Campaign Notes by A. J. S. Bourdeau

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 13, 1910

Campaign Notes

By A. J. S. Bourdeau

ELDER DAVID VOTH, president of the Oklahoma Conference, is much encouraged over the prospects for a successful conclusion of the Harvest Ingathering campaign in that State. A letter just received from him says:—

“Some of the people in Oklahoma are quite successful with the Missions number of the REVIEW. Elder C. M. McDonald, one of the workers, says in a letter just received, ‘So far I have disposed of thirteen papers at a little more than one dollar apiece, and am going out again to-day.’

“Last Sabbath I visited a little company of believers, and received a donation

of five dollars from one brother who is past eighty years of age. “I am sending out a number of copies of the REVIEW to business men, and hope to secure help from them. Shall also visit a number of business firms in the city of —.”

Thus far we have received orders for 12,577 copies from our workers located in the territory of the Oklahoma Conference, not including, of course, the ten extra copies mailed to REVIEW readers and church elders. This is indeed an encouraging report.

Brother R. Hook, Jr., manager of the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn., writes encouragingly of his experience with the Missions REVIEW. He says: “Our publishing house closed down one-half day to give the employees an opportunity to solicit funds. While the returns were not large, yet all enjoyed a good experience. I have sent out twenty copies of the REVIEW to business firms, and received returns from six, the smallest amount realized being two dollars, and the largest twenty-five dollars, making a total of fifty-five dollars, and there are still others to be heard from. My soliciting has been by letter only. The following is a copy of one of the replies received: ‘Your esteemed favor was duly received, and we enclose herewith our check for twenty-five dollars for the good of your schools, missions, and other evangelical enterprises. Our dealings with Seventh-day Adventists have been so pleasant, and we have always found them to be so reliable, that we most heartily wish there were more such people, and it is therefore with so much more pleasure that we send this little help in that direction.’” We shall be glad to hear from some of our other workers who have done their soliciting largely through correspondence.

Brother T. D. Gibson, missionary secretary of the Northern Union Conference, has just sent us a very interesting item in regard to the campaign work in North Dakota. He says: “A young man now attending the Sheyenne River Academy in North Dakota wrote a letter to a friend, a business man in that State, sending a copy of the Missions number of the REVIEW. By return mail he received a check for ten dollars. He was very grateful for this donation; but to his surprise a few days later he received another letter from this gentleman, in which was enclosed a deed for a lot in —, Suffolk Co., N. Y. Suffolk County is on Long Island. The lot was donated to missions. Although no statement was made as to its value, any lot on Long Island is worth money.” We can not emphasize too much the value of correspondence as a means of soliciting funds for our mission fields.

Brother J. M. Fisher, of Missouri, returns his official solicitor’s card, having on it the names of thirty donors to our Harvest Ingathering fund. These gave the sum of $3.50, or over ten cents each. If every Missions REVIEW sent out thus far brought in returns equal to this, our Harvest Ingathering fund would amount to over seventy thousand dollars. A. J. S. BOURDEAU.