Does Our Work Spoil Territory? by J. B. BLOSSER

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 16, 1907

Does Our Work Spoil Territory?

By J. B. BLOSSER

We often hear our workers speak of territory that has been receiving attention as “being burned over.” This has a tendency to make our workers avoid such fields. Especially is this true with our canvassers. Some recent experiences in the West Michigan Conference should cause us to change our views on some of these things. One canvasser, Brother Butterfield, who has been working in Kalamazoo, only a few miles from Battle Creek, took one hundred and nine orders by showing the book two hundred and twenty times, or one order for about every other house visited. This was done with “Daniel and the Revelation.” Another canvasser, Brother Johnson, is taking an average of one order to three exhibitions for “Bible Readings” in Battle Creek. These records are equal to, if not ahead of, what is considered our most favored territory. It shows us that our work prepares and waters the soil of the hearts of the people, instead of spoiling it.

J. B. BLOSSER.