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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 14, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 28.

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Argentina

By C. E. KNIGHT.

In this conference I see and hear much that gives me courage for the work, and wish to relate a few experiences. Elder H. S. Prener, who passed the week of prayer with the Concordia church, writes that they had some of the best meetings that he ever attended. Elder G. Block was visiting and canvassing in the city of Parana at the same time, and sold two of our large books to the Methodist minister there, one of which was “Patriarchs and Prophets.” He did this upon the recommendation of the general agent of the American Bible Society for South America, who was also there during that week.
A day or two later the latter gentleman was in Buenos Aires again, and called at our office to inquire about our meetings in Buenos Aires. I gave him a copy of the week-of-prayer readings, and the next morning he told me that he had read the first one, and thought it testified of deep spirituality, and that he could not understand why other denominations should criticize our people so strongly, as he could see nothing, so far, to warrant it. I was glad to hear those words, because an unprejudiced person can not fail to see wonderful beauty in everything by the same writer.
A few days after this, while visiting one of our small churches in the interior, a sister bent with age placed in my hands the money to pay for thirty copies of our special centennial number of Senales de los Tiempos. While her husband could well afford to give her the money, he would not; so she husked corn to earn enough to pay for them.
I am now making my first tour among the churches and isolated brethren on the west side of the Parana River. The broad, fertile land, with immense areas of corn and alfalfa, and yellow grain filling the cribs, is a pleasing sight; and as great quantities of earth’s products are gathered, I trust that many precious souls in this land will also be gathered into the garner of God. C. E. KNIGHT.