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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 18, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 11.

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West Virginia

By David W. Percy

ALL will remember the fearful mine disaster several weeks ago in McDowell County, West Virginia, when about one hundred fifty men lost their lives. Just previous to this accident, our workers sold and delivered many copies of “Great Controversy” to the families of those working in these mines. We may see in this the leading of the Lord. In “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, pages 313, 314, we are told:—
“It is true that some who buy the books will lay them on the shelf or place them on the parlor table, and seldom look at them. Still God has a care for his truth, and the time will come when these books will be sought for and read. Sickness or misfortune may enter the home, and through the truth contained in the books, God sends to troubled hearts peace and hope and rest. His love is revealed to them, and they understand the preciousness of the forgiveness of their sins. Thus the Lord co-operates with his self-denying workers.”
Who now will deny self, take up their cross and go out to have a part in calling in the maimed, the lame, the halt, and the blind, to the marriage supper of the Lamb? I have been corresponding with several who are deeply interested in the canvassing work, and I believe that some, and perhaps all, of these persons will enter the work in the near future. This is the weakest conference in the Columbia Union, and much in need of workers in every line.
One of our faithful workers, writing to me a few days ago, said: “I am very much encouraged in the good work. The Lord is surely sending his angel before me. The Lord has demonstrated to me more than once that he is pleased with my feeble efforts to put the printed page in the homes of the people.” He then relates how the Lord once helped him to make a good delivery of books during a strike.
Those interested in entering this needy field should correspond with me at 1200 Seventh St., Parkersburg, W. Va.
DAVID W. PERCY, Field Sec. W. Va. Conf.