What a Farmer Can Do by A. J. S. B.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 9, 1909

What a Farmer Can Do

By A. J. S. B.

ONE of our German brethren, a farmer living in South Dakota, is taking an active part in the campaign to secure subscriptions for the Home Bible Study series of the weekly Signs of the Times. In his simple way he thus tells the story of his experiences: “I am glad to be able to send in my second order blank with five names. Let me tell you how I happened to get them. Yesterday I went with a load of wheat to ——, sixteen miles away. Before starting I placed the subscription blank in my coat pocket, with the earnest desire to sell the good Signs. In a short prayer I did ask the Lord to teach me to be as wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove. I took with me a clean copy of the Naval number of the Signs. In town I did business with five business men, and every one gave me his subscription for the twenty-five special numbers. I delivered this canvass, which I studied out on the road to town: ‘My friend, since I have had the privilege to make good acquaintance with you, I have the confidence that you will favor me with a worthy subscription to this valuable paper,’ and every time the subscription was gained. I will be busy for a few days picking corn, and then I will start off with another load of wheat. To be sure I plan to drive on the scales of a different elevator, and so on, and deal with five different men in order to have a chance to fill the third order blank. After I am through with all the business men in ——, I shall manage to take wheat to another town, which is just as near. I wish our German farmer brothers would try the same kind of missionary work in their leisure time, so that they might forget a little about going to some other State, such as California, to raise grapes, or to Canada, to get more land. To be connected with such a blessed work as this is worth many times more than to possess more quarters of land. I rejoice in the Lord, and remain your brother in the good work.” Will not our other brethren who own farms also do their part in giving this important series of the Signs a wider circulation? A. J. S. B.