IN SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY TERRITORY
Professor Griggs, the principal of the South Lancaster Academy, is upbraiding me, good-naturedly, for not doing more for the RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS in his district; but from his own letters and reports, New England does not appear to be asleep, but is hard at work. Here are a few cheery notes from a recent letter from him, and a clipping which he sent:— “I feel that we have done remarkably well, all things considered, in this district. Two thousand dollars, and I should not wonder if considerable more, has already been received for books. We have paid from a thousand to fifteen hundred dollars on our debt, and are in a condition where we can meet every demand.” “There are some encouraging reports coming in from the workers. I notice you are cracking up the Western work, but I want you to understand that things are going on here without the cracking. I will inclose you a clipping from the report of one brother. This man has sent us over a hundred dollars in money from the sale of books. He writes as follows:— “I have never so thoroughly enjoyed meeting people as I have the last few days in trying to sell this book [“Christ’s Object Lessons”]. The Lord has given me a wonderful blessing. I have taken between fifty and sixty orders, in about a week and a half, and have not put in my whole time, nor half the time. I have called upon some prominent business men, and they have manifested a very willing disposition to take the book. I have met persons12on the sidewalk, taken out the book and canvassed them, and sold right there; have met some in the middle of the road, and sold the book there, and received my money; have exchanged books for groceries; have gone out to do business, and in the midst of the business have turned the subject and sold a book, and delivered it on the spot.” “This brother cites a number of instances where he made sales, and adds the following: ‘A man to whom I sold a book stopped me on the street and asked me to bring him seven copies for the members of his Sunday-school class. He said that “Christ’s Object Lessons” is the best gem he ever saw. And so the work goes.’”