p. 18 | India by S. E. Whiteis

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 28, 1903

India

By S. E. Whiteis

CHANDERNAGOR.—We are of good courage. The Lord goes before and prepares the way for us. O, how we love the work! It grows more precious to us each day.

Sister Kellogg has many Bible readings among the English-speaking Bengali lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc. All seem interested, some especially so, and accept the Lord's word as it is given to them. One of the babus, after the reading, goes home and gives it to his wife. He would be glad to have some one go to teach her, but Sister Kellogg can not speak the language, so we can only give the readings to the husband.

In the zenanas we find the women interested. We seek to give them the message for this time. We tell them of Christ's soon coming, of God's love, and of the home he is preparing for those who love and obey him. Some urge us to come oftener; they say once a week is so long to wait. Ratana Mukerjee, Brother Mukerjee's daughter, is with me in this work.

I will mention one case where the doors were opened by the medical work. A lady was suffering from severe pain in her lungs, and sent for me. I gave her treatment, and she was relieved. She was frightened when she was taken ill; she feared she was going to die, and said she was not prepared. I pointed her to some texts, telling her her duty in order to be forgiven. She belonged to the Free Scotch Church, but was living with Catholics, and was almost persuaded to become one herself. But she has been telling the people lately that she is going to be a Seventh-day Adventist. I had not said anything about the doctrine of Seventh-day Adventists. She would quote the fourth commandment to them, and insist that the seventh day should be kept. I have since begun giving her readings on points of our faith, all of which she readily accepts.

We praise the Lord that we can see the signs of Christ's soon coming being fulfilled.

S. E. WHITEIS.