A Word From Portugal by C. E. RENTFRO.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 15, 1912

A Word From Portugal

By C. E. RENTFRO.

For nearly seven years, Lisbon has been the center of our work in Portugal, and only since 1910 have we made a strong effort to build up a work that had been started in Porto and abandoned. We have two halls, one in Gaya and the other in Porto, where a few persons came to hear the word.

Our Portuguese worker, a young man whom we had sent to Gland, was asked to leave Lisbon and help with the work in Porto, where he is developing into a good laborer. We endeavor to fill every night with meetings, Bible studies, or visiting.

One man who has been working for twelve years in a factory, has been studying the truth for some time; but how to earn bread for a family of six is a problem staring him in the face. It is a serious question under the best of circumstances, when a working man becomes unemployed and has to look for another position. Great faith on the part of such is necessary, and we can only pray that God may give it to them.

Another person, a woman, says, “I am going to keep the Sabbath.” Another, who can not read nor write, says, “This shall be my religion.” Others acknowledge the truth, but are waiting.

We are trying to increase our literature, so we can place printed matter on different subjects in the hands of those who can read. We also are hoping to find some canvassers to carry the same to the people. We shall try to sow the seed, expecting that God will give the increase. C. E. RENTFRO.