I HAVE just completed my second trip to Bohol, having been gone two weeks. The first trip occupied three weeks, and I shall have to make two more trips before my work is finished in this province. I have had very good success in taking orders and in delivering. In the province of Cebu I delivered nearly $1,250 worth of books, but Bohol will fall short of this, as it is not so thickly populated as Cebu; however, I hope to reach $750. During my best week I received $250 worth of orders, and I have had other weeks in which I have sold $150 worth of books. Thanks to the Lord for his blessing.
It certainly seems to me that now is the time to sell books in the Philippines. I hope and pray that the trouble and war which are abroad in the land will not reach us until we have scattered many books containing the message. I cannot preach, but with the Lord's help I can sell books, and the only complaint I have to make is that the days are too short.
I do most of my traveling over sea and land by night. This is more pleasant, and much time is saved. I shall feel so happy when I have covered the five provinces, Cebu, Bohol, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Leyte, with "Home and Health," "Patriarchs and Prophets," and "Coming King." I hope to do this inside of three years, the Lord willing.
I have a young man in training, and he has sold all the copies of "The Gospel22Primer," in stock, many copies of "Paradise Home," some of "Coming King," some Testaments, and many Gospels and tracts. We are confident that this young man will be very successful. He has had much opposition, as usual, but seems to become stronger in spite of all. What a happy experience it is to save a soul and then help that one to save others! May the Lord bless our humble seed sowing.
I believe the time is near when we shall see the work springing up in every province and island. Already in Bohol I know a young man, a Filipino supervising teacher, who says that he is determined to keep the Sabbath and prepare to meet Jesus, this decision being the result of a few evenings' talk with him and his having bought "The Great Controversy." He has been a Protestant for some time, but is not satisfied. He says that he had been waiting for a religion that agrees with the Bible. I shall watch with interest and prayer the Spirit's working in this young man's heart.