Ecuador by THOS. H. DAVIS.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jul 23, 1908

Ecuador

By THOS. H. DAVIS.

LAST week I took a trip to Latacunga with several books and papers. The people received me much more cordially than the last time, about a year ago, when the cura (priest) preached against my work. Before twelve o'clock I had sold thirteen copies of "His Glorious Appearing," two Bibles, one "Gospel Primer," and a number of the Señales de los Tiempos. On this week falls General Alfaro's birthday. The inauguration of the arrival of the train to Quito, the capital, also takes place on the same date. As a large crowd is expected there, I am arranging to take a lot of our Spanish papers to sell during that time.

To-day the Americans of the railroad buried one of the conductors who was killed on the line. I was asked to preach the funeral sermon, and as there was a large crowd of natives present, it was necessary to conduct the service both in Spanish and English. They gave excellent attention, and I was glad to have the privilege of speaking to the people of this town, for the first time on the precious theme, the resurrection of the dead. These people, bound down by superstition, have never heard of the second coming of Christ to resurrect those who sleep in their graves. If they have heard anything of the subject, it has been perverted.

THOS. H. DAVIS.