Costa Rica by J. F. E. Anderson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 2, 1908

Costa Rica

By J. F. E. Anderson

JIMINEZ.—The Spanish tracts have arrived, and I am starting out to distribute them. I am very thankful to the Lord for these. When the people receive them, they begin to read, just as little children in school. There are very few unable to read. Many run races to get the tracts. Not a few have been asking me for Bibles. Some of the people of Costa Rica have never seen the Old Testament. A few have seen the New Testament, but their priest told them it was not safe to read it. About twelve years ago some New Testaments were burned by a priest, under an orange-tree, at a village called Juan Viñas.

These people are in dense darkness, with all manner of vices and wickedness, but many are tired of priestcraft. The harvest is great here. I can speak, read, and write their language, but I am not perfect in it, and would like to get a little training; for I wish to devote my remaining years to the work. Pray that the Lord may use me for this work. J. F. E. ANDERSON.