Chapter 7—A Call for Recruits
“Elmshaven” St. Helena, California.
December 6, 1902.
Dear Brethren and Sisters,
The new year is just before us, and plans should be laid for earnest,
persevering effort in the Master’s service. There is much to be done to
advance the work of God. I have been instructed that the canvassing
work is to be revived, and that it is to be carried forward with increasing
success. It is the Lord’s work, and a blessing will attend those who
engage in it with earnestness and diligence.
Larger Books to Be Sold
I thank my Heavenly Father for the interest that my brethren and
sisters have taken in the circulation of Christ’s Object Lessons. By
the sale of this book great good has been accomplished, and the work
should be continued. But the efforts of our people should not be
confined to this one book. The work of the Lord includes more than one
line of service. Christ’s Object Lessons is to live and do its appointed
work, but not all the thought and effort of God’s people are to be given
to its circulation. The larger books, Patriarchs and Prophets, Great
Controversy, and Desire of Ages, should be sold everywhere. These
books contain truth for this time—truth that is to be proclaimed in all
parts of the world. Nothing is to hinder their sale.
The effort to circulate Christ’s Object Lessons has demonstrated
what can be done in the canvassing field. This effort is a never-to-be-
forgotten lesson on how to canvass in the prayerful, trustful way that
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brings success.
Many more of our larger books might have been sold if church
members had been awake to the importance of the truths these books
contain, and had realized their responsibility to circulate them. My
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*Published in leaflet entitled, “Open Letter.” [Also published in The Review and
Herald, January 20 and 27, 1903.]
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