Experiences in the Work
By Walter Harper
THE latter part of last July I finished a long and successful canvass in Shasta and Siskiyou Counties in northern California. The Lord sustained me in many trials and buffetings of the enemy of all truth, and blessed my labors with signal victory. Early in August I began work in Pepperwood, Humboldt County. The Lord blessed from the first, and in four weeks I was favored with about one thousand dollars' worth of orders for books, helps, etc. After filling these orders I was called East on account of the sickness of my father, with whom I remained one month. November 24 I began work at Prescott, Ariz., and in six weeks and a half the Lord gave me between four hundred and five hundred orders. Early in January I began a wonderfully successful delivery. In about five weeks I was enabled to fill from ten hundred to twelve hundred dollars' worth of orders, though we had much rainy, stormy weather. Our dear Heavenly Father gave me health, strength, and courage to prosecute the work to a finish. All honors are ever the Lord's, he only can crown our labors with success. O, I see so many tokens of God's love and care! His mercies are new every morning. We are not consumed because his compassions fail not. Last week I began a new canvass in southern Arizona, at Casa Grande. From the first, it was apparent that the blessed Master was going before and opening the way; but I felt that I must have more help from above, more power in my work, more grace to triumph. So I kept last Sabbath as a special day of fasting and prayer and laying hold more firmly on the arm of omnipotence. God did hear and answer. The very next day — Sunday, too,— February 19, I was granted success to the extent of twenty-eight orders for books, helps, etc., or over ninety dollars' worth, besides several dollars' worth of orders for17“Steps to Christ” in foreign tongues. During this time I was also enabled to sell a number of that heaven-sent book “Patriarchs and Prophets.” Praise God for this grand privilege. Eternity alone will reveal the results. In it all I can only say, “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” “What hath God wrought!” “It is the Lord's doings; it is marvelous in our eyes.” WALTER HARPER.