Adventist Canvassers in India and Panama
A LETTER recently received from Brother C. E. Weaks, of India, relates the following experience:— “One of our canvassers, Brother Poley, had a very interesting experience the other day. He went into a town in a little independent native state, to deliver some books previously ordered. He was met at the station by a fine carriage belonging to the state, and driven to his customers in grand style. He had his footman, driver, and everything going to make up style in Oriental countries. Arrangements had also been made for his entertainment at state expense. How is that for a Seventh-day Adventist canvasser to be treated? Surely our canvassers ride upon the high places of the earth, and ‘eat the riches of the Gentiles.’” LAST week Brother H. H. Cobban, secretary and treasurer of the West Indian Union Conference, reached Washington from Panama, to counsel regarding the publishing work in that field. On account of the fire at Colon, he secured a very special rate to this country and return. He reports that the fire swept seven blocks, and as the houses are generally of pitch-pine, and lightly built in that tropical region, it made such rapid progress that our workers were able to save little from the press building. What arrangement can be made for the growing publishing work in this field, is the question under consideration.