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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 25, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 17.

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Order in Canvassing.

By W. C. White

Much greater results will be obtained from the same amount of labor expended in the missionary work, if there is a well-defined plan laid out in each district, and if some order is observed in the work of canvassing. To avoid pressure by an accumulation of work, everything should be done in its proper time. Persons should be appointed to take the direct charge of canvassing certain towns or parts of towns, and thus avoid the confusion that would otherwise arise by having several parties called upon several times with the same document.
To accomplish what we wish by Feb. 1, 1878, every member of the society should enter upon the work immediately. It is impossible to lay out a definite plan which will suit every locality; but each State, and each district even, should lay out a plan of labor for the next three months, and enter immediately upon it.
We might suggest, 1. That the remaining weeks of October cannot be better improved than by obtaining subscribers for the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, using the Way of Life as premium; 2. That the chief work during November and December will be to circulate 200,000 copies of the Health Annual; 3. That in December the children should be encouraged to make an extensive canvass with the YOUTH’S INSTRUCTOR, Golden Grains, and Sunshine Series; 4. That the whole field, especially those sections where the Annual has been introduced, should be thoroughly canvassed during January and February with the HEALTH REFORMER and the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
In conclusion, we use the words of Eld. Loughborough, “Don’t enter upon the T. and M. work with the idea that you are simply going over the ground once, but that you are going to form friendly acquaintances, and continue missionary work in the same field. If you enter the work humbly, in the fear of God, with a desire to do good, you will find work accumulating on your hands every time you go over your district. So let us labor, and may the Lord help, and bless all our efforts.”
W. C. WHITE.