North Brazil Mission by F. W. Spies

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 17, 1908

North Brazil Mission

By F. W. Spies

The last of a series of general meetings held in Brazil for 1908 was held at the Serro Pellado meeting-house in the province of Espirito Santo, June 13-17, and was fairly well attended, over one hundred being present at the services on the Sabbath day.

For some time past the spiritual progress of the above-named church, and also the onward march of the truth, had been hindered by the wrong course of some of its members. But at this meeting not only this church, but also all the churches and members in the province, took their stand squarely upon right principles, and a disfellowshipping of the unruly element was begun, which we hope will reveal to all that the Lord’s people in this field intend to stand by the truth, and be loyal to it.

To those whose hearts were open, we feel the meeting was a great blessing; and in general, plans were considered which look to a more thorough establishing of the work in this important field. One thing that greatly encouraged the brethren was that they had a worker in that field. As reported previously, the Rio Grande do Sul Conference, although a needy field, saw and felt the still greater need of the province of Espirito Santo, and so consented that the union conference might take one of their few laborers, and send him to Espirito Santo. Accordingly Brother José Lindermann and his family came to this field, and our prayer is that the Lord may greatly bless his labors both to the strengthening of the brethren in the respective churches, and also to the gathering into the truth of many more souls.

It makes us glad to see in our young conferences this spirit of sacrifice and readiness to help on the work in the sister fields, by sharing with them the limited supply of workers they have. Surely the Lord will bless his people as they thus sacrifice and send witnesses for

the truth into new and needy fields; and once the little lights are kindled in all parts, and the Lord’s people as a whole are ready, then the Lord can turn on the current,—pour out his Spirit,—and in a little while the light of truth will have illumined the whole earth. May the Lord’s people ever seek for that consecration that will fit them for the outpouring of the Spirit in its fulness.

F. W. SPIES.