Does It Pay to Canvass?
By F. E. Fairchild
ALTHOUGH this question is asked audibly by but very few, yet from the lack of canvassers, it is evident that19many ask and answer it in the negative, with very little thought as to the value of the salvation of precious souls for whom Christ died. I am sure that many who read these lines will be glad to know that it does pay to canvass when we engage in the work with a heart full of love. It pays because it always pays to obey the Lord, and through the spirit of prophecy he has told us that there should be one hundred canvassers where there is now one. It pays because what we need most of all now is a closer walk with Jesus, and all with whom I have ever talked on this subject say that their canvassing experience is the best, for character building, of all their experiences in life. While it seems that there has been very little done in the Western Oregon Conference the past six months, yet that little has paid remarkably well from the standpoint of the salvation of souls. To my own personal knowledge there have been eleven who have taken their stand for the truth as the result of the work of one canvasser in this conference. Brother Ford Dodds writes us from The Dalles of a family of six who are rejoicing in the truth as a result of his faithful work. These are only a few of the many reasons why the canvassing work has paid in this conference the past six months. Those who are doing this work are of good courage, and are determined to press on. We fully expect that the canvassers' institute to be held in Portland, February 1-15, will be well attended; that thorough work will be done; and that, as a result, a large number of books will be placed in the hands of earnest seekers for truth this year, and eternity alone will reveal what good will come from such work. F. E. Fairchild,
State Agent.