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The Book Work in Ecuador

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 6, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 6.

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The Book Work in Ecuador

By THOS. H. DAVIS.

Some Happy Experiences

At Chone, where I had taken a large number of orders for “Patriarchs and Prophets,” the people received the books gladly. One man sold for me three more, besides paying for his own. One government employee who had ordered a full morocco, after paying for it pawned his big ring to buy two more for his parents.
At Rocafuerte, which has the name of being the most fanatical part of Manovi, my delivery was extra good. Before going there some had told me that I would not sell a single copy. One man said the people would ‘burn me if I went there. At Manta, where I took twenty-two orders in three hours, nearly all took their books. In all, I sold books amounting to about twelve hundred dollars. My success during the two months occupied in that work, was about double what I expected.
The canvassing work is just beginning in the Spanish field, and my prayer is that the Lord will send more workers into these neglected fields. If we had other large books in this language, the field could be worked again soon.
THOS. H. DAVIS.