p. 16 | Report From Argentina by M. E. KERN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 24, 1916

Report From Argentina

By M. E. KERN

THE following report from Elder R. T. Baer, president of the Argentine (South America) Conference, will be of interest to all who are watching the advance of our Missionary Volunteer movement. This letter is a sample of many received from foreign fields, asking for help in the work for the youth:—

“I am sure you will want to know all about the young people’s work in this part of the field. I will say we have a church membership of a little more than a thousand. There are about two hundred and fifty young people; many of these are promising. We are encouraging them to come to our school. Doubtless you know that Prof. Harland Stevens is in charge of our school. We now have Brother A. R. Sherman as Missionary Volunteer secretary, and I have taken him with me to visit some of the large schools. We would call a special meeting for the young people, and after getting acquainted with them, we would call a meeting of the church officers, and in counsel with them would organize a society. In this way we have carefully organized six societies, with good leaders.

“I must say that we are at a disadvantage here, inasmuch as there are no programs in Spanish for the young people to follow. The good things you are presenting in the Church Officers’ Gazette do not help our young people here. We have for the present made arrangements with the union conference to prepare some programs in Spanish that will serve as a guide to the young people in their meetings, so we hope to be in a little better shape for the new year.

“We have received the Morning Watch Calendar in Spanish, and we are

pleased to offer this to our young people. We expect to cable you for the Morning Watch in German.

“We have had a good camp meeting, which was held at Camarero, where our school is located. We had some very spiritual meetings for the youth. A committee was appointed to have charge of the Missionary Volunteer work. This committee was composed of the following brethren: G. W. Casebeer, A. R. Sherman, and H. U. Stevens. I addressed the young people’s meetings a few times at the camp meeting. We had about one hundred youth at these services. Several who were not Christians were converted and received baptism. The Lord blessed in the meetings for the youth, and many expressed themselves to the effect that it was the best meeting they had ever attended.

“We are impressed that we should do more for our young people in this field. We should appreciate any suggestions that may be helpful for young people in the Spanish-speaking fields.”

If the young people of America, surrounded by Protestant Christian influences, need reading courses, Bible Year outlines, Standard of Attainment studies, prepared society lessons, organized missionary activity, and efficient leadership, surely the young people who have come out from Catholicism and are surrounded by superstition and darkness, need these things more. Let us pray for the young people of South America.

M. E. KERN.