Our Publishing Work by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 6, 1906

Our Publishing Work

By Editor

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Psalm 68:11.

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“ALL who have read ‘Christ Our Saviour’ like it, and regard it as a precious household jewel. I would not be without a copy of it in my home. L. L. Holmes.”

THE total amount of book sales in western Washington for June and July was $2,166.50. Of this amount, those working for scholarships sold $1,265.30. Those working on regular commission sold $901.20. The average value of orders of the scholarship agents was $1.07 an hour, while the average of the regular agents was 99 cents an hour.

WE have a few damaged copies of the “Analysis of Sacred Chronology,” by S. Bliss, revised with notes, together with “The Peopling of the Earth,”—historical notes on the tenth chapter of Genesis,—by Alonzo T. Jones. This book contains 299 pages; bound in cloth, library, and leather. We have damaged copies in all bindings. As long as they last, we will furnish them for 50 cents a copy, post-paid.

HAVE you examined “Lessons for Children’s Meetings, No. 4”? It contains outlines of lessons, together with suggestions, blackboard drawings, and word-picture studies adapted to the needs of primary workers in children’s meetings. It is an illustrated pamphlet of 62 pages, and can not fail to be very helpful to mothers who desire to give their children lessons at home. It will also be found to be a very practical work for those conducting children’s meetings. The price is only 10 cents a copy, post-paid.

THE problem of getting an education is now practically settled for all active, energetic young people who would make use of an education after it was acquired. The solution of this heretofore perplexing problem is found in the scholarship plan now offered by our schools. In almost every church there are young people who ought to be in our training-schools, but are debarred because they have no means to meet the necessary expenses. This is a matter of vast importance, not only to the young people, but to the progress of this great message. The young people are needed to help to finish this work. The following plan is enabling some of our young people to avail themselves of the privileges and blessings of an education. There is an arrangement between our schools and the different conferences in their respective districts whereby students may earn a scholarship for one year by selling a certain number of our subscription books at the retail price, and turning the whole amount into the tract society treasury. The rate of the scholarship is so low, and the terms with the tract society so easy, that any ambitious youth can earn it in a few months. Any one who desires to investigate this plan should write to the tract society secretary of his conference.

LAST week we sent 1,000 copies of Liberty to Clearfield, Pa. Since then we have received the following order from the same place: “Please send me at once 2,500 copies of Liberty, No. 2, and be ready to send me more at any time. “R. H. Wiper.”

A FEW days ago, we sent 100 copies of Liberty to Charles C. Cross, Huntsville, Ala. Later we received the following order: “The 100 copies of Liberty received yesterday are all sold to-day but four copies. Please find postal order for $2.50, for which send me 100 copies more. Hurry the order through. Charles C. Cross.”

THE book sales in New York for July, 1905, amounted to $802.58. For the same month in 1906, the amount of sales was $1,162.10, an increase of $359.52. It is always encouraging to note even a small monthly increase in our book sales. It is an evidence of increasing interest in the Master’s work in a conference, for the book sales are generally a good index of all other lines of work.

LISTEN to what one says who has read the REVIEW for nearly fifty years: “I have not lost interest in the good old REVIEW. For twenty-five years we lived apart from any of our people, and the REVIEW was the only one of like precious faith that we could see for years at a time. I used to save the REVIEW for Sabbath before taking it out of the wrapper, but now I can not wait for the Sabbath to come before opening it. We now have church privileges, and we appreciate them very much, but sometimes some of the brethren and sisters get the blues. We can always depend upon a good feast when we get our REVIEW. You can count on me as a life subscriber.”

A MERE boy in western Washington worked thirty-four hours one week with “Heralds of the Morning,” and took forty-one orders, representing a value of $79.75. In reporting his work, he said, “The Lord has greatly blessed my efforts here. I am thankful for the scholarship plan. There is a twofold blessing in it. I know I can get more orders that way. Why, I shall be sorry when the season closes. I would rather be a canvasser in Clark County than work in the largest sawmill. Ps. 84: 10.” The western Washington students who have been selling books for scholarships averaged $1.07 an hour during the months of June and July. What other business would yield them a remuneration equal to this?

Orders for any publication mentioned on this page may be sent to any conference tract society or to Review and Herald Publishing Association, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C., or Battle Creek, Mich. Also Pacific Press Publishing Company, Mountain View, Cal.; Portland, Ore.; Kansas City, Mo.; Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn., and Fort Worth, Tex.