p. 312 | Missionary Work by William Covert

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 16, 1879

Missionary Work.

By William Covert

As an item of encouragement for T. and M. workers, I send in the following report of labor. Having learned last winter of a few individuals near Frankfort, in Madison Co., Ind., whose interest was awakened on the Sabbath question, I determined to visit them for the purpose of getting reading matter before them, and also to speak in their neighborhood if opportunity offered. I soon found it convenient to put my resolutions into operation, but the heavy rains and deep mud made it impracticable to continue meetings as was desired; so I turned colporteur, and prevailed on the interested ones to buy books and subscribe for the Review, and Good Health (which I regard as the pastor and deacon of our churches), and left them to keep up the interest, assisted by a monthly visit from the writer during tent season.

And I can heartily thank God that I am now able to report at least ten of them keeping the Sabbath. I would advise all missionary workers to engage in a special effort to obtain subscribers for our periodicals. They are weekly reminders of many things of great importance, and will materially aid in keeping up the interest awakened by preaching.

WM. COVERT.