MISSIONARY WORK by Barbara C. Stickney

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jan 8, 1880

MISSIONARY WORK.

By Barbara C. Stickney

A new year has dawned upon us with all its duties and responsibilities; and the most important season for missionary work is passing away without much being accomplished. Our president is not with us to urge forward the work; but it leaves us just so much more to do that his absence may not be so great a detriment to the cause here. Let us not allow the present opportunity to pass by and the golden moments be wasted, but with united action come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

Every branch of this work should receive more attention from us as a people. Our periodicals are to be canvassed for, and there should be some one in the field from each church engaged in this work. Special inducements are offered to canvassers and agents, and missionary officers have been supplied with The Agents' Quarterly, which gives much necessary information concerning this part of the work, which should be carefully studied.

The Signs will now be issued in an eight and a twelve page edition; the former for missionary work, at $1.00 per year where ten or more copies are taken. This will enable us to greatly increase the number used by our V. M. Societies. All orders should specify which edition is called for.

We will give the offer made by the publishers of Good Health, and it is very desirable that a special move be made in this direction the coming quarter.

GOOD HEALTH TRIAL TRIP.

"With the January number Good Health will begin a trial trip for four months, at twenty cents. This will afford our friends an opportunity to send the journal to their friends for a sufficient length of time to enable them to test its merits. Many persons can be induced to pay twenty cents for a dollar journal for four months; and who cannot afford to pay a dollar for five copies of the journal to be sent to friends for four months? We want at least fifteen thousand names. Let them come in at once. If every one will help a little, we shall meet with a grand success."

We are required to improve the time and talents that God has given us, and the reward which the faithful will receive will far more than compensate for all the efforts we may put forth. Let us come right up in every department of the work, and be active, earnest workers in our Master's vineyard.

BARBARA C. STICKNEY.