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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 3, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 44.

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In Island Fields

By C. H. PARKER.

Tropical Island Fields Not a Paradise

Not long ago I received a letter, which said: “O, how lovely it must be to live in the islands of the sea, where you can have everything that you want! It must be a paradise.” I trust that no one thinking about making the islands his field of labor will have such thoughts in mind; for if he does, he will be sadly disappointed, and will be anxious to take the first boat back home. Workers for these fields should understand that there is hard work before them. There are sacrifices to make, privations to endure, bitter disappointments to meet, and sin in its vilest forms to face at every step.
But do not look alone at the dark side of the picture. Turn it around, and there is seen the new earth, with many of these poor, ignorant, degraded souls sitting at the feet of Jesus, with you to live eternally where sin can nevermore touch them. This is the hope before us as we labor here in Fiji.
Buresala.                                     C. H. PARKER.