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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Mar 30, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 13.

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Canvassing in Ontario

By H. D. Carr

I LEFT my home at Gore Bay, Ontario, Dec. 26, 1904, with a team of three dogs, and a load of two hundred pounds on my sleigh. I drove forty miles to Little Current, where I delivered some books, and then continued my journey to Blind River.
It is not possible for a horse to travel where I went with my dog team, but there are people in these lonely places who must have this last warning message. My journey occupied two and one-half days, and I scattered the printed page by the way.
THE CANVASSER AND HIS DOG TEAM
THE CANVASSER AND HIS DOG TEAM
I then visited the lumber camps, and sold twenty-one dollars’ worth of books, and took fifteen dollars’ worth of orders. I held two meetings, and met some honest souls who were hungering for the truth.
I then went to Cockburn Island, where I sold twenty-five dollars’ worth of books, and took sixty dollars’ worth of orders, in less than two weeks. I then returned to Blind River, and visited the camps again, taking a good supply of books. This time I sold books to the amount of seventy-five dollars. On this trip the picture was taken which accompanies this article. I made three trips to the camps, and sold one hundred and fifty dollars’ worth of books in less than one month, nearly all of which were our larger books.
I tell you, brethren, if you who are sickly and dying spiritually will tarry in the upper room until you are endued with power from on high, and then buckle on the armor, our publishers will have to run a night force to print books fast enough to supply our canvassers this coming summer.
Canvassers should not be afraid of telling the people of Jesus, and of his coming again for those who are watching for him; for this message will melt the hardest heart. I tell the people that I know by experience that the books will do them good.
How is it with you, my brethren and sisters? Are you standing in your lot that God has appointed for you? I am sure there are many who are quenching the Spirit, and saying, I will go after a while. Delays are dangerous. To-day is the time. Go forth now.
I must go back to Cockburn Island and deliver my books, and there are two other islands I am anxious to visit before the ice breaks up. H. D. CARR.