p. 13 | Mission Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 16, 1916

Mission Notes

THIS picture shows how the life of one English soldier was saved at Armentières, Aug. 20, 1915, by a New Testament carried in his vest pocket. The Word hidden in the heart likewise preserves the man unto life eternal, even though he may fall temporarily in death.

AMID troublous times in Persia, Brother and Sister F. F. Oster are continuing their work at Maragha. Brother Oster wrote, Dec. 30, 1915: “We are right at the close of a long series of meetings. During the last two weeks I have presented the Sabbath question. We find human nature here the same as elsewhere. Satan tries to keep the people in darkness, and is especially opposed to commandment keeping. There is even talk of driving us out, though there is little danger of that, for most of the people want us here in these troublous times. Our meetings have been attended to the full right along. Minds are being agitated, and the people are beginning to think about these things. We hope and pray that God will give some of these souls the victory.”

“THE cause of God in our division conference is progressing,” writes Brother Guy Dail, January 26, “even in the midst of hardship and trouble. Brother H. F. Schuberth wrote me the other day that in his field [East German Union] there had been a net gain of nearly 700 believers, and an increase of 60,000 marks in tithe, as compared with 1914. I am glad Brother H. Steiner, who was sent home from his station at Asmara, has safely reached Lausanne, Switzerland; and Brother Lorntz, who came back of his own accord on account of illness, telegraphed us yesterday from Bern, Switzerland, for money. Sister Steiner, the brave woman, is all alone with her younger children in the mission station at Asmara. I suppose this will be merely a temporary arrangement, as I hope Brother Steiner can return as soon as the war is over.”