Canvassing in Oregon by Walter Harper

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jul 23, 1908

Canvassing in Oregon

By Walter Harper

I LEFT San Francisco on the staunch little steamer of the Oregon Coal and Navigation Company, the “M. F. Plant,” soon after our good camp-meeting near Oakland, and reached Coos Bay safely in due time, and was at work in a few hours after the boat arrived. One afternoon here I was granted success in taking orders for eleven “Seer of Patmos,” besides other orders. All honor to the Lord alone. He only can give success to our labors, work we ever so hard in our own strength. Last week was the first time I ever took an order for the “Seer of Patmos.” I can see the Spirit of God working on the people to bless the efforts to sell this book.

One day last week the Lord gave me five orders for “Ministry of Healing,” besides a number of dollars’ worth of other orders. I take along on this trip the book “Ministry of Healing,” with my other work and try to sell one or two copies a day as missionary work for the Lord. I find great blessing in doing this. Sometimes I get started on this book, and have such good times that I can scarcely stop when I have sold one or two for the day, but run away over this number. I have done this same work, on this same plan, at intervals for years with “Christ’s Object Lessons” in my regular canvassing work. I have received many rich blessings in doing this. How I wish all our canvassers and workers would share in it, too; for all can if they will only take hold in faith. I find it does not interfere with my regular canvassing work to take orders for one or two of these books a day as missionary work for the blessed Master. I deliver them the same time these I do the other orders. I take “Christ’s Object Lessons” on one trip, and “Ministry of Healing” on another trip. My experience that I have worked out, or that came to me, was that it called down blessings on the other part of my work, and my soul was blessed also. How I wish all our canvassers, especially those working for scholarships, would try this plan. WALTER HARPER.