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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 21, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 3.

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Items of Interest

By M. E. K.

A young lady in Georgia who has been engaged in selling Life and Health for the past quarter has disposed of about fifteen hundred papers. She expects to attend the training-school at Graysville, Tenn., next term.
Another young lady is selling the Signs, but I am not able to state just what success she has had. A sister in the South has been working among the prisoners in a federal prison, and the young people have planned to render a program in the prison soon.
A society in North Michigan has between twenty-five and thirty dollars raised toward buying a bell for their church. The young people and children are selling papers to add to this fund. Another society has taken upon itself the furnishing of their new schoolhouse.
Every Missionary Volunteer worker understands that one of the greatest needs in this work is well-qualified local leaders. The Missionary Volunteer secretary of the Southern California Conference writes thus of their efforts to train leaders: “Brother Luther Warren and myself are giving some time to holding institutes with our promising young people in various sections, for the purpose of giving them special instructions in how to work.”
The Missionary Volunteer Department of the Southern California Conference has published a twelve-page leaflet entitled “Missionary Volunteer Bulletin.” It gives a list of leading texts on some of the fundamental points of faith, to aid the young people in preparing for the Standard of Attainment. The secretary says: “We expect, before the end of the year, to have all our societies so familiar with the points of our faith that they can give the citation of the scriptures, and also repeat the scriptures bearing on the various subjects.” Other topics in the leaflet are the “Reading Course,” “The School at Rome,” “Fernando Academy,” “The Home or Conference Department,” and “Ammunition.”
In the Southern California Conference many of the young people are taking special interest in the reading of the Bible. A Bible Reading Band was organized at the camp-meeting, which has now grown to number nine hundred or more.
M. E. K.