Santo Domingo, West Indies
By U. BENDER
Leaving Santiago on February 9, I arrived in Santo Domingo the morning of the eleventh. Santo Domingo comprises about two thirds of the island of Haiti. It is a republic, and has a population of about six hundred thousand. Santo Domingo City, the capital, is situated on the south side of the island. This city is kept in very good condition as compared with many other Spanish-American cities. Its population is about twenty thousand. There are other good coast towns along the Caribbean Sea and on the Atlantic side of the island. Protestant missions have not flourished in Santo Domingo. The work we have been able to do so far has been almost entirely by selling literature. C. N. Moulton has been in the republic two years, but has not been able to work all the time. There are a few Sabbathkeepers now, and a good interest to hear the truth among some West Indians who come to the island to work. Books and papers seem to have a ready sale. Traveling in the country must be done by riding and leading a pack animal. One can not always go about safely to meet an aged Spanish Negro who is which are so common as almost to seem an ordinary occurrence. The duty on books is quite high, and shipments do not always reach us as soon as they should. These things work against the canvasser. But I am glad to say that Brother Moulton and the two boys working with him are of good courage, and are determined to forward God's cause. On Sabbath we walked out two miles to meet an aged Spanish negro who is keeping the Sabbath. I spoke to the family, Brother Moulton interpreting. It did me good to see the face of this child of God light up as the precious truth, so simple that a child can understand it, was spoken. The work will be difficult in this field, but the God of nations will be a shield and reward to the faithful messengers here. May his blessing attend them.