Work in Alaska by H. H. Hall

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 3, 1903

Work in Alaska

By H. H. Hall

“DURING 1901 I gave out 1,010 papers, 18,216 pages of tracts, loaned books, wrote letters, and had Bible studies with several persons. In 1902 I gave out 1,808 papers, 30,200 pages of tracts (less a few on hand now), loaned books, wrote to inquirers, held Bible studies occasionally, and Sabbath-school regularly.

“The other day a little boy ran out after me, and said, ‘Mama wants another paper for papa, for the other one made him cry.’

“I give my Signs away instead of selling them, and, as a result, a man asked me, ‘Where do you get off at?’ (Where do you get your pay?) I asked him if he liked them, and he said, ‘Yes, they are real instructors.’ ‘Well,’ I said, ‘I accept that as my pay in full.’”

The preceding is taken from a private letter from Brother George Rice, who is in Dawson City. In this letter he states that no second-class mail of any kind will be brought there until next June. For this reason his club of Signs will have to be sent at letter rates, or else discontinued. How fortunate it is that but few of us are thus denied the privilege of obtaining missionary material! H. H. HALL.