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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 3, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 1.

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Experience Meeting

AFTER the first day’s campaign with the special Thanksgiving number of The Signs of the Times, an experience meeting was held in the church at Mountain View, Cal. It would have done your soul good to hear some of the reports given by those who had spent the previous day in meeting the people with the special Signs.
The territory, consisting of eight good-sized towns, had been assigned to a number of companies, and the united effort was made on Monday, November 26. Some of the companies took early morning trains to the towns they were to work. Others went in rigs and on wheels to near-by places.
The evening before, special prayer for the success of this work had been made. Surely these prayers were answered. Here is a partial report of papers sold:
In Redwood City six persons sold 100 papers; in Palo Alto six persons sold 255 papers; in Santa Clara the company sold 181 papers; in Sunnyvale, a small place, 25 papers were sold; in Mayfield one brother sold 25 papers; in Mountain View one young man sold 63 papers.
A number who took part in this campaign had never before sold a paper. In the experience meeting they told how glad they were that they had gone, and spoke of the blessings they had received.
One lady who has been in business a number of years said that she had no thought of going when it was first mentioned, but later decided she would, just to see if she could sell the Signs. She sold forty-three copies. She also said,“I believe it is the Lord’s work, and I’m glad I took part in it.”
Another lady had thought she could not sell a paper; in fact, she knew she couldn’t, but was willing to try. She said she asked the Lord for strength, and fear was taken from her, and she enjoyed the work. She sold about twenty-five copies in Santa Clara, a place which is almost wholly Catholic.
One brother, a shoemaker, took twenty-five copies to Mayfield, a small town near by. He had to return early because he sold all his papers. He said he did not sell the papers; the Lord did it for him.
In Redwood City two young ladies, both workers in the Signs department, sold fifty-one copies in the business section in three-quarters of an hour. And so the efforts of those who engaged in this work were blessed. As a result of this meeting two companies went out on Wednesday, practically finishing the territory, and selling one hundred and sixty-eight copies more of this truth-filled paper. This effort has placed copies of this number in over seven hundred homes in this Valley.
It will be remembered that the Valley was thoroughly canvassed for the Earthquake Special Signs, and it is a striking fact that nearly all who purchased that number were glad to get another copy of the paper.
For the benefit of those who will continue to sell this number, the words “Thanksgiving Number” on the first-cover page have been changed to “Is the Lord Coming?”
With this change, in view of the important truths which this number contains, it ought to continue to sell readily all through the holidays.
Over fifty thousand copies have now been ordered.
During the last four weeks the regular subscription list of the Signs has increased 2,771 copies. We trust that this evidence that the Lord is leading will encourage others to take hold of the good work.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.