Delaware by Emma S. Newcomer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 4, 1913

Delaware

By Emma S. Newcomer

WILMINGTON.—On Sunday evening, July 27, the tent-meetings in Wilmington opened, with Elder R. H. Martin in charge. He is assisted by his son Bruce as tent master, and Miss Lora L. Tarbell and the writer as Bible workers. Brother Martin is fully convinced of the importance of the press work in connection with such an effort, but not having any ministerial help, he felt he could not do justice to this department, and do all the speaking, and visit among the people as he should. So he asked Miss Tarbell and me to take charge of the press work. This was a new experience to us both, but we were willing to do what we could.

There are in the city three daily newspapers, with a combined circulation of 36,170. We were very kindly received by the editors of these papers, all promising to give us space for reports of the meetings. Two of the papers have published in full, with a few exceptions, the reports we have sent in. One of them, however, has not been quite so generous. But we have been thankful even for the shorter articles, since each evening they call attention to the meetings at the "gospel tent," with its location and the subject for the evening; and all this is gratis.

We have not thus far had any astonishing results of our work, but we frequently meet people who tell us they are reading the reports of our meetings at the tent, and that they watch for them each day. Others have come to the tent because they saw the reports in the papers.

The Lord has said, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." And the people are getting the word of God. We have marveled many times at the number of texts of Scripture that have been printed. In substantiation of statements made in writing our reports, we quote the most striking point of a text and give the reference. It is published in just that way in two of the papers. And because of this we fully believe, souls will be converted through reading these articles.

This success, we know, is not due to "any wisdom we have more than others," but it is because "the Lord, he it is that doth go before us."

We are more convinced than ever before that "the Lord will do great things for us when we attempt great things for him."

We praise him for this medium of reaching the people with the third angel's message, and feel that workers everywhere should study to use it. EMMA S. NEWCOMER.