p. 21 | Book Work in Scotland by W. B. Scott

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 28, 1903

Book Work in Scotland

By W. B. Scott

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, July 9, 1903.

DEAR BROTHER PALMER: I will enclose the reports of the book sales as they have appeared in the last two numbers of the Worker, and from these you will see that we are still at work in Scotland; but we are not working alone. The Lord is blessing our work in a wonderful manner. All the agents are doing well in their book work; but that which brings the greatest courage to me is the influence that is exerted by the workers. Every week letters come in telling of precious experiences with hungry souls, and already a number have accepted the truth through the influence of these agents who are selling literature. Another encouraging feature is that, as these experiences increase, our book sales also increase. Two weeks' reports have come in since those printed in the Worker, one amounting to $400, and the other to $520. Last week one man took orders to the value of $106, and the week before the same brother took over $100 worth of orders. The brother with him took over $100 worth of orders also.

I expect to enter the field again next Monday. I have been very closely confined for over four weeks on account of the illness of my wife. She has been so very ill that we almost despaired of life; but the Lord in mercy has spared her to us, and I now feel like taking up his work with greater earnestness than ever before.

It was voted last spring by the North England Conference and the Scottish Mission Committees to exchange laborers, so that I should take charge of the Leicester Treatment Rooms; but Dr. Olsen, then in America, not knowing of this arrangement, secured some one else to take that place, and I am really glad; for I had not then had time to develop the canvassing work at all, and I wished to see what could be done in this field. I expect to see our sales reach $750 some week this summer.

We are all of good courage in the

work. The American workers are doing well, and are all glad that they came. Miss Taylor, from Texas, is here to-day. Earnest Taylor, her brother, has just completed a good delivery. Nearly all the agents will work among the farms. We find that the best territory in Scotland; and I see no reason why the farming country in England should not be just as good. We all send love and greetings.

Your brother, W. B. Scott. 451 Holloway Road, London N.