The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-07-05
DeacOnesses
Buhmann and Schelhorn
Returned to Headquarters
after Twenty-Five Months of Contin-
uOus Field Work
Toured Cities Through Northwest, Down
Pacific Coast, and Home Through
Texas and Oklahoma
&C. B. W.

Deaconesses Buhn1ann and Schelhorn ar
rived in Zion City on Wednesday, July D.
after tour lasting nearly two years, COW
ering various cities in Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon Cali
fornia, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and
Oklahoma. While away, they sold 43,OO5
copies of Leaves of Healing, 905 copies of
"The Present Great World Crisis" and
900 copies of the General Overseer's tract,
''The Terrible Things that are Now Being
Recorded in the Newspapers" They also
gave away 50,722 messages, 277 Leaves of
Healing, and 201o Theocrats, making the
total number of pieces of literature distri-
buted while away, o7,525 In addition to
this, they took 1870 subscriptions for the
Leaves of Healing, and II subscriptions for
The TheocYat
We herewith publish an intensely inter
esting, detailed report of their work on
this trip, written by Deaconess Schelhorn:
con August 27, 1917, we started out
through the western states. Arriving in
the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado,
where it is said the sun shines $40 days in
the year Eve think it must be true, for
we often wished while there for cloudy
day., 80 days were spent in carrying Zion
literature to the people, from statesman to
humble cottager, selling $500 Leaves of
Healing and giving out 9, Jas messages and
275 The0cYatS
Travelling northward, we reached
Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the 23d of Octo-
ber During Our nine days stay there, we
had snow storm and cold wave, but
sold 900 Leaves of Healing and SO of Elder
Jordan's books.
1--WE enjoyed our trip through the noun
tains from Cheyenne to Salt Lake City, and
in the latter city sold 1000 Leaues of Heal
ing and 116 of Elder Jordan's books in
twenty-five and one-half days.
eve then went to the little city of Poca-
tello, Idaho, spending Christmas Day there
In three days we sold $50 Leaves Of Heal
ing and IS of Elder Jordan's books.
I'VE found Boise, Idaho, beautiful city,
and exceptionally nice weather prevailed
there when we arrived, January l. The first
trees were budding and a few flowers were
in bloom. We worked there six days, sell
ing 900 Leaves of Healing and 40 copies of
Elder Jordan's books
Passing on to Butte, Montana, we found
the ground covered with snow Spending
II days there, we sold zoos Leaves of
Healing and II of Elder Jordan's books,
averaging 100 copies of Leaves of Healing
per day in house-to-house work.
Leaving Butte, with the thermometer re-
gistering 70 degrees below zero, we ar
| rived in Helena, Montana where it was 80
degrees below zero The trip through the
mountains was wonderful. In Helena we
worked eight days, selling 1000 Leaves of
Healing and IA of Elder jordan's books.
and taking 10 subscriptions for Leaves of
Healing.
"Great Falls, Montana, our next CITY.
we worked in II days, selling 1900 Leaves
Of Healing, 90 of Elder Jordan's books, and
taking IS subscriptions.
"On our way from Great Falls to Mis-
soula, we crossed the Continental Divide
at an altitude of $3.50 feet. There was
continuous change of scenery, and the for
nation of rocks presented wonderland of
Gods handiwork
'Mlssoula, Montana, was our next field
OF work, and in seven days we sold 1000
Leaves Of Healing and 20 of Elder Jordan's
books. Reaching Spokane on March 20, we
were welcomed, for the first time on our
Journey, into the home of Zion members -
Mrs. Brady and Mrs Hickok. We were
greatly blessed and strengthened in the
Spokane Gathering, in Mrs. Brady's home.
Working in Spokane for Is days, we sold
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