One Missionary Convention
By H. H. Hall
THE convention I attended was in many ways an ideal one. At the close of the readings the leader invited those who had not yet subscribed for the special Signs to do so. As they proceeded, a ten-year-old boy said that he wanted fifty sets. A few moments after, another boy, only a little older, ordered a similar number. The leader then asked if there were those who would pay for papers if others would sell them. I then noticed a nine-year-old girl on the front seat who seemed anxious to attract the attention of the leader. When she succeeded, she stated that she could use a hundred sets if they were thus provided. One of the brethren became responsible for the number. In a private talk with her later I found that she was a genuine missionary worker, and would probably sell the hundred copies of the first issue in two evenings. At the close of this work, a large diagram of the city was brought in, and each worker assigned territory. Nearly one thousand sets were subscribed for, in addition to more than five hundred sets which had been ordered previously. The meeting then closed, and as the custom was, the Young People's Society met immediately. After a few encouraging experiences were related, the members were given opportunity to subscribe for additional sets of the Signs. They immediately raised their club from two hundred and sixty-four sets to five hundred and twenty-five. The leader asked the secretary of the juvenile society, a girl of twelve years, how they were succeeding in missionary work. She said, “We have ordered two hundred, and every one is taken, and most of them are sold already.” A sister then told of her work with the members of a board with which she was connected; and of her need of $1.80 with which to send them literature on a special subject they were to consider the next Thursday night. She also needed help in the writing of letters to accompany it. A collection was taken, and instead of $1.80, she obtained $3.20. Her need of assistance in correspondence was more than met. After a few more experiences of work had been related, we sang a hymn, and went out to work.