Norfolk Island by Harry Mitchell

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · May 14, 1908

Norfolk Island

By Harry Mitchell

WE send along our word of cheer to the readers of the REVIEW. We are all well, and of good courage in the Lord. While we can not report a very great interest among those not of our faith, we are glad that our own people are being helped. It seems hard for the people of these islands to break away from old habits and customs, and we need much patience in dealing with them. We find that we must first train the minds of the people before we can expect them to grasp the truth for these last days. This is our work at present. We have a class of adults taking lessons, and I am pleased to say that they are making rapid progress. We hope soon to be able to send out some workers from here to other islands.

We shall be glad to receive any back numbers of the Signs of the Times, the Youth's Instructor, Bible Training School, etc., as we can use them to good advantage. The people are very poor, and really unable to purchase reading-matter, so everything we do for them must be free. No doubt many at home will be glad to help us. Remember this island and people in your prayers. This island has had a remarkable and terrible history, yet now nearly all its people go to church, and we hope to see many of them saved. To this end we labor, remembering the promise, "Ye shall reap if ye faint not."

Address all papers, post-paid, to Norfolk Island, South Pacific Ocean.

HARRY MITCHELL.