*A Canvasser’s Experience***
IN a personal letter to Brother H. H. Hall a Missouri worker gives the following account of an interesting experience in territory where large books are not supposed to sell so readily:— There was a sawmill camp a few miles away, and the foreman told me that Sunday was the only time I could work there; that they were all very busy on other days, and every man had to stand at his post, and could not stop a minute. One of the employees was a preacher, and preached every Sunday to the camp. Last Sunday morning I went down early, and canvassed the preacher, the first thing. I took his order, and he asked me to speak to the people in his place at eleven o’clock. I said I would; and when the time came, he introduced me to the congregation, and at the same time told them that my book was the best one he ever saw. I spoke on the coming of Christ, and after the meeting, sold eighteen books,—value fifty-seven dollars,—and then went on my way rejoicing. Now, Brother Hall, I am here in the Mississippi bottom selling large books, while others are just across the river selling small books. I have walked and blistered my feet to-day, but have sold ten copies of “Great Controversy”—value thirty-two dollars. All the canvassers in Missouri are generally doing well. This book work must take on larger dimensions. We must lengthen our cords and strengthen our stakes. I have been canvassing for fourteen years, and have never seen the people more ready to buy books.