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of those whom they have reason to believe areserving them according to the will of God. This advicewould be applicable to the presentations of the Pastor orthe Pilgrims or the local Elders--everybody.Whenever public meetings are thought to be desirable,remember that one of the chief necessities for such anoccasion is the procurement of a desirable auditorium--clean and in good repute. In many respects opera housesor small theatres of good class are more desirable thanchurches, because people of all denominations and thosewho attend no church services will feel free to come.The friends are gradually learning that it is useless toinvite intelligent people to a meeting held in a dingyplace or more than one flight of stairs from the streetlevel. They are learning, too, the necessity for advertisingmeetings when they have good halls.For success, the three things must co-operate--aspeaker of ability, a desirable auditorium and the meetingwell advertised. In the past much advertising effort hasbeen wasted by poor auditoriums. Where notified that apublic meeting is desired the Society will, as far as possible,apportion Sundays--especially if the town is of reasonablesize and if the promises in respect to auditorium,etc., are encouraging. Increase of wisdom along theselines is helping forward the work in every direction.These same remarks apply in a lesser degree to ClassExtension work, by which we mean meetings held in surroundingR5146 : page 385villages and towns by those Elders who havetalent for public speaking and whose services are notneeded by the local Class sending them forth. The Societyhas had the pleasure of co-operating along theselines during the year. The results are encouraging everyway. All classes that have the talent to spare and thathave not engaged in this Extension work should write tous for particulars at once. This work is in harmony withthe Master's instruction, Pray the Lord of the Harvestthat He will send forth more laborers into His vineyard.Let us labor while we pray.--Matt. 9:38.SUMMARY PILGRIM SERVICETotal number of ministers engaged................. 60" " " cities and towns visited.......... 5,788" " " public meetings................... 3,683" " in attendance........................ 564,707Semi-public meetings held......................... 9,881Total number in attendance........................ 248,293" miles traveled.............................. 622,373BIBLE STUDY CLASS EXTENSIONNumber of meetings reported....................... 3,595Attendance at meetings............................ 108,563