Canvassing in North Carolina by Horace G. Miller

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 18, 1906

Canvassing in North Carolina

By Horace G. Miller

I HAVE been canvassing for our books in North Carolina for two years and a half, and with the Lord's help have put many of our good books into the homes of this people.

I find this a very needy field indeed, and the people are glad to get our books. The great majority do not know about Seventh-day Adventists and what they teach. Very few of our books have been placed in their homes except in towns and cities.

There are thirty counties in this State that have never been canvassed, and in many more only a little has been done. Can books be sold in these counties? — Yes; I am in one of them, and know by actual experience. In four weeks in May I took orders to the amount of $165, and in August delivered ninety-four per cent of these orders. A brother in Wilmington, N. C., sold and delivered $455.10 worth of books in four months. The people treat us most kindly, not turning us off as a nuisance, but welcoming us as friends. Sometimes they ask to see my book.

Are there not some of our dear brethren in the North who would like to come here and take one of these counties that has never been worked? Has not the Spirit of God been calling you to come South into a new field? and will you not heed that call? Do not the love of souls and the great need of this long-neglected field stir you to move out by faith and in the fear of God? If you are obedient to that call, you will be abundantly blessed, and in this field you may rescue some souls for God. If any further information is desired, please address me at Gastonia, N. C.

HORACE G. MILLER, State Agent.