Tracts in Connection With Public Effort
BROTHER W. W. SIMPSON writes from Los Angeles, Cal., of experiences there in tract distribution:— “I am glad to learn that there is to be a revival of the missionary work in the field, and I believe that much good can be done in the distribution of tracts. I feel sure that we as ministers have let many valuable opportunities pass by unimproved by not using more tracts in connection with tent efforts. I find the liberal use of tracts in connection with tent-meetings is an excellent way of securing most liberal collections. The Lord has clearly demonstrated this in our recent effort in the city of Los Angeles. We have just closed a successful seven weeks’ meeting. Our collections during this effort have amounted to about twelve hundred dollars. I have given away four hundred and fifty dollars’ worth of tracts,—at wholesale price. Each evening I would give out tracts free to all who attended, and about three times a week take up a collection to pay for these tracts, and the result is that we have received sufficient to pay for all the tracts, also all our tent expenses, which have been very heavy, and have a surplus of five hundred dollars with which to begin another effort. Fully one hundred persons have begun to keep all the commandments. We shall never know the results until Jesus comes. We have truly scattered tracts like the leaves of autumn, and they have had a wonderful influence in increasing our collections, besides opening the eyes of many to the truth.”