Summary by N. Z. T.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 16, 1915

Summary

By N. Z. T.

OUR summary this month is a good one. Of the eleven unions in the North American Division which reported, ten show a substantial gain in book sales, the total gain for the Division being more than $14,000 over the corresponding month last year. The grand total from the foreign fields also shows a small gain.

We are glad that we can add a new field, Guatemala, to our list this month. Although the Guatemala peso, or dollar, is worth only from two to three cents in United States currency, a good beginning is being made with our large subscription books. Concerning the outlook in that republic, Brother C. F. Innis writes:—

“From the present outlook, which to me is encouraging, I believe that I can, with the Lord’s help, place a large number of our good books in this field. Business is somewhat dull because of the war, but there are always some who will buy when the book is presented to them in the right way. I believe that ‘The Coming King’ will be a good book to sell here, as the price is only $1.50; but this means $75 in Guatemala currency. I am now getting one hundred and twenty-five Guatemala pesos for the health book in the cheapest binding. I am endeavoring to do very careful, thorough work, in such a way that I can return with other books. . . .”

“I have been much encouraged by the interest that I have found in Bible study

and by the spirit of investigation which I see among the people. In each town where I have canvassed, I have found some who believe in the Bible. Some are already connected with an evangelical body, but there are others studying the Bible who are not yet connected with any church. In one place I was received as a brother in Christ in six different families. In another place the family joined with me in a season of prayer, asking the Lord to bless my work and the books that I was placing among the people. I firmly believe that when these people hear the advent message preached, after reading such a book as ‘The Coming King,’ many of them will accept the truth. I also believe that an Adventist minister could get a good hearing in the places where I have canvassed. The people seem eager to get more light from the Bible. Some of them already have their homes fitted up with benches, and a table with a large Bible on it, so that the missionaries who pass may hold meetings with them. Why cannot we step in and fill such openings as these?”

— N. Z. T.

“THE true waste of life consists in the love we have not given, the service we have not rendered, the sacrifice from which we have drawn back.”