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----p ter James, came fro1n Bradford, We were glad to l?'itcairn Island. Enclosed were several tracts printed have our Bradford friends with us. by the Review and I-Ierald and some of our other lVe rejoice because God has seen fit to give us publishing houses. There were also some paillted this increase, aild to Him we give all the glory. We leaves and the gentlen~an gave me one which I have oftell have to meet with discouragemet~t, but when now in my possession. I enclose an extract from the we see sixteen sisters and nine brethren link up with letter: 'If we compare the happenings of the world the third angel's message we are encourag-ed to press it is the finishing up of the world's history. . . . We on. keep the seventh day for the Sabbath; the Word \VC feel very grateful to our brethren and sisters of God tells us to do so. We used to keep the first for their gifts, and for the splendid way in which day of the week before we studied the Bible, but nothey came to our help in the matter of bill distribu- where can we find that Christ changed the day'. tioll in the Munslet area. Sisters Enlmie Smith, G. It was encouraging to find our brethren far away and C. Ellis, Basher, Troup, and Prentiss, also Sis- interested in souls here." ter Richardsoll and family, gave us practically a day Sister Sully was explaining "Bible Readings" at a week free of charge. How grateful we workers a house in Essex a little while ago, and turning- to Ire when our people respond, and help us in this a page of the prophecies remarked that she believed lard, arduous task of placing the bills in the homes they were fast fulfilling now. The lady said: "Yes, 2f the people. Beautiful solos rendered by Miss E. so do I, There was a youllg man called here two smith, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Woodruff, and Mr. Benn years ago with a book on Daniel, and I have always lave also done much in attracting the people. Bro- regretted not having one. I did have 'Steps to her Ben Davies has been a most capable chairman. Christ', but (referring to 'Bible Readings') I like Just after we concluded the lectures Brother this one better." So that colporteur, whoever he lfadgwick, who was with us, received a call to may be, prepared the way foi- Sister Sully to get an ;cotland. Our people in this city had learned to love order quite easily. lim, and we were sorry to lose him. Brother Wlien Brother Woodfield made a promised visit flurdoch came from Scotland to take his place. at a farm house the fanner's wife said: "We have -Ie is still with us and we have learned to appreciate been waiting for you to call. About nine years lis practical tallis. Then we have had with us Nurse back, a inan called upon me with this book-pro- .ennie I-Iandysides, whose work has been greatly ducing 'Bible Readings'. It was at a time when my )lessed of God. little one lay dead. We read the book and found Before concluding this article I must mention the rest for our troubled minds, and have read it ever act that whilst we were in ther front line trench in since." She called her liusband, and after a few lunslet, Sisters Marshall and E. Lucas held the fort minutes canvass, they gave ,an order for "Our Day7', n the centre of the city, and thus our central meeting which was delivered on the morrow. It is cheering vas kept going all the time. Our local Brethren to hear that people are on the look-out for the col- 3olam, Clee, Troup, Horsfall and Ellis acted as loyal porteur to bring them another book, and that our ~shers. We ask for the prayers of the WORKER fam- hooks bring peace and hope to those in trouble. Iji for the winter's work in the Burley Road area. Her Majesty the Queen has graciously accepted a E. E. CRAVEN. copy of "!The Desire of Ages" in the morocco - - . - - .. .-.-p binding, expressing her sincere thanks to the workers of the Press for this volume. - -- .p- - . . - - - - - - - - BROTI~ER COMBRIDGE mentions that on his list f orders are the names of the town clerk, several perilled! , 1) iagistrates, one police constable, one bank manager, everal leading hotel owners, the largest garage -m Passes " Present Truth" on to Fellow Ministers ALLAN CLEMENT sends along the following experience : "When I called to deliver 'Present Truth' on Friday to one of the readers, a retired minister-a Methodist, I believe-he asked me to get him six copies of No. 8, dealing with 'Free Catholicism.' He said he wanted them to give to his fellow-ministers. He also boLlgllt a copy of the boolc 'protestantism " 1'11 Get the Money Somehow" wner, several school masters and mistresses, one BROTHER BERNARD KINMAN, one of our youngest octor, several managers of businesses, etc. colporteurs, was out a little while ago with his book, Brother King writes of the student colporteurs in "Christ's Glorious Return," and he called at the cotland: "The spirit and morale of the boys is house of the head gardener of a large mansion to ionderfully inspiring. The way the' teidritory is solicit an order. He was met at the door by the Sng worked is a real credit to them. Yesterday I gardener's wife and though she did not ask Brother LW fifty-five 'Desire of Ages' delivered. It is grand IGnman inside, she called her husband to the door. see Adventist books going into the homes in The gardener immediately asked him in and showed iis way. Many of the people actually come to the a great interest in the book, though saying somewhat 2or with the cash in their hands, their faces beaming iiubiously that his funds were rather low. After a eagerness for their book." few moments' conversation the book was again Brother Rowland writes : "qfter canvassing a picked up and inspected once more, "This is a beautixtleman with 'Bible Readings' he desired to show ful book, . . . and most beautifully illustrated," said e a letter, and to my surprise I found it was from he. "In fact, I have never seen so many nice illustra- W- 4
tioils as this work contains. Put me down for a copy; 1'11 get the money somehow." Sowing by the Wayside "I HAVE recently been doing some travelling with .our good friend Brother Bjaanes of the Scandinavian Union," writes Brother Weaks, "I find that he not +only talks book selling, but practices it. I went with llim to the police station in Abo, to secure our permits to get out of the country. When we left the building he had the order for one of our books from the chief of police in Abo. We then boarded the ship for Sweden, and when we arrived in Stockholm a few hours later, Brother Bjaanes had thirteen orders for our large books from officers, the crew, and passengers. He had most of the money for these right in his pocket, though the books were to be sent later." A. WARREN. +++ Special Announcement THE long-looked-for index to the combined writings of Mrs. E. G. White is now ready. The book has been issued by recommendation of the General Conference. It contains nearly 850 pages, printed on Uible paper, limp binding. The retail price of IS/- was fixed by the General Conference Council last October. Naturally it has been a very expensive book to produce, and had not the General Coniexence subsidized the undertaking, it would have carried a retail price of 30/- to 40/-. The book is publishecl' by the Pacific Press Publishing Association, aid orders should be placed now in order to secure a first edition copy. In all :ases the orders must be placed with your local church nissionary secretary, or, in the case of isolated mem- 3ers, with the publishing house. We give below extracts from statements by El- ier S~icer, president of the General Conference, and Elder F. M. Wilcox, editor of the "Review and Herald," as to the value of this book: "I have just seen specimen pages of the Scripture ,ection of the Index, by which the Bible student can mn, in study of a portion of Holy Scripture, to the lluminating and inspired comn~ents on that very porion in all the various volun~es of the Spirit of pro- ~hecy. "Then there is the index to subjects, a guide to he topical study of the volumes. This Index, which [as been in preparation for some time by Elder W. C. Vhite and efficient helpers, under General Confernce recommendation, is sure to be quicltly a wellvorn and treasured book in the hands of Gospel iiorlcers and believers."-W. A. Spicev. 'Tor many years I have desired an index to the ~ritings of the Spirit of prophecy. I have felt my eed of this in personal study of the Bible nd of the 'Testimonies' as well as in my ~ork as minister and editor. . . . I have herefore been greatly pleased to know during ne last two or three years that a book of this charac- :r was under preparation, and during the last few ionths I have had the privilege of examining a good ortion of the manuscript of the proposed book. I zn say that it more than meets my expectations. It inks next in value to a complete concordance of the ioly Scriptures. I believe it will be found invaluable at alone to our workers in every department of this lovement. but to our brethren and sisters generally in the personal study they will give to the writings of the Spirit of prophecy. Everyone who possesses the writings of Mrs. E. G. White will want a copy of the Index, and everyone who realizes the possibilities of the Index will desire more than ever to possess a complete set of Sister White's works. I believe that the Scriptural and Subjlect Index of Mrs. E. G. White's works should find a place in every Seventh- Day Adventist home."-F. M. Wilcon-. To You, Parents! IF you live in the country on a farm, you doubtless read a farm journal, possibly two or three. You study how to raise corn and wheat and oats and cotton and potatoes and beans, yes, and flowers too. You study how to feed the cows and horses and chickens in order to get the very best stock and the most valuable products from them. You do hard thinlcing on these subjects. If you live in the city, you have sotnething else to study, and about which to read. We have seen people-parents, too--who seemed to have plenty of time to read the popular magazines (stories and all), but who do not find time once in five years to read a book on child culture. The culture of corn, beans, potatoes, and cows is important, to be sure, but we leave them all when our earthly journey comes to an end. But we can, by study and prayer and God's grace, take our children with us. Shall we leave them behind with the corn and potatoes? You say, "No ! a thousand times no !" But what are you doilzg about it? We must embrace every opportunity, for we all need to get as much help as possible from others. The Home Commission (Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.) promotes a Parents' Reading Course. Write for a leaflet describing the work for 1926. You will find that the plan is unique, and the work is made easy enough so that every parent may do the reading. MRS. FLORA H. WILLIAMS. The Onward March of the Message in Pare, East Africa DURING the last few weeks splendid reports have been reaching us from the Pare Mission field. This is situated in the north-eastern end of Tanganyika, which was formerly known as German East Africa. For many years we have been rather cramped, the territory in which we were working being but a small, narrow strip. Now, however, the barriers have been broken down and our native evangelists and teachers are pressing over into the neighbouring districts and preaching the Advent message with wonderful zeal. The Lord is blessing their efforts, for already souls are being won to the truth. Everywhere they go they are finding interested people. We take the following extracts from a letter of Brother A. F. Bull, who is working in that interest'ing field. "The Usambara Hills have a population of 140,000 which is four times as many as in the whde of South Pare. We have been working only the southern portion of this country for twenty years and now suddenly we are faced with the tremendous task of evangelizing all these thousands of people with the third angel's message. This territory takes us down almost to Tanga, and when we get there we shall be able to
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