Georgia as a Promising Field by GEO. W. WELLS

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 2, 1908

Georgia as a Promising Field

By GEO. W. WELLS

FREQUENTLY we receive letters asking questions with reference to the canvassing work in Georgia. We are always glad to reply to these inquiries, and do not hesitate to say that Georgia is a promising field. We find the people ready to give us a hearing, and many are willing to purchase our literature when approached in the proper manner.

It will be recognized by those who desire to make the comparison, that the reports of our canvassers show very favorably with those of other fields, and further we wish to say that the God-fearing, faithful canvasser need not have any fears from a financial standpoint in this field.

We have found that the large books sell as readily as the smaller ones, and we have abundance of unentered territory. In this State, the largest one east of the Mississippi River, we have one hundred forty-six counties, and scores of them are virgin soil; here we shall find nearly three million people, many of whom are kind, hospitable, and waiting for light. “Many are on the verge of the kingdom, waiting to be gathered in.” God will not let the end come while there are honest souls looking up to heaven, stretching out their hands, praying for light. These seeking ones will find what they long for, and God sends us to search them out.

I know of no work just now that is of greater importance than that of scattering our publications like the leaves of autumn. There is no work that will yield larger returns financially, intellectually, mentally, and spiritually.

Inasmuch as the servant of the Lord has said that “the canvasser is engaged in an honorable business,” and that “the work is a good one, the object high and elevating; and there should be a corresponding dignity of deportment,” I am sure our field missionary agent, A. L. Manous, whose address is 602 Capitol Ave., Atlanta, Ga., will be pleased to correspond with any who look upon this work as an “honorable business,” and from a missionary standpoint desire to take hold of the work with us and fill some of the grand openings in this State. The writer’s address is 77 Beecher St., Atlanta, Ga.

GEO. W. WELLS, President.