Mission Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 27, 1908

In a letter Brother Eduardo W. Thomann, Oruro, Bolivia, South America, says: “In eight days’ work here in Oruro I secured one hundred seventy-two subscribers to the Señales de los Tiempos, all yearly except two. And now the list is two hundred ten here, and I hope to make it two hundred fifty. The town has about twenty thousand inhabitants, but more than half can not read. It is really encouraging to see how the Lord gives open doors for labor. May he also bless all the readers. Besides the two hundred ten subscriptions, I have also sold between six and seven hundred single copies of the paper, and some tracts, pamphlets, and small books.”

L. J. BURGESS writes: “We have six native men now who give their time to the work. They are all interested in getting our literature before the people, and as fast as we can get the matter ready, they will do their part in circulating it. At present we have only the one booklet in the vernacular. We have this in Hindi, Roman, Urdu, and Persian Urdu. We have been pleased to see how it has been received by native Christians, Hindus, and Mohammedans. One of our workers has been given several rupees at various times by Hindus, to buy the booklet to distribute among their friends. The reason why it takes so well with them is that it gives the simple, plain truth for this time, without entering into a controversy with them.”