, a strong upward tendency and better regularity in the reports from many foreign fields. The total sales in foreign lands have averaged from twenty to thirty thousand dollars a month for two or three years, but recently they have sprung upward to thirty-five and forty thousand dollars a month.

It is too early for us to say whether there has actually been a decline in the union conferences of the United States for the month of June. In 1908 our banner month was July, because during that month nearly all the recruits from our schools were working for their scholarships. In 1909 the schools closed earlier on account of the time of the General Conference, therefore June was the banner month. This year it was near the middle of June before students from many of the schools were at work on their scholarships, and it is quite possible that their work will affect the month of July as much as the month of June.

Whatever the results may be, it is evident that our union conferences are strengthening their organization for handling our literature, and the breaches that have been made in the leadership by calling strong men to foreign fields are being made up, and the Lord is giving steadily increasing success to the men who have taken on new burdens. Therefore, while there may be occasional fluctuations in the summaries from our union conferences, there is no indication of chronic weakness.

Our hearts are cheered by this splendid report, and we trust it will be an inspiration to all. E. R. P.