A Partial Report by E. R. Palmer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 28, 1907

A Partial Report

By E. R. Palmer

For some reason, we have failed to receive reports of the canvassing work for September from Australasia and Germany. We are sorry for these omissions, for these two fields always stand high, and are a substantial help to the summary. We are glad to know, however, that their large armies of workers are in the field, doing valiant service on these great frontiers. We hope to be able to publish their reports next month.

We welcome the good news from the Northern Pacific Union Conference, that their general agent, Brother Carl Weaks, who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever, is steadily and satisfactorily recovering. We are thankful that the Lord, in his goodness, has spared our brother's life, and trust that we may soon see him back at his post of duty. The incomplete report from that union is partially, at least, due to the sickness of Brother Weaks.

As was expected, there is a sharp decline in the reports as recorded in this summary, because of the return of scores of young people to the schools. We rejoice with them that they have succeeded so well during the summer, and can go to take up their studies. May the Lord greatly bless them is our prayer, and prepare them for still better service during the vacation of 1908.

We are glad to see the ranks being filled again as the result of a call for one thousand young men and women to begin at once to work for scholarships for next year. Thus, the good work moves on apace. The literature is being scattered to earth's remotest bounds. The young people are responding to the calls, and are lining up for the battles

of the Lord. Let us hasten, brethren and sisters, to find the places God has selected for us. There is no time to lose; now is the accepted time; this is the last opportunity to work for the lost. Eternity will never afford another occasion to work for the salvation of sinners; those who would be soldiers of the cross, and would be partakers with Christ, both in his labors and in his sufferings, must improve the present opportunity. E. R. PALMER.