More Help for Eastern Africa by L. R. CONRADI

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 22, 1909

More Help for Eastern Africa

By L. R. CONRADI

L. R. CONRADI

As the millions in Africa still in darkness ‘call urgently for help, and as we have in our mission territory on the east coast of Victoria Nyanza alone, three hundred thousand people without any missionaries except our two families, we have tried hard to secure more help. Brother A. C. Enns, who has for the last five years worked in the South Pare Mission near the coast, and who helped Elder A. A. Carscallen in opening the work, has meanwhile rejoined him and Brother J. D. Baker. The plan was that he should begin in the territory across the German border, and that the work be carried on unitedly, under the Victoria Nyanza Mission field.

On the tenth of April, the steamship “Prinz Regent,” of the German East African line, sailed from Hamburg, with Brother M. Kunze on board; he was joined by Brother B. L. Morse, at Southampton, and Brother and Sister Ernst Raessler will take the boat at Marseilles; thus there will be four new workers going out. Brother and Sister Raessler and Brother Morse will land in Mombasa, and proceed direct to Victoria Nyanza; so that the number of our workers there will be increased to six. Elder Carscallen secured the sites of the two stations we have, and also a third site, while Brother Enns will pick out the fourth. As fast as we can get more workers, we shall increase the applications for new sites.

We ought to do everything possible to send out a still greater force this fall. As we enlarge our work, it will naturally call not only for more consecrated help, but also for additional means.

Brother Kunze will proceed to Tanga, and connect with the Pare Mission. Brother E. Kotz has been there now four years, and he and Brother Enns have translated the Gospels into the Chasu language. Brother Kotz desires to see these in print as soon as possible, as

they have thus far no written or printed books whatever. The Hamburg House has gotten out a small hymn-book for them, to the great joy of the natives, and would be pleased to help them also in getting the Gospels printed. If the printing were done at Tanga, Brother Kotz would have to go there, and both his living while there and the printing would be rather expensive. Our board therefore decided that it would be wiser to have Brother Kotz take a vacation, and at the same time read the proofs while the Hamburg House is getting out the Gospels. This will be the first work our denomination has thus far done in getting out any part of the Scriptures in a tongue heretofore unprovided with any part of the Word.

We hope that our people will take a deep interest in this undertaking by contributing freely to the mission work, and that the work begun will be the means of bringing many to a saving knowledge of the truth.

Hamburg.