The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03
lions Newsboys

For many weeks the Zion newsboys
have been going from house to house on
Saturday afternoons in Zion City, sell
ing the LEAVES OF HEALING and THE
THEoCRAT. They are bright, earnest
little fellows, and we desire to give them
encouragement. They not only sell the
papers, but solicit subscriptions. No
one need hesitate to hand subscription
to these boys, as we have never yet
known a subscription to go astray when
placed in their care.
One of the primary objects in organ
izing the Zion newsboys, was to make it
possible for people to purchase the
LEAVES OF HEALING in quantities at
their door, and send them out to others.
Six copies are sold for twenty-five cents
Some people seem to think they have full
filled their duty when they have pur-
chased one copy, but lions truths and
teaching can never be spread broadcast
so long as people only provide for them
selves. 1t is only by continually SOW
ing the seed that we can hope for a
harvest. Personally, we have always
felt that the sending out of the literature
imposed as sacred duty and obligation
as the paying of tithes, and we believe
that the more literally and heartily the
people throw themselves into this work,
the more abundantly God will bless
them.
Let every Zion family in Zion City
make arrangements with the newsboy
in their district to bring them six copies
of the LEAVES OF HEALING every Satur-
day afternoon. There are hundreds of
people throughout the land who would
receive the LEAVES OF HEALING gladly
if they were sent to them. Just because
a few people refuse them is no reason
why we should become discouraged and
stop. There is always lot of seed that
falls on barren or stony ground, but
there is some that will lodge in fertile
SOIL
In handling the correspondence of the
LEAVES OF HEALING department, letters
come from all over the country from
people who are cropping in darkness and
seeking the light. AS we read them
over, the cry comes from our heart,
"Why do not the people send out the
literature more than they do?" Only
the other day we received letter from
a man who said that he had picked up
copy of the LEAVES OF HEALING while
waiting for train in the Union Depot,
and read it with great interest. He re-
membered that LEAVES OF HEALING was
printed in large letters across the top,
and that it was published in Zion City.
He inquired the rates of subscription.
Some months ago a letter was re-
ceived from a man in South Carolina,
asking for a sample copy of LEAVES OF
HEALING. One was sent, and at the
same time ten weeks subscription was
given for him by a member of the
LEAVES OF HEALING staff. A letter was
nlOO W1lCCCIy CCIllAS IT'LL ClldI IIlC paper
would be sent free for ten weeks, and
asking him to become a regular sub
scriber at the end of that time. His
subscription promptly came in. Later
a specimen copy of THE THEoCRAT was
sent, with letter asking him to sub
scribe. This was also responded to.
Some weeks ago we were greatly pleased
to receive list of ten weeks subscrip-
tons from this man. He, who had re-
ceived ten weeks subscription himself
only few months ago, was now send
ing out the literature to others.
Many more instances of somewhat
similar nature have come to our atten-
ton, but we cannot take the time to
enumerate more than a few. One man
we especially remember, who is bust
ness man in California, wrote for