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New York U609 USA ('16) .82 - 0!00- Phone ("6) 288 - 5989 - ro» li I i P P I I I TANGIBLE EVIDENCES GREAT BOOK ENTERPRISE «r >jr jt jt A ~ PORTRAIT - w!, OF SOME SUCCESSFUL CANVASSERS AND WHAT THEY SAY..... Of Their Own Success in Convossing the ...Great Biblieal liibrary... OB, THE... iinrt r> SaffiMG If EUBRACII^G A BBLICAL HISTORY. A BIBLE ATLAS, A BIBLE DICTIONARY, WITH BRILLIANT -^SELF-INTERPRETING FEATURES s\— ...ON EVERY PAGE... OF THE... P P P i I £ L i I i A TESTAMENT WITH W FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS I ACTUAL SCENES OF BIBLE OCCURRENCE P m THE MOST WONDERFUL EIMLICAT. r-ODUCiiCri IN EXISTENCE IT HAS EXCITED THE IN7i:Kr:sT AND ASMIPATION OF THE WI'LE V/CRI.D *' jT «r jt Publishers for Canada: \A/ORL.D F»U^L.I3MIIMOOo. 0»-»EL-P»M, OIMTARIO. i i i mi TANGIBLE EVIDENCES ICES ! ..ovnn or A... GREAT BOOK ENTERPRISE 0- 4r 0- 4r A - PORTRAIT > GALLERY OF SOME SUCCESSFUL CAf^ASSERS AND WHAT THEY SAY^ Of Their Own Succcn in ConTCJsinflr the ...Great Biblical liibFary... .OB, 1KX., "liiRll BXBBAOINO A BIBUCAL HISTORY, A BIBLE ATL^, A BIBLE * DICTIONARY, WITH BRILLIANT :» SELF-INTERPRETING FEATURES «V- ' ...ON BVXXT PAaa... A TESTAMENT WITH W FULL-PAGE PHCTOGMPHS '^ ...OF THX-. ACTUAL SCENES OF BIBLE OCCURRENCE KOST WOHDBBFUI. BISUOAX. PBODTTCTZOH IN BXI8TBNCX IT HA8 BXCITBD THX INTBBXST AND AOMiaATION OF THB WHOUt WOBI.D #• --to V. S. SenKtorM, (fovernont, Moinltcn «»f CungrcM; t» .liKl^fm, L:ktr,v(>rM rikI dmiity (NflciaU. All tbtwe aro iiunilK;ri>s itM own impression wb«n preseuttMl witli onlinary intelligence. W. II. HKOWN. IltUburg, I'a. "NOT LIKE ANY OTHER BOOK." BIy canvass for the "Self-Interpreting Testoment" has liecn Hntisfactory and certainly profitable. I have rwciviMl the ]irt'iiiiiini litiggy iw the rtwiilt of u Htilmcription of i840, which Imve liccn delivered Hiit;cessfiilly. It is tlie In-Ht selling book I have ever handlescriptioiis in one day is the highest number taken. On that day I «lld not miss a single sale at any lionsc, simply made twenty calls ami t«K»k 80 subscriptions. I suppose all the time sin-'iit in taking 200 subscriptions recently orderef no religious or other work which for salalnlity e(|uals tlic '"Self-Interpn'ting Bav. w. w. WELLS. Testament.'' I )»elicve tliat tiio success alnjve reported was at a worse iK-riod for l)ook selling in this State than we have had any time since. The pe()iile were so |)leuse(l with the Iwok tliat in many instances they sacri- ficed real necessities to obtain it. The book speaks for itself and \ic\u-e sells wher- ever known and where the money to purclnisc it can (lossibly Ik; raised. In ni_\ forty years of ministerial life I never hail a thought of canvassing for any book, l»ut when this book came under my notice, while laid aside from the active ministry, I concludevt day to the canvass for the "Self-Iiitcrprctiiig Testament," but I have sold to more tiian half tiie i)eople I have canvassal, and havr umde 52 sales per week, and m}- ])reseni montli's canvass shows an actual subscription of 168, and I have delivered all of them. IJut. as above stated, this work must be counted on the basis of not exceeding three hours per day, and often my canv.iss has been short of two hours. I regard the work as the biggest in the field of subs( ription books, and the most satisfactory when sold and delivered. GEO. R. rillLPOTT, Kansas City, Mo. OBO. B. PHILPOTT. — 7t- JOBN A. DICKSOM. "RESIGNED A GOOD POSITION AS TRAVELING SALESMAN TO CANVASS FOR THE TESTA- MENT, AND HAS NEVER RE6RETTCD THE ACTION." I have worked in connection with a company of canvassers who have trained with me on the "Self-Interpreting Testament," and in looking after the organization I necessarily lose a good deal of time from a regular canvass. But I have gone on the principle that the example of success must be set by me, and hence I moke a house-to- house canvass during a considerable portion of the time. I have taken as high as SO subscrip- tions in a day, and one week in which I can- vassed six full days I took 87 subscriptions, and in one month 1365. You know the history of my connection with the "Self-Interpreting Testament." I resigned a good position on salary as a traveling salesman for a wholesals book imd stationery house to take hold of it. I have never regretted that action. JOHN A . DICKSON, Pulaski, Tenn. "IT OUGHT TO HAVE A PLACE IN EVERY HOME/' 1 have taken as many as 46 subscriptions per week for the "SeU-Int«r> preting Testament. " Have taken 13 in a single da^-, a.id have taken 76 subscriptions in a week. I cannot tell just how many I have taken in any month, but I have taken over 700 subscriptions in all nuil have delivered them with entire suc- cess. I can remember that at one period of my can. i I made 50 consecutive calls and took 4*i fjbscriptions. It is the best seller of any book I know or have known for many years. It is a most valuable book and ought to have a place in every Christian home — yes, iu every home. Rev. J. R. PENDELL, Worcester, Mass. Mr. rcDdolI !• an eTangeliit of wlda reputation, and a spuukur of great power and eloquence. Referring to hla work Rt IlrliUci'lo-i, N. J., the "Evening Newn" of tliat place laid: "lAr^o c»:i^rt^galiouii wumliipeU yealenluy al, the Trinity M. E. Ciiii.-oli, Tho sermon* weia preached hy Rev. J. K reudell, vf Wnrcester. Haia., and w»M maiterpleeei of pul- nlt oralorr " ^, j „ ..wwnEIX. -st- air*. H. J. ABNOLD. "I HAVE SOLO OVER TWO THOUSAND HVE HUNDRED COPIES." I have sold ovet l^i^fiOO copiM of the "Self. Interpreting Testament' ' and during this time hare sustained an average of about 7 subscriptions per day. I find in going over my books that I have always been able to secure not less than 30 to 35 orders every week. I have frequently sold 35 books in making fifty calls. Tou will see that I have not been especiaUy active and have not called on a great number of people in any given time. I consider the work not only the most salable book that has been published for the subscription trade for many years, but the most valuable, and one that pleases subscribers universally. Mrs. H. J. ARNOLD, Muskegon, Mioii, "flUARANTEED NOT TO COLLECT DUST." I regard tne ' 'Self-Interpreting Testament' ' as the easiest book with which to gain and hold the attention of any intelligent person that I have ever seen, and in the hands of an inteUigent canvasser who understands it, the easiest of aU books to sell I have taken 18 subscriptions in a single day. I have taken 70 in one week of rather irregular work, and in four weeks have taken 260 subscrip- tions. I have sold 375 sets, and I have taken as many as 23 subscriptions in twenty-nine calls. I am now starting in a now field and have taken 60 subscriptions in ten days. The book seems to me to be without competition, as far as any other pubUcation is concerned, of whatever kind. Being a library of Biblical infonnationand an artwork, it sells in families amply supplied with every form of Bible. This work is essentiaUy one for everybody, and I venture the asserUon ttjat it is read more in the borne than any other Xestament. In the language ot one of my cus- tomers, "It is guaranteed not to collect dust," because people read it. G. H, SCHROADER, Bowling Green, Kj. o. h. sohboadwi. — 9t— «l CANVASS IT WITH THE FEELING THAT NO HOME SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT." Since sending you my record of sales, I have broken it badly and it now stands as follows : 1 have taken 17 subscriptions in one day and 71 in a week, and in a montli of 26 working days I have taken 308 subscriptions. You will remem- ber I am a new man at the business, beginning the work less than three months ago. I consider my connection with the "Self-Interpreting Testa- ment' ' a most fortunate one, and feel that I nm in a line of business that can be made profitable all the year 'round, and it is my ho|)e to follow it for a long time. I will say that the longer I canvass the more I appreciate the book itself and its won- derful features of interest and business strength. In estimating my success I find I can take al)out20subscri;'tions in every thirty calls. My impression of the intrinsic worth as well as the popularity of the book is a deep con- viction that its real value cannot be fully realized for years to come, though a super- flci^ knowledge of it on first acquaintance stamps it as a work of almost unlimited merit more valuable than gold. I regard it as the marvel of wonders, standing with- out a peer— not even a rival— in the religious world. It has great worth to generations living and to generations yet to come. I canvass it with the feeling that no home should be without it. The popularity of tlie book when introduced is remarkable. W. B. HILL, Bowling Green, Ky. Bon. W. B. HILL. "THINKS HE HAS SOLD OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED COPIES." My first order for lOO copies represented a canvass of less than two weeks. I have sold as many as 30 copies in one day. I have fre quently sold 15. I do not know without a good deal of calculation my aggregate sales, but I have sold and delivered over 1,000 copies as the result of my own personal canvass, and the number will reach closer to 1,500 than 1,000 —it may possibly esceeil that number. I have found that a knowledge of the i)liotographic and explanatory character of the book and its l)eauti- ful text are the only essentials in selling it. When I can make these known, I siu'ceet liecii huuIo lUKier difllcultic8, nnd inuny interniptiouH of housekeeping, sick friends and otlier ohstiules. Hence, my total for the oeveral weeks 1ms exceedetl little over SOO only, hut I hare done well for the time given to the work. I fmd in going over my work that I have averaged about 5 suhscriptious to every nine calls. What pleases nie espiunuUy with reference to it is the great satisfaction it gives subscrilwrs. I have had a number of them to say that the}' would- not be without it for three times its cost. The photographs of Bible places are so clear and impressive as to at once enlint the attention and interest. One lady who saw the lMM)k which I delivered wrote me to bring her one. and I liave found that one book will lu-lp to sell others, and there seems to be no limit to the possibilities. If I had been able to follow the canvasa steadily I could have done a wonderfully profit- able business. I am, however, not very strong, and I i;et tired after I iiave visited a few houses, and stop to rest the balance of the day. It is a pleasure to show the book. I can make good money with it the year 'round. Mus. F. A. UlNSMORE, Selma, Cal. Mn. F. A. DIirBBIOBB. "THE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE WONDERFUL STRENGTH." I have not exceeded 14 subscriptions in any one day's canvass, though I have reached this number more than once. It is the weekly and monthly rejiort, however, that tests the capacity of the agent Jjnd the salability of the book. I have taken 47 subscriptions in a week, and in one month 136. In good territory I can sus- tain something of this average. It is not neces- sary for me to add that the "Self-Interpreting Testament" is the most profitable book for agents that has been published in this country in recent years. It is sala]>le because it has |K)pular feat- ures in remarkable abundance. I find its photo- graphs of the places of Bible occurrence of wonderful strength in getting the attention and in making the sale. T. J. CRAWFORD, Columbia, Teun. T. .1. GllAUt'OBU. — IM- ^•v* '• '• MABimi, Braagallit. "I HAVE TAKEN IN ONE DAY NINETEEN SUBSCRIPTIONS." I have cuTaased my flnt twelve dajn in the year 1901 in the worat possible weather— in rain, snow and slush, cold and mud. I have in thia time talcen 718 subacriptions for fatui« deliveiy. This is 36 subscriptions per week, or an aver- age of 6 subscriptions per day, and at a time the least favorable of all the year for success in the book business— that following the holidays. If you knew all the adverse conditions you would at least not be disposed to comphiin of this suc- cess. With large purchases during the holidays, it is to me a real surprise every day I work that I succeed at all. In a previous canvass, and under the ordinary conditions, I have taken in one day as many as 19 subscriptions. I have taken 43 per week, and have likewise in a single month taken 80 good subscriptions. Since your sug- gestion as to comparing the number of subscriptions to the number of persons can- vassed, I have taken 21 good subscriptions in 24 calls. It is altogether the best •eUer on the market. I am a minister of the gospel and a revivalist, as you know and my impression is that the "Self-Interpretfag Testament" is the most valuable book now offered to the American people. In it "the stones cry out in confir- mation of the words of Jesus of Nazareth." "A voice comes down from the hiU-top? of five centuries-from hill and vaUey, from mo^ntain and glen, from ruined tower and flowering vale." Thus it is written. The book is an inspiration. The photo- graphs of scenes t' ^ have been stereotyped by reason of the rejection of Christianity —that progressive principle that so soon will change the dead past into the Hving pres- ent-are invaluable. In a few years, when the ijower of the gospel shall have trans- formed these things, the unbeliever will deny the condition of the long past When the Buoceeding generation shall visit the land of the Book and not find the condition M claimed by the Christian, hen and only then will the worth of these photographs be known. Then will this work be acknowledged as having been the design' of "Him who worketh aU things according to the counsel of Uis own wiU." This Testament with its photographs and its five thousand years of sacred history beneath, is an inspiration It ought to and WiU find its way into every Christian home, and will come to any Christian home as a benediction. It is a help to the minister, a guide to the Sunday- School teacher and a friend to the Endeavorer, and is not only unsurpassed, but truly it has no equal in any publication on earth. It must be possesscl and be studied to be appreciated, and only its possessor knows the richness of iti incshaustible mines— its treasures of knowledge and the satisfaction it yields. Even children learn its history as they never would from less attractive volumes. Its notes and comments are by tiie most scholarly men— the most consecrated divines. Its maps are clear, its tables ac- curate and plain, leaving notiiing to be desired. It is a library of Biblical knowledge, a geography of Palestine, and an art gaUer>- of scenic photography from Shem to Saul — 18t— of Tanus, and from the Great Pyramids to the Islu ot I'atmus. It enlightens Iti pot. sessor, confirms his faith, comforts bis heart, and lio loaves iL an heirloom to his chil- dren. No one will ever regret its purchase ami no one car. a£Ford to be without it. Bev. P. J. MARTIN, Evaugelist, Purcell, Indian Territory. uelps. "I HAVE SOLD OVER FIVE THOUSAND COPIES." I have canvassed the "Self-Interpreting Testa- ment" from the period of its publication to this date, and can average from 35 to 40 sales per week the year round. I have sold a great many books ill my time, but my experience with this has impressed me that it is the most salable and in all respects the most satisfactory book I have ever known in the subscription trade. I shall follow its sale as » business, and am confident I will make the year 1 !>()o the best I have ever seen. I have sold to this date over 5,000 books for you. The great leading features in the sale of the ' 'Self- Interpreting Testament" are, first and foremost, its numerous and splendid photographs of Bible Land scenery and noted places ; and, second, its historical and reference matter and Bible leaders' All of these together make a perfect work. L. P. GRAY, Liberty, Mo. L. P. OBAT. "THE BOOK INTERESTS THE BEST PEOPLE." I have worked under disadvantages. I have taken about 140 subscriptions, and have taken them iu a few days' work. I have not had the health and strength to canvass more than a few hours per day. The book interests the best people. Its beautiful print, very competent authorship, and beautiful and truthful illustra. tions, commend it at once to the Christian culture and the influential part of any community. It would seem to me that any one can sell it who can sell any book. It is not merely a Testament, but it is truly a "Self-Interpreting Testament," and a complete Biblical Encyclopedia, containing every- thing that is needful and helpful to the Bible student and the Bible reader. When I make these facts plain to the people I have no trouble in securing their orders, even when their homes are already "full of Bibles," as some of them claim. Miss MINA NYE, Carlisle, Ark. >iiw MINA mm. — 14t— "HERE IS THE WHOLE STORY OF SUCCESS i^ IN A HUT- SHELL." A glance nt lie "SeK-Ioterpretiiig Tefltainent" favorably improsucs eTery one with it. Its title attnu-ts attention, its photographs excite uni- versal admiration, anil its explanatory features on every page at onee show its practical worth. Its photographs give a pauorumio view of the Holy Land. Mechanically it is admirable. It seems to nie to be so siinplifled timt a boy can understttDil it, and it is so attractive as to make every one read. Suarcity of money is the only preventative of its being placed in the hands of every one who examines it. I have taken 17 good subscriptions in a single day. I have taken 60 orders iu a week, and have in a single month taken 193 subscriptions, all of which were delivered. I do not believe that there has been any book on the subscription trade for a generation with which I could have accomplished this result. JAMES T. GOOCH, Smyrna, Tenn. JAMBS T. aOOCH. "HAVE RECEIVED THE PIANO-BOX TOP BUGGY AS A PREMIUM." My canvass for the "Self-Interpreting Testament" has, as you know, been short, but I have sold enough to entitle me to the Piano-Box Top Buggy— a most val- uable premium which I have received from you and which I greatly appreciate. I have found it remarkably salable. I have taken 13 subscriptions in nineteen hours' work, in which I canvassed only sixteen people. 1 failed on that day with only three people. Last week I canvassed only twenty-six hours all told, but I managed to see sixty-seven people and took 89 subscriptions. I have the present week taken 16 subscriptions, and in doing this I canvassed parts of three days, aggregating, liowever, onlj about twelve hours' work, in which time I can- vassed eighteen people. You will see, therefore, that I am doing well, and am so encouraged with the work that I shall make it a business. rather Rev. J. T. SARGENT, Sturgis, Miss. B«T. J. T. 8ABOBMT. — 16t~ "THE REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF THIS PERIOD." I am only -Ji yeaw old territory. The "Self- Interpreting Testament" is tlio remark- able success us !i sulmcription liook of this peritxl. DUNCAN CAMERON EDMl'NDS, Princeton, Ky. "A GOOD BUSINESS EVERY WEEK THE YEAR 'ROUND." In my first month's canvass for the "Self-Interpreting Testament" I took 149 subscriptiona. Of these I took 40 in six days, constituting u week. I have taken as higli us 14 subscriptions in one day. I can average goo8. "A COUNTRY AGENT WINS TWO BUG8Y PREMIUMS." The ".Self-Interpreting Testametit" is the best book I hove ever hundletl. I have taken 16 orders in a single d.ny. and 70 orders in a single week. I !»m strictly a coiintry ajreiit. I have handled many books, but this is the l)est selling book I have ever sold. You know mv success from the fact that I have earned two buggies .is premiums, each buggy based on 340 subscrip- tions and the successful delivery of same. Bev. J. J. MATTHEWS, Noconm, Texas. Rev. J. .1. MATTHEWS. Iflt- J. WK8LBY DICKSON. "RECORD OF AN EIGHTEEN-YEAROLO BOY.** I (till only oighteeii yean old, oa my pboto- Krupli will inilivate, and began my career m a IxMik cuiiviwMT with U»»"Sel[-InU'n)rotlugTestn- uicnt." I t(H)k yi orders in AdiiirvilU., Ky., one dii.v, and I huvo tuken 75 aulwcriptiona in A sinseri|)tions. In live days' steady eanv.iss I visited eight families eai-li day and took an ag- gregate of 33 good subscriptions. In tiii.s time my best average was 7 subscriptions in om- ilay, and my lowest was 4 in one day. liiis, I tliink, is good work, as it was wholly in the country — no town was visited. Allow me to saj- that in my opinion the man who acts as your agent in selling tlu; good books sent out by your iirni is far more furtunale than he who has to jump counters (■; sill tajK- or plod behind a team to produce cotton al iivo c;>!its per pound. Better than all, he li:is the proud satis- faction of knowing lluit hi? is eii'jf.-i'jcd in ;» work which assists in christianizing and elevating mankind, i could not liavj- siiccccdcfl with any other book. LINN TANNER, Cheneyville, I.a. ^INM TANNER. r. ■VeSMB CBAIO, M. O. — 17t— "IT SAVE HIM HIS MEDICAL EDUCATION.'* The name of the book Decurcii refl|H>t'tful atten* tlon. A« the pases are Mhowu ami the phutugraphs of plareM of Bible occurrence are seen, the effect ia alwavH favoralile. I have Hcldoin hrnl to do more than Hhow it wlion a sale is readily made. It ia the "Boole of Books" in a beautiful form. Its sale furiiishe«l me the means of a medical educa- tion and a full college courito whore I graduated without owing a single cent. I have taken 13 subscriptions in one dny, 43 in a week, 98 in a month, and delivered all of them, besides spending time in other business. I have taken as high as 7 subscriptions in eight calls. I have had considerable experience in selling subscrip- tion books, but can take three times a» many subscriptions for this as any liook I have ever handletl. Dr. P. EUGENE CRAIG, Baltimore, Md. "HE SOON CAME BACK TO HIS FIRST LOVE.' I ordered the outfit for the "Self-Interpreting Testament." i)elieving from your de- soription that it was the best seller now being i)u»)lishebMrviiig my portion and PRKRCOTT C. MILLS. manner, in»lulge«l in n sim|)-»h()t, nnd I send you tiie result. It is needless to say that I securod the siilmiTi|>ti..ii. Wlu-n one understands the wealth of strong )>ointa in the "Self-Inteqif«'UnKT.^t!mient." if he has appreciation and enthusiasm, he cannot fail to canvass it with a degree of earnestness that insures results. I'RKSCOTT C. MILLS, Arlington, Mass. 8. O. BAU8UALE. ''NO BOOK PUBLISHED IN RECENT YEARS AP- PROACHES IT IN POINT OF SALABILin." My canvass f(»r the "Self-Interpreting Testa- ment" has resulted in success that is almost uni- form one Week with another. I have taken 32 snl(scripti«iis in one week, and can average about that number. Have taken 9 in one day, and when not iiitirrunU'd believe I can about average Uial number. I can only siwak thus far from some- what unlimited experienco, but my experience satisties me that no book published during recent years approaches it in jjoint of salability. S. (1. UACSDALK, Chatt.iuooga, Tenn. — l»t— K. L. MRBRILL. mora siicceMgful tlmii tlu> 11; "FOUND IT REMARKABLY tAUtU." My rniivMi* nr tlio "Self- Interpreting Tent*- nn-nt" liiiH liccn Hutm-wlmt irriviilnr nml (Itful. hut I have tiikcn nixi tlclivcrnd ovt-r lOO Niiliiierlp- ti)Mm an*! huvu foiiml it rpiniirknhly milnhle. I llml III K^ihiK over my work tlitit I liuvo Mtistalnml III) uviTUKi* of tilioiit 3 MiilM4('ri|it:oim to every (tiylit c^iiIIn. On 'I'licHilny I inmlo hIx ciiIIm nnU tiNtk 3 Hiilmcrl|>ti-ilny | hnvo only viMitetl four hoiiHi'H ami taken *4 aiilmcriptions. I helivve I can RiiMtnin thix average the year 'rounci, ami am i|uitc NutiNlleil that I can make a continiioiiM. ffVHMl income of I'iA.UO to $40.00 |>«r week. I van work the aaine territory for yenra. ThoHe who do not anhMcrilte want the hook, but ttiinply feel unable to buy now. I •ball canvaitM tlio Mam*- territory Hcvfrai times, auost on it can make it a 8UCC?H8. EARNEST CO;.EMAN, Hopkinsville, Ky. "MY SUCCESS HAS BEEN LIMITED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE I COULD SEE AND CANVASS." My success with the "Self-Inteqjreting Testa^ ment" has exceeile. "i THINK IT ONE OF THE GREATEST BOOKS OF THE AGE." I believe I have canvassed the worst and the A. L. LAKE. poorest county in the State, yet I secured the present month 14 orders in one day, canvassing four hours. I iiavo during the period of my canvass averaged 32 subscriptions for every week of regular canvass. The present mouth I have taken 64 .subscrii)tion8, besides delivering one hundred books. I find in going over my records that I have taken 14 su)>scriptions on an average in every twenty calls. Now, as to my opinion of the "Self-Interpreting Testament," I think it one of the greatest books of the age, and verily believe it is the best seller on the sul)scription tratle, and that I will demonstrate the fact next month riglit here. Every one is (-harmed with it, and notwithstanding the scarcity of money it delivers well. C. T, BECKWITII, Lebanon, Tenn. "I STARTED MY CANVASS AT ONE, AND AT HALF-PAST TWO HAD TAKEN FIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS." I have made what I consider a gratifying suc- cess in canvassing for the "Self-Interpreting Testament. " My son, K. L. Merrill, has also can- vassed it profitably, and we are cnthusi:istic both over its merits and great salability. I started my canvass at one o'clock in the afternoon, and at half-past two I had taken 5 good subscriptions. I have just fairly entered upon my work. l)ut I have up to date taken 133 su'isciiptions and delivered all of them successfully. I could not have sold an}' other book or set of books, I am sure, with half the success. A. MERRILL, Columbus City, Iowa. A. MBRRIIX. --28t— "TEN SUBSCRIPTIONS TO EVERY TWENTY-TWO CALLS." I have been tuking subscriptions for tlie "Self- Interpreting Testament" in the proi)ortion of 10 subscriptions to every twenty-two calls. I have not canvassed at all actively, but in four days took 28 suliscriptions. I shall at present prog- ress soon sell enough books to entitle me to the premium buggy which you offer. Rkv. B. B. AVHITMER, Morrill, Kan. "I HAVE TAKEN AS HIGH AS TWENTY -FIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS IN A SINGLE DAY." B«T. B. B. WHITUKB. I have never seen any I' ■'•lication that simplified Scriptural truths like the "iself-Interpreting Tes- tament." Everything is made so plain that any one can understand it. I find in my canvass that everybody wants it, though all cannot afford to buy. It outsells any- thing I have ever handled. But for the hard times it would p* tically "sell at sight." I have taken as high as 35 subscriptions in a single day. 1 have, during the time canvassed, averaged about 75 subscriptions per week — counting six days to the week— though not canvassing consecutive days. I have sold about 200 to date, though, as stated, the canvass has been irregular, and I have not given much time to it. have taken 25 good subscriptions in thirty calls. I shall canvass the book as long as I can find convenient territory. Rkv. ISAAC STOVALL, Maysville, Ga. "BELIEVES IT IS THE ONLY BOOK THAT WILL SELL PROFITABLY AT THIS TIME." I have taken and delivered 56 subscriptions in twenty dajs. I believe I can sustain that average. I believe it is the only book that will sell profitably at this time. My sales are not limited to church members by any means. The illustratiuus arc so uttiquc and rctuurkable that they attract everybod}', and people who make no pretensions to religion buy the book for the pho- tographs; otiiers who already have Bibles and Testaments subscribe for the same reason. S. PATTON, Willmar, Minn. g. fattok. — 24t— "NO MONEY IN TOWN, BUT SUCCESS JUST THE SAME." A woi'k !i ycst^nlny 1 left Watervillo for Joiiesport. Wc'iluesiliiy inurniug I took my book and Mtarteil out. I luul never been here before and dill not know n soul. They all told me they liked the liook, l)ut had no money; ami there was none in town, aa thoy had no fishing this summer and no wcjrk. Nevertheless, I sold 5 on Weilncs- tliiy, my iirst day, 9 Thursilay, lO Friday, and 9 S:iturd:iy, namely, 33 subscriptions for the "Soll'-Interi)reti;i subscriptions per week. The salal)ility of ilie book is such that I have felt that my efiorts were not distinguished by tlse success Aviiieh the re- markable salability of the book justices. I regard it as the one great publication of tlio subscri;i- tion trade, and one of most extraonliiiary possi- bilities in the Inuids of iiilclligcnt canvassers. 1 have taken 8 8ubscripti(jns in eleven calls, and I believe I can sustain that average. Tlie book is imleens in six calls, and 16 in a single day. In fifty calls I have sold 26 sets, or 104 volumes. There is no division of opinion, either concerning its character or its salability. In my canvass I make a liberal use of the testimonials, many of which I can rei)eat from memory-. Dr. Parkhurst's is one of the best, and I hardly ever fail to repeat it to every person I canvass. S. 1". DALTON, Louisville, Ky. The testimonial referred to by Mr. Dalton is as follow s : "The 'Self-Interpreting Testament' is a beauty, and is gotten out witli a richness of contents and a delicacy of style and finish that are an honor to every one that had a hand in it, from those whose explanations of tiie text are so clear and graphic, from artist and author, whose journeyinga in Bible Lands made the vohniio possible, down to the last man who put a touch on the rich binding. I can see at a glance that the photo- graphs are a special feature by which it is difference J from all other Bible productions along the same line. Let me congratulate you upon them. They not only adovn the book but are in themselves a kind of graphic commentary which helps wonderfully to put an impress of reality upon the scenes and localities that they portray." CHARLES A. PABKHURST, D. 1)., LL. D. New York Cit}-. "NOT AFRAID OR ASHAMED TO MEET HIS CUSTOMERS." 1 have had remarkable success with tiiis book, and what especially pleases me is that I am not afraid or ashamed to meet one who buys it after he has examined it. It gives satisfaction to every one. It is not only the finest book, Imt the finest seller 1 have ever seen. I have often taken 8 to 10 subscriptions per day. I am so well satisfied with its possibilities tliut 1 a:n ar ranging my affairs to canvass for it as a business. WILLIAM W. McKINLEY, Ballinger, Texas. WM. W. HcKIMLbT. — Mt— "EIGHTEEN ORDERS IN ONE DAY." In giving you my record for one montli I give you irbout my average. I liave talcen 168 sub- scriptions tlie present montb, ami last reek tooic 56, of wtiicli 16 were talten in one day. It is the best selling book I have ever canvassed, and my experience is such as to satisfy me with it as a business for the year. I expect, to make a regu- lar canvass for the "Self-Interpreting Testament" throughout the entire year. It is a real pleasure to canvass for this beautiful work, not only be- cause success always brings pleasure, but also because subscribers invariably seem to feel that it is n favor to them to be solicited to purchase such a book. They never fail to have a pleasant greeting for me when I meet them afterward. If you could gu with me and see the intense interest manifested l)y ever}' member of the family when I canvass them, it would do your heart good. As to what features I find to be the strongest, I can hardly say. If you set a basket of apples before a little child, he will try to gatlier them all into his chubby arms ; and it is just so with the "Self-Inter- preting Testament " Subscribers want the whole thing, every feature. But there is nothing stronger or lietli-r than tlie photographs. These splendid reproductions of Bible scenes and places are simply irresistible. It was certainly an ins^ iration that led you to procure tliese photographs. I also use the testimonials with good results. They are all of tlic very highest class, and never fail to convince. J. G. DONALDSON, Hopkinsville, Ky. O. UOMALUSOM. VERMONT FALLS INTO LINE. My canvass for the "Self-Interpreting Testa- ment" has been somewhat short, but I am taking 8ubscrij)tions to the number of alxnit one to every five calls. I shall have a large order for delivery preceding the holidays, and write especially to ask if you are prepared to fill it jjromptly, and how long it should be m.ide in advance? I do not make an estimate of my average orders, be- cause I sell to nearly every family 1 visit. My orders are therefore liiniteil only Jiy the number of calls I can make, and the distance I can travel in a particular time. The person who cannot sell this book would hardly Buccee in the ^eiicrnl scan-ity of iiiuiioy. — 8«t— "THE BOOK DELIOHTS EVERYBODY." My mihHcriptloiiH for the "SelMnteriireting TiMtujiMMit," lip to thk (late, nuKregate several liiiiiiir«>k — in fact, eoiild not liave 8ucceenly obstacle in the way of really an W. W. RI(J(JS, Portland, Oreg. "WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD." The book is worth its weight in gold. I can get such testimonials from all I have sold it t >. My orders, as you know, run into tlie huiidrex|>ericiii-u tliUM fur HiitiHflett mo tliut I can avcriige 3 to H HiiliseriptiouH {)er v H(>iirolltiililc an Ut JuHtlfy the giving uf my tMitiro time to tlic work. It can lie sol.l with prollt (or yt'iirn to conit', for tliu simple reamtn that it will never j^row old. Nearly every family I vinit Ih aircuily siipplieil w itii TeHtamcnts of various i'ditions, hut there itt n iletride^l aiivau- tago ill taking onlerH for tlit; "Self-Interpreting Testament," wiiich M ho different from all others and HO very nnicli better and mon; nneful. Those wlio already pohhchh other editioiin are nil the more eajfer for thin on account of its truly "Self- Interpreting" features. In thin and other re- 8pescriptions this week, and I have started in a way that demonstrates the remarkable salability of the work. You ask me what fea- tures I liiul the most popular with the pccple. In rejjly I will say, nil nfthem. It is Mie most uni- formly popular and satisfying Testament that has ever been pulilished. It makes no difference how many otiier Testaments a family may have, they are sure to subacril>e for the "Self-Interpreting" also as soon as I make them understand wluit it is. Aside from the great convincing features of the book itself, I find the testimonials a wonder- ful help. They are the llnest I have ever seen, and are aljsoliitely convincing. II. \V. IIOl'KINS, Haverhill, Mass. BBMBY W. HOnUKS. — »»t— "HIS SUCCESS HAS KEN MOST SATIS- FACTORY." My Hiicc'sM with the "SelMtiterprutliifr Trntn- ment" hits Ihi-ii iii«.<(t«utiMf«cti.rv. I hiivt'iiot Ihwu alilc to I'oiiviws with any .h'jnvc of n-jfiilnrity, but h«vo taken m hi^li ns lO HuhscriptionM in one day. I liav.. hoI<1 im iiij^h im fl |MN>kH in »cven colls, anil I iH'li.'**. that In « Hynti-nnah' canviim* I can auHtain thU avernKc I will nny that the book is one of nmU detail that it take* Home little tinif to hliow it up, hut a larjji' ioiuiImt can bo Hohl in a jfivcn Ili'Id. It Ih ini|N>HMihit> for nii> ilsMiKnate tho (faturea that I Und (In- nioxt |)opiilar witli tlie iwoi.le, whrn- all an* mo .l..«lralil... I pn-suin.-, how..\.r, that the photoKraphH of plm-eM o/ Hible eventu are the most attractive. Next to these c.^nie the Bible h<-l|)i« and instructions, wliich are so ample un.l varied .« to co.mtitute a Biblic-ul e„cyclo,MHlia and library in one vohune In the«e part.cularH it is superior to any of the other .-elebrated edition; of the Testa.nent hat I mve seen. I also tln.l the testimonials very useful i„ helping n.e to concen- trate attention upon tl:. sterliuK .nerits of the work. They arc very strons^ an.l con- vincing. and I could not very well dispense with them. Rkv. J. K. COCHRAN. Oakdale, Calif ■•». J. K. COOUaAN. "I DO HOT 'HAVE TO' SELL BOOKS, BUT THIS IS A PLEASURfe." You have the records of my success with the "Self-Interpretiujf Testament." I have more than once taken lO subscriptions in a day, and have averaged about 38 i)er week. The present month have taken 1155. I have taken 9 orders from eleven consepuliir reading and undemtandingt'vor «)ffen' enable mu to get Into every home. It is a great "•»• "• ■• »»W«TABD. , 111.1 work, uiKi uliMolutel}' coiiviucmg to everj- one who sees it. It nmtters not how many otlier Bibles there may Im in tliu tiouse, I never cx|»erieiice ony troul)le in securing an order for the "Self-Interpreting Testa- ment" OS soon as the |)eople see what it is. "Steing is iK'iieviug," ami tli.re can l)e no doubting Thomases where tlie ••.Seif-Interi.retingTestaineiif' in lilierallv .irculatetl. It presents the VVonl in a new light, and will induce many to read and beHwe who otherwise would not. Kkv. 1>. M. VlxNKYAKl), Dexter, Mo. "THE GREATEST BOOK EVER PUBLISHED, IND THE BEST SELLER." I consider the "Self-Interpreting Testament" the greatest bfwk ever publisheil, and the liest seller. After posting on the work, I made lifteen calls my first day, and took 13 orders in country territory. I can cheerfully rtionnneud it to any one who wishes to canvass for u book that sells itself. If it is shown half like it sliould he it will sell without any special solicitation on tlie part of the canvasser. I secure tlie most intense in- terest of my customers as soon us I bejjin to show the photographs, and when I flnisli they sigh for more. I never in my life saw any other book that was so intensely fasciiiatinjr, or so easy to sell. DAVID DYNE, Bloomington, lud. UAVID l>YMB. — ait— "ITS POSSIBILITIES ARE UNLIMITED " Thi>"Self-liiterpretiiijjTustaiiit'iit" is the most vali!!i)>le iiiul thi' liest selling ')ook 1 hiive ever sold. It is easy to sell, no truiihle to f snl)scrii)tions taken in a single « ik waa 60, and the best niontli's snhscrip- '>u was 200. I have a number of times taken ,«iO subscriptions in twenty-five ealis. It is the greatest book of the age, in my judgment, and the most valuable exposition of tlie Scriptures for the conunou reader ever publislie