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THE KANSAS WAY

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 3, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 27.

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THE KANSAS WAY.

By R. W. Parmele

The portion of Kansas City, Kan., called Armourdale, is composed of about fifteen or twenty thousand inhabitants, covering a territory a very little over one mile square. From this it will be readily seen that this part of the city is densely populated. Several efforts have been made by our people to bring the light of truth to the people of Armourdale, but only a very few have yet been reached.
Since connecting with the work in Kansas City, I have given much study to the question of proper methods of work, and have decided on a plan that seems to me to be the best way to reach the people in a busy city as is this one. Our plan, in brief, is that outlined in Jer. 16:16, only we have reversed the order.
Brother B. E. Hoffman and I pitched our tent in the center of Armourdale, and began meetings last Friday night, with a fair attendance. We have divided the city into four quarters, and have enlisted quite a number of the members of the church to assist us in our work. These workers will go out as “hunters,” carrying our publications, and while canvassing will keep on the hunt for interested persons; and as these persons are found, their addresses will be obtained, and we will send out a “fisher” (Bible worker) with bait, and endeavor to catch them. We have planned to hold only three meetings for the public each week,—on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights,—and spend the rest of the time in visiting and giving Bible readings.
In one quarter of the city we will have a corps of workers selling “The Desire of Ages”; in another, “Heralds of the Morning”; in another, Signs; and in the fourth, a company distributing tracts on the envelope plan. We have over three thousand tracts to distribute in this way. As these workers finish their territories, they will move one territory ahead, and thus we hope to work the entire territory four times during the summer.
The Kansas City church is taking hold nobly, but only a few of them are situated so they can devote much of their time to the work. We could use at least six more workers than we will have, and if the Lord should impress some of our consecrated young people with the duty of engaging with us in self-supporting missionary work, we would be glad to hear from them. We ask an interest in the prayers of our brethren.—R. W. Parmele, in Kansas Worker.