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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 2, 1910

Notes

By A. J. S. B.

Brother F. H. Henderson, field missionary secretary of the Ohio Conference, writes: “I am putting in all of my time among our churches, and find the members responding heartily.” With such a strong field policy we may confidently look for a still greater distribution of our literature in that conference.

Word just received from Elder S. N. Haskell, president of the California Conference, informs us that since the transfer of the tract society office to Oakland, their counter sales the first month were $149.58. If kept up at this rate, their yearly sales over the counter will amount to $1,794. The profit on these sales alone will enable the tract society to pay a large part of its office rent.

One of our sisters in the city of Montreal, Canada, succeeded so well in selling her first supply of the Dominion Sentinel magazine that she has just ordered five hundred additional copies. If seventy-five thousand copies of our ten-cent magazines can be sold in one year in the city of San Francisco, a large number ought surely to be sold in Montreal and other large cities in Canada. Who will volunteer to enter this new field?

We feel sure that our periodical agents will look forward with more than ordinary interest to seeing the forthcoming annual “Story of Missions” issue of the REVIEW; for, among the many illustrations it will contain, will be found one or two of our Russian sisters, who are selling our Russian paper. The quaint Russian cart given them by some of the farmers to carry on this work, also appears in the picture. Prepare to give this special REVIEW a wide circulation in your vicinity.

On her way home from the Western Canadian Union conference recently held at Lacombe, Alberta, Sister Dale Bonde sold one hundred copies of the Dominion Sentinel in Leduc and Edmonton, working only six hours. After selling these, she wished for more. She has just placed an order with the Alberta Tract Society for 1,000 copies of the Temperance Instructor. These are to be sold in two places, Edmonton and Islay. This is the largest order for magazines ever received by the Alberta Tract Society.

Speaking of his recent visit to our church in Phoenix, Ariz., Brother H. H. Hall says: “I was greatly pleased by the missionary spirit manifested there by the members and officers of the church. I found one thousand packages of tracts in the rear of the church, ready for distribution the following Sunday to the homes of the people in Phoenix and vicinity.” Some of our other churches are following the plan of distributing one of the Signs of the Times Leaflets (sixteen in number) to each home in their city or town, for sixteen consecutive weeks. Others prefer to use the twenty-eight leaflets found in the Family Bible Teacher series. The effect of such continuous work, week after week, in a systematic way, is simply tremendous. It leads to many calls for other literature, invitations to hold Bible readings or cottage meetings, etc. Let all of our churches adopt a simple plan of house-to-house work such as this at once. Then let us have your experiences, to encourage others to do likewise. A. J. S. B.