Jottings From Manila by R. A. Caldwell

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 28, 1909

Jottings From Manila

By R. A. Caldwell

It seems scarcely possible that it is almost a year since we arrived in this field. Good success has attended our efforts, on the whole. A cable was recently sent to the Pacific Press for seven hundred copies of “Patriarchs and Prophets,” in Spanish, all of which we hope to place in Manila and its vicinity. We placed three copies with some Spanish Protestants who can not read English. We understand this is the only family of such persons in Manila; so I was especially pleased to meet them, and supply them with such literature. Almost all the stock which was on hand when we arrived has been delivered. In a few weeks the territory in Manila will be completed.

Of late we have had unsettled weather. Two severe typhoons passed close by in the course of a few days. A later one struck us full force. Many houses of light material collapsed, but no lives were lost. It was much worse up north. About eight hundred lives were lost, and much damage to crops and buildings is reported. In the provinces, cholera has been troublesome for some months. Since January, 1908, fourteen hundred deaths occurred out of nineteen hundred cases. However, Manila has been entirely free until a few weeks ago, since then a few cases have been reported daily. Only a few of these were Americans. It has now almost disappeared.

We have just heard that Brother and Sister Finster have been appointed to this field of eight million people. This gladdens our hearts. May the good work go on. R. A. CALDWELL.