Notes of Progress by E. R. P.

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

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 27.

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Notes of Progress

By E. R. P.

ONWARD, still onward!

There should be no turning back in the work of the Lord.

The forward march of our publishing work in many lands is a just cause for courage and rejoicing.

The accompanying monthly summary for May, 1908, is the most complete of any summary we have thus far published.

A careful study of the comparative summary following the monthly summary will show how steadily and gloriously the good work is moving on.

We rejoice with our brethren in the territory of the Southern Publishing Association, who are able to present such complete reports and such a high general average in all the conferences in the Southern, Southwestern, and Southeastern union conferences.

The large number of excellent reports which appear in this summary will undoubtedly be an incentive to those who have not yet fully realized the value of the reporting system, but have permitted their fields to be very poorly represented by partial reports of the business done where there ought to be substantial figures.

The per cent of gain in the three publishing house divisions of the territory in the United States for the month of May, 1908, compared with the month of May, 1907, is as follows:— Pacific Press territory ...... 5% Southern Publishing territory. 42% Review and Herald territory.. 50%

While not unmindful of the faithful co-operation of our general agents and publishing house managers in the United States in furnishing these reports, we especially appreciate the co-operation of our workers in foreign lands, who, though far away across the seas, have in several instances reached us with their reports sooner than union conferences nearer by.

This summary for May appears in the REVIEW AND HERALD dated July 2. The summary for 1907 was published in that of July 18, 1907. This gain of sixteen days in the time of publishing the summary, and the very complete summary which we are able to publish notwithstanding the earlier date, is a good indication of a thorough reporting system in the fields represented. E. R. P.