ve all they can do now looking after
8 line of work.
While this has been a peculiar meet-
[ in many ways, yet we are learning
2 colporteur’s slogan, that ‘there is
crisis with the Lord’’, for we are
king each obstacle a stepping-stone
victory.
lany people have expressed their ap-
:ciation of the messages froin the
pit, but more gratitude is manifest-
by those who have received the min-
ry of healing by the personal work-
, and we are convinced that to under-
‘e to run a meeting In a city of any
isiderable size without the medical
isionary phase well represented,
at loss is sustained.
Ve again ask that the RECORD fam-
remember us when they pray, that
Lord may help us to water the seed
m by the faithful workers in the
»bock church in such a way that God
give an abundant increase.
E. T. WILSON
on
oe
LPORTEUR OR BOOK AGENT?
re you a colporteur, or just a plain,
mon, ordinary book agent? There
plenty of book agents. Few peo-
will hesitate in avowing that there
1 ever increasing surplus of these
, persistent intruders. Yesindeed,
'e is a super-abundance of people
are highly efficient in the art of
ng books, but genuine, God-fearing
orteurs are not near sv plentiful.
But’’, you probably ask, ‘what
y it take to make.a colporteur? Is
ne that sells books, and is he not,
efore a book agent?’ Yes, heisa
< agent, but he is far more than a
< agent. The motive that prompts
in distributing literature is vastly
arent from that of the book agent.
the mere selling of books, but the
ing of lost souls is the prime object
he colporteur, and it is only to at-
| to this object that he is so persis-
. and persevering in the placing of
message-filled books before the
ple. The colporteur well knows
; the placing of our books containing
warning messages for this time is
of the most effective methods of
rming the people of the time in
h they live, and of the necessity
2 hasty preparation for Christ's
nd coming.
7 reason of the loftiness and super-
y of his object in canvassing, the
orteur has a decided advantage
- those who are working wholly for
arial gain and advancement. If he
that vital connection with the
ior intelligence or personality?
SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD
Divine One that should be his, the col-
porteur has the assurance that heaven-
ly angels will accompany him in his
work, and that the Holy Spirit will
convict his hearers of the importance
of the message he is bearing.
But how do we account for this read-
ily apparent advantage of the colpor-
teur; is it because he possesses a super-
No,
far from it. It is because he has a
firm and unwavering faith in his God;
he has a message burning within him
that appeals to the hearts of men; and
he has the unfailing aid of heavenly
intelligencies in dealing with the minds
of men, oo
And not only by placing our truth-
filled books in the homes of the people
does the colporteur attempt to render
help to his fellowmen. By speaking
words of cheer and comfort to those in
sorrow, by pointing the discouraged,
sin-sick souls to a higher plane of liv-
ing, and by firm adherence to Christian
principles in his daily life, the colpor-
porteur becomes a power for good in
ministering to those with whom he
comes in contact.
No, Christ is not calling to.day for
book agents; he has no place in His
great work for mere commercial sales-
men. But there is an urgent call for
earnest, God-fearing colporteurs; for
men and women who know the supreme
worth of a soul,
seriousness of the time in which they
live.
When we, as student-colporteurs, go
forth to labor in the Master’s vineyard
during the coming summer, should we
not abandon, or at least make second-
ary all thoughts of personal gain and
advancement, and firmly hold as our
supreme object the saving of lost souls
and helping those in greater need than
ourselves. God will then abundantly
bless our efforts, and our reward will
be greater than our highest hopes.
CLAUDE GRANDON.
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“ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
CHRISTIANS
It’s a queer question from our view
point but a big question in the minds
of thousands of our fellow men. Have
you ever been asked if our belief is
not something like the “Mormons,” or
the “Russellites”? Well, I have, just
any number of times, and I haven't
been slow in stating emphatically that
we are decidedly different. And then
there are many who think we are nar-
row-minded religious zealots, who be-
lieve all kinds of religious fantasies.
and who realize the.
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And there are still thousands of others
who are just prejudiced because they
do not know what Seventh-day Ad-
ventists really teach and consequently
Imagine we are not Christians and
that we are doing our best to tear up
cther denominations and regard us
actually as an evil under the sun,
It has been our aim for years to
clear up these misunderstandings and
we have made remarkable progress.
Seventh-day Adventists are generally
highly regarded and esteemed, much
of the old time prejudice having been
wiped away. But there is a great deal
yet to he done before the illusions in
cont the message we have, in all clear-
ness and fairness to the individual, we
must have an open ming to deal with.
Or the individual will have so shut up
ae mind to our work, that the mere
mention of Seventh-day Adventists will
completely bar us from presenting the
message.
In order to bring this about and give
every person a knowledge of our work
and purpose, we have just published a
special number of the Signs of the
Mimes, called the “Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Special.” The above title to
this write-up is the same as used in
one article of the “speecial”. It is made
up of eight different articlees contrib-
uted by as many General Conference
workers: Elders W. A. Spicer, J. L.
Shaw, J. L. McElhany, A. G. Daniells,
J. A. Stephens, F. C. Gilbert, C. S.
. Longacre, and E. Kotz.
It is the ob-
ject of the brethren that this “special”
not only obliviate prejudice but en-
lighen the world as to the work of
Seventh-day Adventists. In recent years
we have enjoyed a remarkeble amount
of publicity through our literature,
mission program, Sunday laws, etc., and
now is the time to present holdly why
Seventh-day Adventists are in the
world. We are here for a purpose and
surely we need not hesitate to tel] the
world about it.
Every ‘church member will want to
circulate this special number. Our
publishing house on the coast is run-
ning the number so cheap that every
church could use hundreds of copies in
their summer missionary work. It
will be a splendid follow-up for the
“Big Week” campaign and a real “pre-
paredness” number for the Harvest
Ingathering. Prices, 1,000 or more to
one address, $17.50; 100 to 1,000 to one
address, $2.50 per hundred; 10 to 100
to one address, three cents each, and