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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 27, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 5.

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Reaching the Professional Classes

ELDER G. W. ANGLEBARGER sends the following note of progress from Denver, Colo. The last paragraph of this report emphasizes the importance of our having more colporteurs who can reach the professional classes with our large subscription books. Why should we not have scores of men in our colporteur work who are able to do just the kind of work Brother Pearson has been doing?
“The work and message in Denver are onward. Many are accepting the truth. Among them is a woman who is seventy-eight years of age. She had been reared a Catholic. Recently she left that church, and was seeking for the true way. She tried Christian Science and Millennial Dawnism, but did not find what she knew she needed. One day she was looking over the church notices in the Denver News, and saw our notice that we would speak the next Sunday night on ‘The One Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand.’ As that was a subject she wished to hear, she came to the service, and after hearing the discourse, she said, ‘This is the truth I am looking for.’ She has been coming regularly since, and has taken a decided stand for the truth. Next Sabbath she with others will receive Christian baptism. We have written a tract to meet the teachings of Russellism, entitled ‘Is the Millennium Already Here?’ We have 50,000 copies printed, and our members are putting them in the homes of the people.
“We are also pushing the Harvest Ingathering Signs. State Senator G. F. Pearson, who is a member of one of our churches, is canvassing the professional men of our city for ‘Daniel and the Revelation.’ He has sold over one hundred copies in just a few weeks to the most prominent men here, among them the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney-general, supreme judges, lawyers, doctors, etc. J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., who was visiting in Denver for a few days, was the one hundredth name on his list. He gave his order for a $5 book, and paid for it in advance. Brother Pearson did not think he could sell books, but the Lord impressed him to try. We are praying that these books will not only be read by these men, but will lead them into the light of God.”
N. Z. TOWN.