The names of interested people were sent to pastors and evangelists in 1960 by the Voice of Prophecy and Faith for Today. These people had, for weeks and months, been listening to and looking at our radio and television programs. They had been enrolled in our Bible correspondence schools and had finished the courses. In many instances they needed but little additional help to get them across the line. According to reports, of these 12,368 only 5,027 were visited in the fields. It is good to know, however, that not all the remaining 7,341 were neglected. A large number of these have also been reached, though not reported, and not a few have been brought into the church. But, sad to say, this is not true of all. How many were not visited no one can say—one could guess probably around 5,000.
It is tragic to think that such a large number of interested people were not cared for. It is sad to think that even one person who is interested in the truth is passed by. Here is an excerpt from the letter of such a one. It is a pathetic story, related in the person's own words:
"I finished the course and have my diploma. I liked the teaching very much. In answer to the question, Would you like to have someone visit you? I answered Yes, but no one came. I was longing to become a member of some church. Had someone called on me at the time I was studying your lessons, I might have been a Seventh-day Adventist today."
This woman did become a member of a church, but not the Adventist Church!
There is no more promising field for souls than that among those who have been studying in our correspondence schools and following our programs over the air. It is a continuously enlarging field. Yearly we spend many thousands of dollars to keep these programs and schools going.
It is done for just one purpose—to eventually win people to Christ and to His truth. Let us not neglect this fruitful field.
