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Review and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 31.

PRAISE GOD
Earlier text: Panama and the Canal Zone

Walla Walla College

By E. C. Kellogg

WALLA WALLA COLLEGE was founded in 1892, and is thus one of our oldest training-schools. It has done a good work in giving young people a Christian education, and it is purposed that this mission may abound more and more.
Including the campus the college owns a sixty-acre tract of land which is especially adapted to fruit and garden purposes, and is abundantly watered from an artesian well. It also owns a herd of choice Jersey cattle, including twelve cows. These were recently examined by the State veterinarian, and found to be free from tuberculosis. The examining officer said this herd was one in four of the best he had found in two years.
COLLEGE BUILDING AT COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON
COLLEGE BUILDING AT COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON
The school maintains a broom factory, a carpentry department including trunk-making, a food factory, a grocery and supply store, a printing-office, and an excellent laundry. It gives a course in mechanical engineering, one also in domestic science, and has a strong department in dressmaking. Upon the satisfactory completion of time required in any industry, a certificate of attainment is granted the student.

Intellectual Interests

It is the purpose of the school to carry forward good, earnest work, and maintain a high degree of scholarship. It is believed that the intellectual atmosphere should be charged with cheerfulness, honest endeavor, enthusiasm, and victory.
The following courses of study, together with the church-school and intermediate grades, are offered by the college management: Academic, collegiate, Biblical, normal, medical preparatory, commercial, shorthand, and German. The usual diplomas and degrees are granted upon completion of work.
Though the library is small, it has some satisfactory works, and it is making a steady growth. The work in astronomy has the benefit of a first-class four-and-one-half-inch acromatic telescope, which is provided with equatorial mounting. The importance of laboratory facilities is duly considered, and the physical, chemical, and biological departments have a good equipment.
The normal department, which has a large enrolment, enjoys the privileges and benefits of a separate building. In the music department, work is offered in voice, violin, reed-organ, pipe-organ, and pianoforte. A choral society and an orchestra are maintained.
A teachers' institute and summer normal will be held at Parkdale, Ore., July 18 to Aug. 29, 1911. A large attendance is assured.

Spiritual Considerations

The religious interests are considered of prime importance. The Bible is given an honored place by those in charge. Religious services are held each day in the chapel, and morning and evening worship is conducted in the home. Sabbath-school and other services are held each Sabbath, and there are also weekly missionary and prayer-meetings. Eternal values are given proper consideration, and God's kingdom and his righteousness are placed first. It is vastly more important to win a soul than to gain the world.

Does an Education Pay?

Does it pay to become familiar with all the lessons that history and science can teach us in regard to making life healthy and successful? Does it pay to have expert advice and training, to have high ideals held up to one in the most critical years of life? Does it pay to acquire character-wealth, a soul-property which no disaster nor misfortune can wreck or ruin?

Reasons for a College Education

There are many reasons in favor of a college education. At the educational convention held in Berrien Springs, Mich., last summer, Prof. J. L. Shaw said: “We need young men and women in the mission field who have taken degrees in our schools. Such an education prepares them for foreign service. If they have finished a course of study, if they have grappled with the problems in their studies, they have a fitting up and a preparation that will enable them to stick to the job that they have taken in the foreign land. They will take a proposition, and they will carry it through. . . . My experience in a foreign field is that the individuals who have taken these courses in our schools, and have remained in them until they have finished, have been the better men and women for the work in those fields.”
Walla Walla College is the training-school of the Northwest for Christian workers. An attractive calendar for the current season is now ready. Correspondence solicited. Address the undersigned, at College Place, Wash.
E. C. KELLOGG, President.

Self-Supporting Work in Java

By H. E. Sharp

As we have been but two months in this field, we can not write so fully as our more experienced fellow workers in this beautiful island of Java, where nature is clothed in her best, as if waiting to welcome the long-delayed message of hope and cheer that will raise her poor, heathen people from the darkness of sin to the light of truth; but we can tell of our experiences in getting started in self-supporting work, and the great need of the people as we see it about us.
We are glad to have a part in this grand work. At present it is not a very active part; for it is first necessary to learn one or two of the many languages of the country. While doing this, we are able to earn our own livelihood by teaching English.
We first settled in Bandoeng, a fine, large, mountain town with a healthful climate, where the prospects for an English school were excellent, as there are many Chinese children and young menwho wish to learn to speak English. This afforded opportunity for afternoon and evening classes which, with the few private Dutch pupils obtainable, would give ample means for support. But the attitude of the government was such that this opening was closed up.
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble,” says the psalmist; and so it proved in our case; for when the way looked darkest, a wire came from the Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan, or Chinese society, in Cheribon, asking me to visit them at their expense. I did so; and the result is that we are engaged to take charge of the English department in their Chinese school. This means work, as there are about one hundred forty children to teach. We trust that along with the English language there may be dropped some seeds of truth that will later spring up and bear fruit to the glory of the Master.
Our work began in April. We thank the Lord for his goodness, and feel with the psalmist that “they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.”
Java has many races of people. In addition to Javanese, Sundanese, and Madurese, who are natives, there are several hundred thousand Chinese, also many Malays, Japanese, and others of the dark-skinned races, as well as many Europeans.
The Europeans and Chinese are more easily reached with the truth than are the natives, as they are better educated. Less than six per cent of the native peoples are able to read. Although they profess Mohammedanism, they seem to have no idea of religion. There is no day of rest in Java. Every day is the same to its inhabitants, just as much work being done on Sunday as on any other day, except that some of the Dutch shops are closed. None seem to realize that there is a God, to whom at some time they must give an account of the deeds done in the flesh; and so all follow the natural inclinations of sinful man.
But though we see so much sin and vice on every hand, we do not become discouraged; for we know that some of Java’s inhabitants will be among the happy company who will walk the golden streets of the New Jerusalem. May God help us all to be faithful in giving the third angel’s message to the people among whom we live.
H. E. SHARP.

Alabama

By JAMES BELLINGER; W. R. ELLIOTT

SHEFFIELD.—We are glad to report the work onward here in Sheffield. From June 25-28, Elder E. G. Hayes visited us, and organized a church of eleven members. Tuesday afternoon a company gathered on the banks of the Tennessee River, and four precious souls were buried with their Lord in baptism. Several others will be baptized in two weeks, and unite with the church.
Last Sabbath we celebrated the ordinances of the Lord's house, and it was the best meeting we have yet held. While this kind of meeting was new to nearly all present, our hearts rejoiced as the brethren and sisters took part in the ordinances. All thought that it was a blessed experience. The Lord came very near by his Holy Spirit.
We praise God for this church, and believe it will be as a city set upon a hill that can not be hid. The tithes and offerings are beginning to flow in. Our Sabbath-school is a live one, and well attended. Satan tried hard to overthrow the work here; but God was with his work, and we thank him for the victory. We are of good courage.
JAMES BELLINGER, W. R. ELLIOTT.

Field Notes

At the close of meetings at Missoula, Mont., thirteen persons were baptized. At Rockvale three were baptized.
During the month of May five persons were baptized at Muncie and Eaton, Ind., one joining the Muncie church, and four the New Hope church near Eaton. Three more persons are reported keeping the Sabbath at Salem as a result of meetings held there. At Rochester, six persons joined the church by baptism in June.

A Camp-Meeting for the Colored People

By M. S. JONES

THE spot selected for our camp-meeting at Hearne, Tex., was ideal in every way. After the necessary preparations had been made, and the brethren and sisters had come in from the different churches, services opened on July 6 and continued till July 17.
Sermons were delivered to large and appreciative audiences every night, and our hearts were moved to pity as the seekers after truth as well as those prompted by curiosity pressed into the large pavilion half an hour before the time to open the meeting. Three of the white brethren—Elders W. A. McCutchen, J. I. Taylor, and J. W. Norwood—joined us in our work here, coming in one after the other from the beginning of the meetings to the close. Their work was deeply appreciated.
Following the sermon on Christian education, an appeal was made in behalf of the Devall Bluff school. The sympathy of all was aroused, and pledges to the amount of eighty dollars were obtained.
The camp-meeting was not only a success, but quite an improvement over those of the past. All left the place refreshed, full of hope and courage, and determined to obtain the victory.
Our praise and consecration meetings each morning at six o'clock brought us untold benefit. The spirit of unity was a marked feature; those who had differences hastened to put them away and be reconciled. Many victories were gained. A great interest is aroused, and some are seeking the way to life. Two have already declared for the truth, while many need only house-to-house work to settle them in the faith. All praise be given to the Lord of the harvest.
Elder C. Lightner returns to his field of labor at Crescent, Okla., while brethren Thos. Defreeze and E. M. Gates continue with the writer to develop the interest here.
It may not be out of place to remark that conditions in the Southern fields are assuming alarming aspects. Indifference and carelessness have settled down on the masses of the people, while fanaticism and other satanic delusions are doing their part. The breach between the races continues to grow wider, and the conditions more ominous. We need help now, before the awful words, “Too late,” are heard from all lips. Our church-school is still a perplexity, and we “need a right way for ourselves and our little ones.” M. S. JONES.

Sabbath-School Summary

By Mrs. L. Flora Plummer

First Quarter of 1911

ONE of the interesting features of the Sabbath-school summary is the membership. It is the largest ever reported. We lack only 183 of having one hundred thousand Sabbath-school members.

Number of Conversions

Each quarter the blank asks for the number of members converted or baptized during the three months. This time 827 were counted. Consecration services have been held in many schools, with very encouraging results.

Gifts to Missions

The following comparison shows at a glance the increase in the gifts over those reported for one year ago:—
TOTAL          GIFTS TO CONTRIB'NS     MISSIONS 1911, First quarter, $35,223.80 $34,007.80 1910, First quarter, 30,320.11 29,483.90 Increase              $ 4,903.69 $ 4,523.90

The Honor Roll Growing

The list of conferences giving all their regular Sabbath-school contributions to missions is growing. Five new conferences appear on the Honor Roll for the first time. These are among the largest and most substantial conferences in the United States. The five new ones are: Western Oregon, Eastern Pennsylvania, Minnesota, North Missouri, West Michigan. The entire list, sixty-one names long, follows:—

The Honor Roll

N. New England          Wyoming Alberta                  W. Colorado Saskatchewan             New Jersey Quebec                   S. New England W. New York              Mississippi Texas                    New Mexico North Dakota             South Texas Louisiana                S. Union Mission Iowa                     Newfoundland Southern Idaho           Indiana Montana                   Tennessee River Massachusetts            Ontario Chesapeake                Maritime Georgia                   South Missouri Gr. New York              W. Washington British Columbia         Arizona Florida                   South Carolina Maine                     Southern Oregon Manitoba                  Virginia W. Pennsylvania           St. Louis Mission West Texas                West Kansas Alabama                    Ohio New York                   East Kansas South Dakota               Upper Columbia Dist. of Columbia          Western Oregon Cumberland                 E. Pennsylvania Oklahoma                   Minnesota Arkansas                   Southern Illinois North Carolina             North Missouri Kentucky                   West Michigan                            West Virginia
Only ten conferences in this country are not yet on the Honor Roll. A study of the quarterly summary on page 159 of the Sabbath School Worker for August will show that only $164.38 of the offerings have been used for expenses by schools in this country.
We extend a most urgent invitation to the ten conferences not on the Honor Roll to add their names to this list as soon as possible. We usually ask, Who will be the first? Now we say, Who will be the last?

Union Conference Honor Roll

Atlantic                  Canadian Columbia                  West Canadian Southwestern              Southeastern North Pacific             Northern

Honor Roll of Foreign Fields

Australasian              South American Levant                     India West German                Philippine China                      Bahama Mission Japan                      East Africa Singapore                  Natal-Transvaal Bermuda                    African Mission schools British Guiana             Ireland Cuba                       South England East Caribbean             Jamaica Haitian                    Scottish Mission East German                Porto Rico Russian
All parts of the field are gradually but steadily falling into line.
We rejoice greatly for the evidence of progress during this first quarter of 1911.
MRS. L. FLORA PLUMMER, Cor. Sec. Sabbath-School Department.

Results of Full Time

WE are glad to pass on to the readers of this department in the REVIEW, the following good words from Brother F. E. Painter, general agent of the Northern Union Conference. The suggestions and advice contained in this article are valuable for canvassers in any field:—
“Now that the schools are closed, and the spring camp-meetings are over, the canvassing season has begun in earnest. It is a real inspiration to see the way the young people are taking hold of the work, and to learn of the success with which their efforts are rewarded. With many this is their first experience in house-to-house work, and some have doubtless not done so well as they had expected. To such I would say: Do not be discouraged. Some of our most successful canvassers have had just that kind of experience to begin with, yet with courage, earnest study, and the exercise of that quality known as stick-to-it-iveness they have learned how to work more effectively, and now they are reaping the harvest.”
“Lack of success is nearly always due to some cause that can be remedied, and the beginner should try to discover what the weak points in his work are, and then correct them. Is your description of the book as strong and interesting as it should be? If not, brush up. Study your book for other points of interest. Talk with animation and enthusiasm. Don’t be afraid of recommending your book too strongly. Tell how much good it has done you, and how it has helped you in the study of the Word.”
“Our books are selling better now than they ever did before, and you will get your share of the orders if you keep at your work. Don’t yield to discouragement just because it goes slow for a while. Remember you can not sell to every one; but there are a great many to whom you can sell, and you will find them if you persevere.
“It may be encouraging to note the success that has attended some of our canvassers recently. In North Dakota last month three canvassers sold $900 worth of books in 510 hours. In South Dakota four canvassers in four consecutive weeks sold $1,003.95 worth in 818 hours. This is an average of fifty-one hours a week. Such full time always brings results.”
“In Iowa a canvasser sold $104 worth of books in forty-six hours, but the next week he worked forty hours and sold only $29.25 worth. By this we see that successful canvassers have a hard week occasionally as well as those who are young in experience.”
“But a still better record is that of a canvasser in North Carolina, who in one week put in fifty-one hours, and took seventy-nine orders for ‘Great Controversy,’ at a total value of $281. This record was surpassed by a man in Oklahoma, who worked forty-seven hours and took 105 orders, valued at $333.”
“These facts ought to give every canvasser courage; for they indicate that the Lord is with those who enter this work. The battle is not ours, but God’s. Therefore ‘let us not be weary in well-doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.’”

Canvassers' Summary for June, 1911

AGTS. HRS. ORDERS VALUE 1911 VALUE 1910 VALUE 1909
Atlantic Union Conference
Maine 2 145 76 $284.65 $262.80 $833.15
Northern New England 6 535 108 445.18 882.40 813.35
Massachusetts 5 253 76 240.83 290.05 795.25
Southern New England 2 139 37 155.50 97.00 481.15
New York 13 870 361 1196.50 529.25 687.70
Western New York 6 704 112 444.20 2070.15 1779.30
Greater New York 12 933 242 827.15 60.25 84.25
Totals 46 3579 1012 3603.01 4191.90 5474.35
Columbia Union Conference
Ohio 16 2684 1042 2724.85 1467.65 2719.10
West Virginia 29 3983 1368 3812.45 1553.40 1008.40
Virginia 13 1994 1154 2925.00 2160.65 256.05
Chesapeake 6 622 263 711.50 925.60 1301.30
Eastern Pennsylvania 15 825 256 681.65 1029.45 1414.60
West Pennsylvania 11 1346 551 1203.36 922.24 691.20
New Jersey 11 1140 380 999.10 403.24 1061.70
District of Columbia .. .... .... .... 358.75 ....
Totals 101 12594 5014 13057.91 8820.98 8452.35
Lake Union Conference
East Michigan 13 1644 457 1672.18 461.85 1007.60
West Michigan 22 3005 710 2107.65 348.85 472.80
North Michigan 8 695 239 647.80 223.25 1401.85
Wisconsin 11 664 178 575.80 1009.10 1440.15
Northern Illinois 21 2219 713 2558.10 1793.40 1144.70
Southern Illinois 20 2517 735 2296.75 1591.85 1983.60
Indiana 12 1307 364 1075.65 843.70 1146.20
Totals 107 12051 3396 10933.93 6272.00 8596.90
1Canadian Union Conference
Ontario 8 1239 764 1361.95 555.20 473.85
Quebec 3 554 130 388.30 24.00 173.00
Maritime 7 574 264 731.10 696.50 742.45
Newfoundland .. .... .... .... .... ....
Totals 18 2367 1158 2481.35 1275.70 1389.30
Southern Union Conference
Louisiana 19 1565 896 1722.10 964.60 1145.90
Alabama 22 2254 1608 2495.85 1928.25 1649.40
Kentucky 14 2444 674 1609.05 1253.70 822.45
Mississippi 29 3888 2108 3175.50 2227.75 1038.30
Tennessee River 19 2028 845 1506.70 967.40 567.70
Totals 103 12179 6131 10509.40 7341.70 5220.75
Southeastern Union Conference
Cumberland 16 1298 535 1163.16 914.45 1398.40
Georgia 23 2160 1148 2701.57 1051.36 1388.95
North Carolina 16 1485 758 1706.50 1736.60 820.05
South Carolina 6 773 171 403.40 841.75 1444.50
Florida 14 646 432 948.00 1247.12 163.50
Totals 75 6362 3044 6922.63 5791.28 4331.25
Southwestern Union Conference
Arkansas 21 2098 472 2091.95 1739.15 4208.50
Oklahoma 37 3760 2300 8246.50 5445.25 5852.55
West Texas 16 1777 520 2039.00 1824.90 1144.80
South Texas 17 1774 870 3020.80 2417.50 ....
North Texas 41 4266 2109 6872.80 5597.10 10248.45
New Mexico 1 39 13 44.10 208.55 570.05
Totals 133 13714 6284 22315.15 17232.45 22024.35
Central Union Conference
North Missouri 9 973 251 833.25 824.90 809.50
South Missouri 14 1081 557 1920.40 1087.90 1847.83
Colorado 7 772 241 1000.60 717.00 504.85
Western Colorado .. .... .... .... .... 611.30
Nebraska 16 2434 754 2868.75 1786.05 3105.15
Wyoming .. .... .... 96.50 129.00 947.35
East Kansas 6 576 152 562.65 1400.00 1418.20
West Kansas 12 806 168 470.75 .... ....
St. Louis Mission .. .... .... .... .... ....
Totals 64 6642 2123 7752.90 5944.85 9244.18
AGTS. HRS. ORDERS VALUE 1911 VALUE 1910 VALUE 1909
Northern Union Conference
Iowa 13 1714 477 $1766.05 $885.55 $2500.00
Minnesota 24 2199 411 1496.45 1574.55 2598.20
North Dakota 8 512 218 431.25 1781.00 2908.00
South Dakota 10 1528 407 1437.78 1263.10 3109.00
Totals 55 5953 1513 5131.53 5504.20 11117.20
Pacific Union Conference
California-Nevada 7 921 356 1379.50 1541.50 2568.15
Arizona 2 198 155 582.45 396.20 8.75
Southern California 12 1280 608 1499.75 170.50 1747.50
Utah .. .... .... .... 142.70 ....
Central California 7 862 368 1164.60 .... ....
California Coast 5 .... .... 423.00 .... ....
Totals 33 3261 1487 5049.30 2250.90 4324.40
North Pacific Union Conference
Western Washington 15 1038 575 2149.05 1442.35 2696.84
Upper Columbia 15 1219 329 1459.12 1676.45 3179.09
Western Oregon 12 608 209 935.40 1336.75 1560.85
Southern Idaho 6 496 112 445.20 730.10 431.15
Montana 5 670 137 679.63 614.00 2115.05
Southern Oregon 14 1231 411 1531.40 162.50 ....
Totals 67 5262 1773 7199.80 5962.15 9962.98
Western Canadian Union Conference
Alberta 10 1347 312 1467.50 1665.15 1989.40
Manitoba 6 634 256 790.65 504.05 1177.40
British Columbia 10 659 191 846.65 1270.50 166.65
Saskatchewan 8 1317 699 2879.80 1591.10 1560.65
Totals 34 3957 1458 5984.60 5030.80 4894.10
Foreign Union Conferences and Missions
British 56 4646 1864 5482.88 5457.36 6142.37
Australasian 58 3756 1500 6893.78 6447.44 5678.17
South Africa 13 850 487 1844.82 1495.06 653.33
India Mission 3 473 282 263.30 111.20 ....
West German 133 15898 .... 4900.00 3104.85 7801.66
East German 120 15664 .... 3871.00 2420.25 ....
Scandinavian 94 8452 6756 4440.11 3477.67 6749.96
Russian 27 .... .... 930.84 1700.22 795.98
Latin .... .... .... .... 473.15 156.10
West Indian 14 889 739 1505.33 2640.73 ....
Brazil 9 825 .... 549.65 316.85 ....
South America 27 676 642 2271.37 3599.52 ....
Mexican Mission 13 1298 501 1501.78 2144.04 550.10
Philippines 1 250 134 338.20 2.97 ....
Levant 12 939 .... 87.28 50.18 ....
Siberian 2 .... .... 56.22 .... ....
Korean .... .... .... 10.69 17.90 ....
Finland .... .... .... .... .... 719.31
Totals, North American union conferences.. $100,941.51 $79,146.66 $95,165.36 Totals, foreign union conferences and mission fields 34,947.25 33,459.39 29,246.98 Grand totals $135,888.76 $112,606.05 $124,412.34

Comparative Summary

1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
Jan. $21,000.00 $26,325.50 $25,929.06 $40,677.06 $42,532.23 $44,495.65
Feb. 15,000.00 26,369.61 30,466.40 48,748.21 50,990.34 53,923.57
March 18,000.00 36,253.65 35,757.15 52,703.85 55,711.55 73,015.56
April 24,000.00 35,276.76 43,858.29 55,109.54 64,042.39 73,548.31
May 37,000.00 51,097.51 67,455.44 82,971.94 86,333.58 81,923.78
June 46,000.00 65,317.23 82,878.67 124,412.34 112,606.05 135,888.76
July 52,218.04 75,691.57 120,973.89 95,445.21 103,919.12 ....
Aug. 36,555.39 46,590.68 66,946.38 71,652.97 90,821.73 ....
Sept. 22,038.63 32,503.48 51,148.56 55,625.41 66,523.65 ....
Oct. 26,382.61 40,646.45 62,719.91 52,670.03 62,334.58 ....
Nov. 43,733.16 30,016.77 53,787.31 49,964.99 58,211.68 ....
Dec. 29,756.47 25,361.54 39,873.18 45,759.73 54,663.93 ....
Totals $371,684.30 $491,450.75 $681,794.24 $775,741.28 $848,690.83

The Missionary and Publishing Work

Notes, plans, reports, statistics, and other information regarding missionary endeavor and the circulation of gospel literature.
Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference
E. R. PALMER    Secretary
N. Z. TOWN   Assistant Secretary

The Summary

By N. Z. T.

NOTWITHSTANDING the extreme heat experienced during the month of June and the severe drought in various sections of the country, with few exceptions our canvassers have pushed steadily forward. Three of the union conferences broke all previous records, and the grand total exceeds any previous monthly summary by more than $10,000. As will be seen, the report for the Canadian Union is for six months, which adds to the summary about $2,000 more than it otherwise would have; but even after deducting this, we are still a long way ahead of any previous month. We sincerely thank God for this good report, and for the faithful work which it represents.
N. Z. T.

Prosperity in Our Publishing-Houses

FROM letters received from the managers of our three large publishing-houses in the United States, we take the following items, which we are sure will be read with interest by our brethren and sisters. The first is from Brother C. H. Jones. Concerning the work of the Pacific Press, he says:—
“Last Friday we placed an order for eight car-loads of paper,—nearly all for the Signs. Only two or three weeks ago, we received five car-loads of paper from the East, which is now being used on tracts, pamphlets, etc., keeping our five cylinder presses going constantly. We have been obliged to secure extra help for our pressroom. Never before in my experience have I seen so much work piled up ahead of us; and when we stop to think that this is all denominational work, it is truly wonderful. As you know, not one job of commercial printing has been taken into the Pacific Press since the fire, and the Lord has prospered the work beyond our most sanguine expectations.”
During the past few years, the Southern Publishing Association has developed in a remarkable manner. During 1910 this association stood first in this country in the number of books sold. Concerning its work at present, Brother R. Hook, Jr., the manager, writes:—
“Our office is in the midst of a very busy season. In the pressroom we have six months’ work ahead of us. A part of this work is in rush orders, which will have to be gotten out during the next three months. This means much hard work and overtime. A few days ago we received an order from our Fort Worth Branch for a car-load of books. This car will contain 11,500 volumes, and is to be shipped in time to reach Fort Worth by August 16. This is making our bindery extremely busy, and many are working overtime. In fact, the majority of our employees are now working from twelve to fourteen hours a day; and when we remember that we are engaged entirely in denominational work, it means that the blessing of God is attending the canvassers in the field.”
“This car-load shipment is going into a section of the country that has suffered from three successive years of severe drought, yet our sales this year exceed those of any previous year. We are glad that nothing can stop the third angel’s message, but that the Lord gives success to the efforts of our canvassers even in times of drought, shortness of funds, etc.”
The Review and Herald Publishing Association sends the following:—
“During the last thirty days we have shipped from our office nearly two car-loads of books by freight, besides our shipments by mail and express. We are doing the largest volume of business in our history in the manufacture and sale of our denominational literature, and yet we can hardly keep up with the demands upon us. Our pressroom recently worked a double shift for several weeks, thus keeping the presses going night and day, and at present our bindery is working overtime, in order to supply the needs of our faithful canvassers. These evidences of the prospering hand of the Lord in our book work are an assurance that he will quickly finish the work and reward his faithful workers. We are of good courage.” N. Z. T.
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