Life sketches of ellen g. white

say, Hide in Jesus. Let not self but Christ appear in all
your labors. When the work goes hard, and you become
discouraged and are tempted to abandon it, take your Bible,
bow upon your knees before God, and say, 'Here, Lord, Thy
word is pledged.' Throw your weight upon His promises, and
every one of them will be fulfilled." p. 285, Para. 2,
[LS15].
When the discouraging reports of the colporteurs had
reached a climax, she would urge that notwithstanding all
these difficulties, the workers must have faith that
success would attend their labors. Repeatedly she assured
that disheartened colporteurs that it had been shown her
that books could be sold in Europe in such a way as to give
support to the workers, and bring to the publishing house
sufficient returns to enable it to produce more books. p.
285, Para. 3, [LS15].
The Training of Colporteurs -- Encouraged by her assurance
that special help would be given those who would persevere
in faith, a number of young men were persuaded to make
another effort to do self-supporting work in the sale of
literature, but they pointed out that they must be
furnished with a better supply of salable books. p. 285,
Para. 4, [LS15].
Elder J. G. Matteson testified that he had made every
effort to encourage and train colporteurs, and that they
had succeeded in selling the periodicals and smaller books;
but the returns were not sufficient to support them
properly, and he was in great perplexity to know what could
be done to bring better results. He said that, with the
encouragement received from Mrs. White, he was resolved to
try once more. p. 285, Para. 5, [LS15].
Accordingly, during the winter of 1885-86 special efforts
were made in Scandinavia to educate and train colporteurs.
Training schools were held in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
The school in Stockholm continued four months. Twenty
persons were in attendance. Six hours in the middle of the
day they spent in canvassing; the mornings and evenings
were spent in study. The sales of books and tracts in
Scandinavia in 1886 amounted to $5,386, and subscriptions
to periodicals to $3,146. p. 286, Para. 1, [LS15].
Years afterward, Elder Matteson declared that in his
efforts in behalf of the colporteur work soon after his