p. 20 | Good Words From Mexico

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 16, 1912

Good Words From Mexico

FROM a general letter which Brother J. A. P. Green sent out to his workers, under date of April 30, we take the following interesting items:—

“On shipboard, when there is nothing ahead, the lookout reports, ‘All’s well!’ I am sure that you will all be glad to know that ‘all’s well’ with the workers in Mexico. From every corner we are receiving good reports. The enemy is at work, but God’s hand is doing a greater work. In the city of Mexico the colporteurs have chosen the hardest part to work; namely, among the business men. It did go hard at first, but by persistent effort and prayer they have succeeded in proving to these business men that they must take time to read concerning the meaning of the great things that are taking place in the world.

“During the week ending April 26, our eight workers in Mexico, six of whom are in Mexico City, working 358 hours, took $981 worth of subscriptions for our periodicals. In the National Bank one of the workers took 18 subscriptions. In a large hardware store another took 12 subscriptions.

“It is evident, by the reports, that revolutions do not bother the canvasser. Many are leaving the country, many are complaining of the hard times, but the colporteur in the field keeps at his work, relying on God’s promises. We have every reason to rejoice, even though the nation is having a hard time. Nothing seems to frighten our colporteurs any more. This revolution is leading them to attempt great things. Of course they are not breaking records, but they are gaining an experience that will be of inestimable value to them in the future.”

These experiences show that the Lord can give success to his work when from a human standpoint it would seem impossible.