Genuine Leadership

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 1, 1908

Genuine Leadership

THE following interesting paragraph from a letter recently received from Brother V. O. Cole, the general agent of the Southeastern Union Conference, contains an instructive lesson for our leaders in the canvassing work. Brother Cole says:—

“I will tell you a little experience we had when we came here to begin the institute. When we arrived, the brethren lacked about two and one-half days of finishing the gathering in of their crops; so Brother Manous and I told them to go ahead, and we would find plenty to do during that time. So we took our prospectuses, and put in twenty-three hours of hard canvassing for “Daniel and Revelation.” The result was we came in with eighty-seven dollars’ worth of orders. I presume you may imagine how much this did to stir up an interest with the little company at this place for the canvassing work. The result is that nearly the entire church comes out twice a day to the institute meetings, and a canvassing spirit is taking hold of nearly every one of them. Of course we shall not get them all into the work; for some can not leave home; but they are deeply stirred. I find that there are very few things that will stir the people to the importance of this work like getting right out and doing some of it ourselves.”