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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 15, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 15.

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British Guiana

By E. C. WIDGERY

We are glad to report that our courage is good in the Lord. We have had some peculiar experiences, but we have kept looking unto Jesus, and we do praise our Heavenly Father for his kind hand which has upheld us. Our health is good. My experiment of a pure vegetarian diet, or the entire exclusion of all animal products, seems to be the very thing for a tropical climate. This may seem rigid; but, really, I do not suffer from the heat; in fact, I often forget I am in Demerara. Our mission house is cool, and away from the crowded city; and the mosquitoes do not trouble me—they do not seem to care for vegetarians.
We make our milk from cocoanuts, which we buy at one cent each, fresh. One nut makes a pint of good milk, which is not only beneficial to our health, but is cheap.
The interest is growing. Our church is now becoming too small. At quarterly meeting the brethren have to take part in the ordinance of humility under the mission house, there being no room in the church. And now that Dr. H. N. Greaves has come, we shall have good success, as we have patients waiting for him.
We are very much cheered by all the good news we receive from the fields beyond. We enjoy our work, and pray continually for all the workers, especially those who bear the heat and burden of the day.
E. C. WIDGERY.