Locusts and Gospel Progress

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 19, 1915

Locusts and Gospel Progress

From a letter from Dr. A. J. Hetherington, of Ruatan, Honduras, Central America, we quote the following paragraph: “The locusts are working great destruction on the mainland in Honduras. They are devouring plantations, pastures, coconut trees, and other vegetation. They have been at work for several months, till now a really serious condition has been created. Cattle are dying for want of feed, and we hear that on the south side of the republic people are dying for want of food. The government is taking into its hands the matter of supplying food to the people. The locusts have not reached the islands as yet, and the people are praying that they may not come, as their coming would result in ruin to the islands. Those who have seen them say that along the coast the locusts fly in such great clouds that the sun cannot be seen through them. Wars, famines, and pestilence are truly abroad in the earth.”

Brother S. A. Wellman, who is engaged in preparing literature for India, sends this cheering word in a letter dated July 6: “In talking over the work here in the field with Professor Salisbury this week, we found that the number of persons baptized has been the largest in our history for any one quarter, and will be nearly as large for the first six months as for any previous year.”