Our brethren in England are delighted with the company of plain, devoted, hard-working young people that we sent to them for their canvassing field. At the Leeds camp meeting they enthusiastically passed the resolution which was published in this department last week. It should be read twice at least; so we give it again:— “Whereas, Various conferences in America have contributed materially to the work in this field, by sending to us some of their best canvassers, paying their fare over, so that the cause here has had the benefit of their labors, with no expense whatever,— “We, as a conference, esteem it a privilege hereby to express our appreciation of the help thus rendered, and to tender our sincere and hearty thanks to our brethren in America for their Christian sympathy and generosity toward the work in Great Britain. And, further,— “In view of the promising field for canvassing in Great Britain, and the fact that our present force of laborers, although efficient, is swallowed up in the vast population, there being ample room for ten times as many workers as we now have, we know of no more practical way of showing our appreciation of the kindness shown us by the Mission Board and the brethren in America than to ask, as we hereby do, that they will select and send to us at least ten canvassers as good as those we now have, if such can be found, on the same generous terms as the party first sent over.” This request has been considered by the Mission Board, and has been adopted, and we have been asked to hunt out some good men, and send them to England as early this fall as possible. We wish to send five or six of the desired number early in October. When the first call was made, the president of the Wisconsin Conference offered us their best. Elder Decker, of the North Pacific Conference, said, “Take your pick, and we will pay the bill.” A. T. Jones, president of the California Conference, said, “California is before you, you can have your choice, and we will pay the traveling expenses.” The same spirit was manifested by Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, and New England; and so a good corps of faithful men was selected. The request calls for ten more workers as good as those already sent if they can be found. We want the best. We want young men and women of good education and address, who will be willing to drop their localisms, and enter heartily into the manners of the English people, and become one of them. Beyond England there are great mission fields in Europe and Asia whose needs cry mightily to God and to us for help. These workers who go to England should set their faces resolutely toward the far East with no intention of ever looking back. For more than a century England has been the world’s training ground for gospel missionaries, and to those who have studied the situation it is evident that England is still a good training ground. No better policy could be pursued than to send some of the young people to England for a few years’ study and work before sending them farther on. Who Will Help Us? and Who Will Go?
As this selection should be made quickly, so as to enable agents to reach England before the winter weather comes, we invite our conferences to join us by helping as far as lies in their power. We shall be pleased to hear at once from those who have a young man or woman who is both valuable to give and valuable to keep. No others are wanted. This is not a mission for experiments. Well-tried men and women are wanted. Money will be needed to pay the expenses. Conferences have now looked over their balance sheets, and some have a credit balance. Who will send us from $50 to $250 toward this enterprise? All correspondence should be addressed to E. R. Palmer, 267 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich.