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THE GOLDEN AGE
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SALES DEPARTMENT
(Workers)
In
JANUARY
1,
1920
•
MY STRENGTH AND SONG
ORE and more it is evident that the
p~ople
need
th~
truth through THE
GoLDEN AGE. The common people hear gladly. By the Lord's Word
·
opposition will not continue long. Those associated with the Lall).b
in
the skirmishes of the war with the beast, and continuing throughout, are
"called and chosen and faithful." The final test is Faithfulness. Our senti-
ments as workers are in the Year's Text -"The Lord is my Strength and
Song''. The song
·of
his gracious plans to mankind engages his people.
·
He
affords strength for the service. And the strength and the song bring
re~
sponsibility to declare the message.
This should be a banner year for the message. The Rigns
spoken
by
the
Lord take place
.before
our ver
y eyes.
On earth distress of nations; perplex-
ity; sea and waves roar-
ing ; men's hearts failing
them; looking to things
coming on the earth I
finds men at their wits'
The tinie for leadership
end, reeling to and .fro
as drunken. But-th-ese
enjoying divine peace of
S
ee
to
it
that
so
\
heart and mind desire to
publish by word, pen,
far as
you
are
book, tract and THE
GoL.DEN AGE the glad
concerned the
.
tidings of God's
gracious
w
eelcly
Class R
epo1't
to interpret the present
plan.
It
is a privilege
stress, and to tell of the
is
not
delayed.
blessings
to
follow from
the setting up of God's
Kingdom in the world.
All need this message of
.
comfort. The time is
bound to come soon when it will be in great demand.
Meanwhile you render each person you call on an invaluable service. And
they would like you to call again. But the message must reach others, and
.
. they
can
arrange
-for
your visits every other week through THE GoLDEN AGE.
You may publish the tidings by word of mouth alone, or additionally by the
sale of sets of Scripture Studies, or by a subscription to THE GoLDEN AGE.
This is the all-important object-to
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Publish the Message
BULLETIN
The Message the People Want
'1'1-m GoLDEN AGE is the message the people want. rt h; hut for
them to f!r.d out what it contains. A worker wrltHs us from
l'emt~yl'ltnJn:
"A
prominent dot!tor of this
city, who
iq also
a
member of a
club, told
me yesterday that he toolr 11
copy
of
THE
Go£m;N
Am::
to the· club
oue
evening, and that himself
'tnt! :;:everal
other n•t!llli.Jers
spent
the evening in discussing
its
various
fPa·
tures; and ir the end they decided that THE
GoLDEN
Ata>: was
H>ulE'thing
liew
and
different from anything they had seen before,
and
that
it was
worthy
of support.
"
It
is by just
such
discussions
and
talking over the
message
contained
in THE
GoLDEN
AGE that
the
canvass
has
accomplished. People
for
the
most part do
not act
il:tpu;
,:;·.-ely,
·nor
on the
spur
of
the moment, but
afte-r
th~y
have
hucl
tt:e time to consider, and compare what
;va'!
ofl> •~ed
with
what they have and with
that
they can obtafn;
then
they have
some bHF-i;; upon which to decide.
POINTS TO BE PRESSED
C
A Professor---A Manufacturer
A
·
colporteur writes: "One man who is a college professor sub·
scribed to THE GoLDEN
AGE, saying:
"It
is just
what
I have
been
looking for'. Another, a manufacturer, said,
'It
contains good,
sound reading-just what I want. So many other magazines are
one-half advertisements and so high priced, and nothing practical
to read.'"
Best I Ever Saw
A
brother from Ohio writes: "One brother gave a sample copy
to a man who he thought would like it. After the man examined
it he said it was
a
very good magazine, but like all the I. B. S. A.
literature, it had a lot of Bible quotations in it; so he· gave it to
a friend of his,
an
oil worker, who read it and said,
'It
is the best
magazine I ever
saw,'
and wanted to subscribe."
ANVASSING and recanvassing a locality leaves its indent
upon the minds
of
those canvassed, and
this
impression
deepens with each additional call.
The people reason like
this:
"If
that man
(or woman)
is giving his time to canvassing
for
that magazine, there
must be something in it;
either
personal
ga:in, or
the
magazine
contains
a message worth looking over."
Many canvassers make
an
initial call
and
do not
call again ;
but
not so with THE GoLDEN AGE worker : refusal of the
subscription
is merely the invitation for
another call.
The
work
is
so great
as to call for even the little time
and
effort
that each
can
give.
It
should stimulate all
to do with might what the hands find to
do, working while it is
yet
called day. Endeavor to leave in the
minds of the people these points: The present· order of things has
ended ; the new order is the setting up of the Lord's Kingdom ;
the
I.
J3.
S. A. alone tells of the new order ; that the preachers are
shirking their responsibility, and
instead
of meeting the issue
bring up subterfuges
to
perpetuate their outworn doctrine ; move-
ments
are
on foot by church organizations to demonstrate to the
people that the past war was nothing more than one of the spas-
modic upheavals of history, and are putting themselves on record
as the scoffers, of whom the Apostle Peter spoke. (2 Peter 3: 1-4) ;
THE
GOLDEN
AGE
alone tells
the truth.
·Get
the Message to the People
Get the message into the mind:S of the people. Make
the
indent!
The present canvassing ought to leave such an impression that
any further outraging of the opinions of the people,
such
as the
banning
of
literaturE), may not be taken calmly and uncomplain-
ingly, but may have the same effect in the opinion of the people
as the acts of the steel magnates, coal mine operators,
and
profit-
eers had. The message
should
be
gotten
_
as many
as por;sible.
to
It
is not likely that the majority will respond at the first canvass
with
a
subscription to THE GoLDEN AGE;· but the present stress of
times is but "the beginning of sorrows" ; and as the trouble and
distress incident thereto are more keenly felt, then
will
follow
the
collapse of
Babylon. With the
collapse.
the
peopl~
will
insist
on hearing the Lord's message. Now is the opportunitr
to
impress
on their mirids that the I. B. S. A. promulgates the truth, and was
for that very reason
singled
out as the one religious organization
to reap persecution during the World War.
The Jews Interested
"One sister met
a
Jew, the proprietor of a department store, who
is interested in
the
Zionist movement and is
very
much discour-
aged. He said he
was
afraid the whole race would be exterminated.
She
gave
him the
comforting
message of the present time
to
the
Jews, in which he became much interested,
and
invited her to
come
again."
Had the Books Eight Years
"Already
one sister
came to
a
house where the lady had had the
bOOkS, STUDIES
IN
THE SCRIPTURES, eight years. She says no one
could get her to believe anything
else,
and has oeen trying to
find
some
one that
t>elieved
as she
did.''
(This comes
from
a town in
which there is
a
class of fourteen.)
.
Interest in a Dead City
"Calling on one lady, who
seemed
to be a consecrated woman,
she said: 'Our minister of the Congregational church said the people
are so unresponsive to his efforts,
and
if they didn't soon respond
he would have to
give
up his pastorate and work in the slums, where
·
they would respond.' '.rhis city is known by salesmen, as well as
others, to be dead, so to speak. Sunday we had advertised a good
deal for
a
meeting in the theater, and it was the biggest success we
have had along this line. Thirty-nine names were· handed in. We
are very much encouraged, and believe THE GoLDEN AGE work and
lectures will work wonderfully together.''
A Diamond Field
"I enclose $1.50 for one year's subscription to THE GoLDEN AGE,
beginning with the
.first
number, if possible. I consider THE
Go:tnEN AGE a diamond field.''
J., H.,
Mo.
Editor Subscribes
.The
Odessa Record,
·
L. C.
W--· -- -,'
Proprietor.
'
"Have just
r~ived
.
a
copy of Tmi: GoLDEN AGE, a.nd, if it keeps
up to that standard,
lt
be
just what
.a
lot bf people want.
Here's
.a
check for a year's subscription."
Wi1.
will
Golden .Age Sales Department
Very.Out of the Ordinary
POINTS TO BE PRESSED
C
ANVASSING
and
recanvassing
a
locality leaves its indent
upon
the minds
of those canvassed,
and
this impression
deepens
with each
additional
call.
The
people
reason like
this: "If
that
man (or woman) is giving his
time
to canvassing
for
that
magazine,
there
must be something
in
lt;
either personal
gain, or
the magazine
contains a message worth looking over."
Many
canvassers
make an initial call
and do
not
call
again; but
not
so with
THE GoLDEN AGE worker : refusal
of
the subscription
is merely the
invitation
for
another call.
The
work
is so
great
as
to call
for
even
the little time and effort
that each
can give.
It
should stimulate all
to do with
might what the
hands find to
do,
working while
it is
yet called
day. Endeavor to leave in the
minds
of the people these
points: The present
·order
of things has
ended ; the
new
order is the setting up of the Lord's Kingdom ;
the
I.
l3.
S. A.
alone tells
of the new order; that the preachers are
shirking their responsibility, and
instead
of meeting the issue
bring up
subterfuges
to perpetuate their
outworn
doctrine; move-
ments are
on
foot by church organizations to demonstrate to the
people that
the past
war was nothing more than
one
of the spas-
modic upheavals
of
history, and are putting themselves oh record
as the
scoffers,
of whom the Apostle Peter
spoke.
(2 Peter 3: 1-4) ;
THE GOLDEN AGE
alone
tells the truth.
"Among
my mail ye.Sterday I
found a copy
of
TH~;
GoLDEN AGE.
On
the
wrapper were
the
characters
'11-20', which
would indicate
t'.>
me that
some one
has favored
me with a ye:ll''s subscription.
Would you be
so
kind
as
to inform me who' it
was who
h
as
~een
fit io please me in this way, for I wish to thank him. I
would
ctlrtuinly
have wanted to subscribe
on
my own account had not
:;:orne orw
else done it for me,
but
the copy I have is
the
ft1·st
knowlc·dge I had had of
the existence
of your very out-of-the-
onliuary publication.
I
am
·on
l~·
an ordinary
American
workin.~­
Illan, without
technical
training of
any
ldnd, and earning ord.inm·y
wages, but I
think
I know
a
fine
thing when
I
see
it,
and this
is
one of them.
I hardly know how
to describe your publication,
hut
to me
it
is
solid
meat
all through and
has
surely
touched
the
rl
~llt
spot
m
my heart.
You
seem
to be
in a
class
all
by yom·;;eU
among tl
:e
periodicals
of the
duy.
Your
mission
seems
t,)
be
to
l!tform
tlw
people about
everything
that
is
going on
in the
world
~o(1lly,
t•ut softening
their hearts
and
preparing
them
fo•·
tl;e
GoiLien Age
while doing
so."
Y. M. C. A. Official Greatly Interested
"A copy of THE GoLDEN AoE was
handed
me this morning
.and
I must say it has greatly interested me, and I am herewith en-
closing check to the amount of $1.50, and ask that you enter my
name for a yearly subscription, beginning
with
Vol. 1, No.4, issued
Wednesday, November 12, 1919. Anxiously awaiting
same,
I
ask
that
you
believe me to
-'
be, Very
sincerely
yours,"
.
A. L., Physical Director, Y. M. C. A.,
Tenn.
Get the Message to the People
Get the· message
into the
minds of the people.
Make the indent!
The present
canvassing
ought to leave
such
an
impression
that
any further outraging of the
opinions of
the people,
such
as
the
banning
of
literature, may not be taken
calmly and
uncomplain-
ingly, but may
.have
the same eft'ect in the opinion of the people
as the acts
of
the steel magnates, coal mine operators, and profit-
eers had. Tile message should be
gotten
_
as
many as possible.
to
It
is not likely that the majority will respond
at
the first canvass
with
a subscription
to THE GoLDEN AGE;· but
the
present stress of
times is but "the beginning of sorrows" ;
and as
the trouble and
distress
incident
thereto are more keenly
felt,
then will follow
the
collapse of
Babylon. With the
collap~e.
the
peoplR
will
insist
on hearing the Lord's message. Now
is
the
opportunit~·
to impress
on their minds. that the
I.
B. S. A. promulgates the truth, and
was
for that
very
reason singled out
as
the one religious organization
to reap persecution during the World War.
"Certainly Did Enjoy No.1"
"Enclosed find check for
one year's subscription
to
THE
GoLDEN
AGE. I have received the October 1
issue
and
would
be glad if I
could get the back copies up
to
this date. Because of
sickness
I
have been unable to subscribe
sooner,
but I certainly did enjpy
No. 1, and hope I shall be
able
to
get
the rest, and the comfort
an
d
J.
W.
H.,
Va.
blessing
they
afford."
"Your Great Journal"
"
Find
enclosed
thirty
cents for
last two
copies
of your
great
journal.
·Do
news
dealers
in
this
city
sell your
magazine?"
E..- S. M.,
Miss.
Liked the Sample Copy
"Enclosed
find $1.50 for
which please send
me THE GoLDEN
AGE
for twelve months. Please
send
me
all of
the numbers
published
up to date. I have read the
sample
copy and like it
sufficiently
M.
c:
J.,
Okla.
well to subscribe for a
year."
A Diamond Field
"I enclose $1.50 for one year's subscription to THE GoLDEN AGE,-
beginning with the first number, if possible. I consider THE
GOLDEN AGE a diamond field."
.J.,
H.,
Mo.
Wants Back Numbers
"I received a sample copy of THE GoLDEN AGE dated November
12, Vol. 1, No. 4. Am enclosing Post Office order for $1.50 in
payment :tor one year's subscription, commencing with date o:t
sample copy, November 12, if
you
can supply me with the back
numbers."
L. C. F.,
Ohio.
.
Editor Subscribes
The Odessa Record,
·
L. C.
.
W--· - - ,
Proprietor.
.
"Have just received a copy o:t
Tmi:
GoLDEN AGE, IUld,
it
lt keeps
up to that
standard,
.It
will be just what a lot b:t people want.
Here's a check :tor a year's subScription."
Wi1.
Would Not Take Their Money Back
"Some who have received only one copy say they would not take
their money back
it
they had to give up the magazine, they like
it so very much."
'
BULLETIN
Golden
Age Sales
Department
SOME MORE POINTS
·when
collecting samples, if no subscriptions are forthcoming, endeavor
to find out the objection the people have to the magazine; also as to whether
they read it or not.
If
they have not read it, offer to leave it with them free,
and assure them that you will not bother them by calling a few days later
if they will promise that, finding anything of interest, they will forward the
subscription to you by mail. Then, two or three weeks later, you
could
call
upon them again in event
you
did not receive the subscription.
In distributing
sample
copies the question is raised as to the disposition
of old and torn copies, and
especially
those that would be left on hand
were
they collected just prior to the time of receiving the new issue. Cooperation
with your Director
you
can
so
gauge the distri-
bution of samples as to
not collect the ones which
will be distributed just
.
before the arrival of the
new copy. For instance,
THE GOLDEN AGE
is
issued
every
other
\V
ednesday.
We are aiming to com-
plete the printing of THE
LARGEST NuMBER oF
GoLDEN AGE and have the
shipment
forwarded
so
SuBsCRIPTIONs
as to be in the hands of
the
stockkeeper
the day
TAKEN IN ONE DAY
before the date of issue.
1
BY ONE Wo11KER
Hence plan
your collection
'
of
samples accordingly,
leav-
ing
"
samples
in the hands
the
of
the
last people
you
}).ave
·
canvassed just before receiv-
ing the current
samples.
When sending in orders for supplies we wish the friends would not mix their orders; and
by this we mean that when writing THE Gor,DEN AGE you should not order books and sup-
plies furnished by the WATCH TowER BIBLE
&
TRACT SociETY. Orders for such should be
kept separate; and all GoLDEN AGE subscriptions
should
be kept separate.
Regarding what is
said
on the front page ahout reports, the following excerpts from two
letters, received from Directors, were written instead of sending a report.
·«The
workers
failed to hand in their reports,
although
I have urged them
to
do so and tried
to
make them
realize tJ..:e necessity for their doing soin order that I may be able to
fill
out the report card
N. H.
propelly."
«I regret to say that the friends of our terri tory did not send
in
the report of their work
so I could send in the report as you requested. I
will
act on this matter just as soon as we
can
get the report of the work of each."
Kans .
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1920
We
trust
that
1920 will
be your year
.
,·.
of riehest bleBBings in His serviee
a1t.o· oldenAge
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SPREADING THE TRUTH
c:ism.
etc.,
should
ll<.'
<liscn,.;,.;t•ll :
a
t
rlle
e!ld
oJ
t
lw
m
et>tiug
an
notmeement
of
T
in;
GoLm~x
Am:
,.::-.ult1
hf• m
ade,
nceon1ing
t
n
the o
utline
giveu
in
tllf'
::\o)\·pmi)eJ·
1
W
'ATCH
'1\nn:u.
•i•hese
methods
un•
::nwct>s>:<t'nl
in
SJH'ea<ling-
tlw
truOL
T
HE
int1~1·esl:
of
the
people
in
the
kingdom
is
ill<'l't'asinp:, nnd
to
stimnlatP
intt~rest
in
THE
(
:w.m-::\
.-\.GE
tl[Jportunitil'S slt•mlrl
be
en-
,.ouraged
.for
public
meetings.
Topics
Oil
the
<fi;;t
.rP:-s
of
times
,
spi
ritnnlism.
:~
u<l
higher
c
l'iti-
TIH•
efr,_.rts of
wnrkers
eanuot
be
measured
by
i
lw
nnnll)<-~ l'
of
s
ubscriptions
taken, but
by
the
rr
:.y,f.lt
nt'
their
calls.
l~udeavnr
to keep
before
Reap the Results of a Thorough Canvass
what
oq~auization
hold;;
t
h
e tru th,
uml h;
d
is-
seminating
the
me:::sn~;e;
to
thi>:
organization
they
should
conw
for truth
;
little
<"'H
il
h<
·
had
ft-om
t
hl'
JH'>'tH'
hers,
as
tlw
creed>;
of tlw
clturchc>:
ar<'
hut
tht• wisdom
nnd philo;;oph y
o
f
Joan, whieh
,.,-idently
has u
tterly
failed.
'l'IH'
thoroughness
w
ith which
this first
cn.nn1ss
i,.;
uruiPrtaken
[llld
aCt:l>mpllshed
will
mHnifeRt
it-
self
in
>::uh~equPnt
('HnYusses
iu
the shape
of
:--:
·.
,~)~(
..
~·
:
;
.·~
~~
"\~·
s.
~nine ilYt~ (~arly
in
.seekiug for
l'iOmething better.
But lllost
people require
more
experie
nce
to
see
that the
pl'el';ent:
order holds
nothing
for them.
part the
present
work
·without
:.t
doubt.
t~te
r
e-
lease
of certain
literature
for geneml circulatiou
wm
increase
t
he demand, but
until the
Lonl
S<!eS
fit to do this the
\Yorker~'<
should
N>
en-
couraged to go
about
announciug the
m~?SsagP,
eveu though
their·
efforts are
not
biPsHed
with
great results
in sub:::criptions.
Prom the
excerpts
of
letters
in
t
he Worke rs'
Bulletins
It
Is
plain
that
Tn}:
GoLDEN
AGE
Is
the
rl~~:ht
work
at the right
time.
But
sorne
l>ort
of preliminary ·work of announcement
is
necessary.
The
preStmt
growth
m~·aRures
np
to
proper
expeetations.
Bulletin cannot be
accomplished
by
mail cireu-
larization,
for
few ])L'Ople will r
ead
the letters.
For
the
present all
timl~
and
attention
>::honlr:t
be
devoted to
canva>::sing.
the worker>< the
nl•ce~sit~·
of
leaving:
every where
Hl
P
m<?~sa~<'
of
tlw <·oming;
K
ingdom.
\Vhether
a
suh>'<:J·ipri"n
i::<
tal;~·n
or
not,
the
people
;,:houlcl
l;no,,- till'
ohj.,ct
and
mifi;;;ion of the
worke1·
who
<
·all>'.
The
time
for
trut:h~lH'NHiin;::-
:;hould
J'<,adl
it;.;
<·limax
"'ht•H
dist:re><;;
awl
trouhle
j;.;
pr<.·\-ftknt.
'.l'lle
~n·iptures
in<liente
that
at
tlw
time of
·Babylon's
collapse,
the
ministers bnving
failt>rl,
tl"~
pPople will
turn
to
sonwone
for truth.
Tlw
<·anYn'<s
for
THE
Gor.t>EN
.AGE
tell:> the
people
I
ih;tn·;.;~
of
nations
\Vith perplexity is on
the
i
ll<'!Vas<-~:
it
is
anticipated
that 1920 will
not
;;;nlw
any problems, but,
on
the contrary, in-
crc:t>'f:
t!Ji><
<lifltre~:::.
Seasons
of
distress
will
be
spPdall~c
ft>lt
by
the
common people, who
really
nePd the
message;
and they
will
have
to
mall(-
fe><r
their
want
by
denying themselves to obtain
iL
Cntil
then the
magazine may
seem-
to
be
heyoml
the
reach
of some
of
the
working
cla~f;.
Th<!
snlli"tription
list
will
not leap
forward
in
gn•at: bomul;;
until eYerylxl1ly
knowR
of
the me!:<-
s:ll!('
nnd realizes thnt
thay
need it.
'l'o
let
them
lulO\\- w!1erP to
g-et
it
when
they want it
is
in
:More·
i><
to he ac!'omplislled by
each worker
<leYotiug ><pare time
to
personal
solicitation,
rathPr
th<tll
to mail cireularization.
The
object
onUin!'rl
in
the previous
paragraphs of this
Proclaiming the ,Uessage the Factor
Circulars and Mail Advertising
Reports:
Send
in
tlu·
weekly Card Report
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any
work
has been done or not.
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