How the Special "Signs"
By Editor
Here is a letter from a brother 'way out in Wyoming. He had already ordered a hundred sets, but after receiving the first number, responded as follows: I intended to start my colporteur wagon before this. I am now waiting for those special issues of the Third Angel's Message to take along on my trip in the country and to the villages about here. I believe this will be the very best opportunity to get the message before the people that we have had. Please send me 400 sets more of the special issues of the SIGNS, also please send a couple dollars' worth of tracts or Signs Leaflets. Elder J. Ernest Bond of Arizona orders a quantity of Special SIGNS, and says, "The first copy, which has just been received, is fine." One of our busy brethren ordered ten sets of the Special SIGNS. On receipt of the first number he wrote us as follows: Kindly forward to my address at once forty copies of SIGNS Special No. 1, and change my order from ten to fifty sets. One sister of Southern California ordered a hundred of Special No. 1. Fearing she misunderstood the plan to sell by sets only, we wrote to her before entering her order for Nos. 2, 3 and 4. She thus replies: Your letter to hand, also the 100 SIGNS No. 1. Will want the other 300 as soon as they are issued. May God help us all to be faithful in the work He has given us to do is my prayer. Here is another letter from a small society that had already ordered fifty sets: Please send fifty sets more of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES for the —— Church. We received the first number yesterday and Mr. —— sold eight sets in the afternoon. We are planning for a grand campaign here. We are led to the conclusion that house-to-house work is the only effectual means of reaching the people. The following is from a letter just received: I have the 400 current numbers of the SIGNS, and have just sent for 500 sets of the special numbers. Please send them to ——, and have them there by the 23d of October promptly. I can not be delayed, as I am traveling from town to town and will try to sell 10,000 copies before May. I have very good success in selling our literature, and this year I will put in all my time at this work. That its employees might have an opportunity of taking part in the circulation of this Special Series, the entire plant of the PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. shut down Wednesday, October 18. In selling the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, or "Watchman," it has been the general experience of our best workers that, generally speaking, it is better to solicit subscriptions for the series than to sell single copies. In fact, many are soliciting subscriptions for three months at 40 cents, or four months at 50 cents, which include the special numbers. A commission of 10 cents on each three months,' and 15 cents on each four months' subscription, is allowed the solicitor, if accompanied by a statement to the effect that the order was secured with this offer in mind. Duplicate order books, enabling solicitor to leave a receipt with each customer, will be furnished at 5 cents each, post-paid. We would suggest the following Signs of the Times Leaflets to be circulated with these special numbers: "Sure Word of Prophecy," "Signs of Our Times" with SIGNS No. 1; "The Great Judgment Day," "The Sanctuary" with SIGNS No. 2; "The Sabbath of the Bible," "Who Changed the Sabbath?" with SIGNS No. 3; "The Great Threefold Message," "The Home of the Saved" with SIGNS No. 4. The prices of these leaflets are as follows: |
Not post-paid |
Post-paid |
|---|
| 100 (all one kind) |
$0.15 |
$0.15 |
| 1000 |
1.00 |
1.30 |
| 1600 (1 pkg. each) |
1.50 |
1.95 |
| 1 lb. (about 20 of each) |
0.42 |
0.50 |
No orders filled for broken packages, except in pound lots as above. The prices of the special SIGNS will be found in the preceding column. Address your tract society, or
## SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Mountain View, Cal.