THE Signs of the Times Publishing House at Shanghai is rapidly taking its place among the great distributing centers of the third angel's message. From month to month a steady advance is noted. This quarter the sales promise to average more than $500 gold a month. Although the war has tended to decrease the circulation of the Signs, our average for the year will still be quite high. At present we are running 34,000 Mandarin and 14,000 Wen-li magazines. The committee in session last month decided to increase the size of the paper four pages in order to provide room for brief news notes. This addition began with the November issue, in time to announce the formal election of the president of the Chinese republic.
RELIEF-MAP OF LAKE GENEVA, OR LEMAN — THE CITY OF GENEVA AT THE FOOT
This year marks a new era in the demand for our literature in tract and book form. The first trial editions of 500 copies each of "Revelation" and "Bible Readings" in both the Mandarin and the Wen-li were sold out before the binder could get them on the book room shelves. Editions of five thousand of several of our tracts have been sold out in three months.
What we need and must have is consecrated educators to direct the efforts of our native colporteurs. Just one instance in point: A colporteur at Chang-Sha had been for months barely eking out an existence on three and four dollars a month. Brother Lillie, busy as he is with the multifarious details of station work, undertook to help him one afternoon, and the result of four and one half hours' work was sales to the amount of $7.50. Right here in Shanghai, Brother Stafford has had similar experiences with his men.
Our type room is now putting in type the new exposition of the prophecies of Daniel. There is a strong advance demand for this book. We are planning to have it off the press early next year.
