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The War Extras

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 27, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 26.

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The War Extras

THE following is the way ten thousand copies of the War Extra were circulated by the Rochester (New York) church:—
“We ordered 10,000 copies of the War Extra, and divided the city into districts, with a leader in each district, and a general leader over the entire work. Then we called for volunteers from the church to join in the house-to-house work with the Extras. We pressed every one into this work that could be persuaded to enter it. We worked the city systematically, putting a copy in every home. Our workers told the people that we were giving them the papers, which had been furnished us at cost for that purpose, and were donating our time in distributing the papers, but that if the people were so disposed, any donation they might make to help the good work along would be accepted. Then if they did not respond quickly, we usually said that they were, of course, not obliged to pay anything, but if they gave only a penny or five or ten cents, it would be acceptable. That usually brought a donation.”
“A work of this kind is evidently the Lord’s work, for he goes before and prepares the heart for the message the little four-page sheet has for the honest in heart. We found many needing something of just this kind to awaken them. With a rubber stamp we gave the address of the church and our pastor, on each paper. We collected enough money to pay for all expenses, and had a fund to send to families of the destitute missionaries in the foreign fields.”
In addition to the 10,000 War Extras, the Rochester church circulated 10,000 copies of the Eastern Question Extra soon after the War Extras were put out. In view of the seriousness of the times and the personal responsibilities resting upon every believer, our churches in all places should be distributing the pages of our literature in large numbers. It should be our principal business—giving the message while it is possible to do it so successfully and so economically.