p. 78 | A Protest by Thad Waters

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 4, 1902

A Protest.

By Thad Waters

Dear Brethren and Sisters: Some time ago I wrote Brother U. Smith that I was endeavoring to do self-supporting missionary work in the Choctaw nation, and the papers, pamphlets, and tracts on present truth would be thankfully received. He made a note of this in the REVIEW and a number of packages of nice new tracts, up to date, and clean Signs and REVIEWS have been received, for which accept my thanks. But along with these have come packages of worn and soiled papers, and yesterday packages from Indianapolis, Ind., one of pamphlets and one of tracts, on which I had to pay $1.13 postage. These packages contain nearly everything ever published by the Adventists, dating back to 1860. There are also tracts published by the Millennial Dawn company. Some are clean and presentable, others are dirty and dog-eared; and all entirely unsuited for missionary work. Now I protest against such heterogeneous and indiscriminate work. The literature is only fit to be used in an Indian's school. But if you must send stuff of this kind, be sure to pay postage. It is an injury to the government not to pay and an insult to the missionary worker to compel him to pay it.

THAD WATERS

Box 131, Colgate, I. T.