Earning Scholarships in Argentina by Max Trummer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 6, 1911

Earning Scholarships in Argentina

By Max Trummer

OUR experience this summer has been a new evidence of the benefits of the canvassing work for those who desire to obtain an education. When the school year closed in November, there were five young people among the students who were very anxious to return to school this year; but the question was how to do it, and this was not an easy matter to decide.

As the locusts and the drought had ruined nearly all the crops, there was little prospect of earning any money in the harvest-field; but as these young people had a deep interest in the missionary work, they determined to take part in scattering the printed page during the vacation.

Without taking time to visit their homes, they attended the canvassers' institute, where they studied the books they were going to sell, and the best way of presenting them. After a week of study and practise, these brethren went to their respective fields. For three of them this was their first experience away from home. We all know what this means.

With what faith and courage they worked, week after week! The time I spent with them was a great encouragement

to me. In their letters and in their work, they showed that they recognized the sacredness of the work, and their chief burden was to carry the message to the towns and villages that had not yet heard it.

This spirit is the secret of the success of the canvasser or other worker in the vineyard of the Lord. The canvasser should not think, How am I going to earn a living or a scholarship? This we should leave with God. He has promised that he will supply all our needs. “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 1 Thess. 5:24. Our thought should always be: How can I best carry the gospel of salvation to these souls who do not realize that they are in danger of losing the priceless gift of eternal life?

These five young people were successful in selling sufficient books to earn their scholarships and return to school this year. What they did, others can do. There never was a time when a good education was so necessary as at present, especially for Seventh-day Adventist young people, that they may be able to carry this message to the learned and to the ignorant.

If one desires with all the heart to obtain an education, there is no reason why one may not obtain it. There should be many other young people who would resolve to take advantage of this opportunity. MAX TRUMMER.