Notes of Progress by E. R. P.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 29, 1912

Notes of Progress

By E. R. P.

THERE is, apparently, a great decrease in the book work in the British Union Conference, for in previous reports the missionary papers sold by colporteurs were counted in with the books. In this report they are separated. The total shows a good, substantial gain.

AGAIN, the German unions show a very large gain, not only over the previous month, but also over the corresponding month of the previous year. The general agent in Germany writes that during the past six months more than one hundred colporteurs have been added to their list, and the sales have nearly doubled. There are now 501 colporteurs in the two German union conferences. What a grand work this army of self-supporting missionaries represents!

THE three unions of the Southern field are also planning for a prosperous year, and the good work is well under way. The reports indicate that a large number of the colporteurs are planning to lift the standard by becoming one-thousand-dollar and sixteen-hundred-hour colporteurs.

IT is indeed a great inspiration to receive each month the reports which make up these summaries. They contain a wonderful record of the progress the third angel's message is making all over the world. We greatly rejoice in the triumphs of the message, and our brethren and sisters who read these good reports will rejoice with us.

SPECIAL mention should be made of the progress of the book work in the Pacific Union. The Lord has greatly blessed the colporteur work in that union during the past year, and the work has grown from a position near the bottom of the list to the very head of the unions in North America, for the first month of this new year. The sales for January, 1911, amounted to $721.35. Compared with the first month of 1912, there is a gain of $3,206.90.

THE general agent of the Lake Union Conference, Brother J. B. Blosser, writes that the prospects have never before been so good in the Lake Union Conference. Several very large institutes are being held, and from the present outlook there will be a gain of from twenty-five to fifty per cent in sales during the present year. There was also a most encouraging gain in that union last year. We trust that the expectation of our brethren will be fully realized.

As we all work together during the year 1912 to spread this precious truth, may the Lord help us to keep in mind, and be encouraged by, the blessed hope that when this gospel of the kingdom shall have been preached in all the world for a witness, then shall the end come. Let us all work and pray to the end that the splendid progress which the work is now making may not be interrupted until every nation, kindred, tongue, and people has heard the message of salvation.

BROTHER C. J. TOLF, general agent of the Atlantic Union Conference, writes that while their gain for the month of January is small, they “are surely on the up-grade, with a good pressure of steam on the boiler.” It was with considerable difficulty that the Atlantic Union held its own during the year 1911. However, a small gain was made in the sales, and the outlook is far better for the present year; and the workers, according to Brother Tolf's report, “are out for success, by God's help.” E. R. P.