p. 24 | The Unentered Fields of Brazil

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 21, 1911

The Unentered Fields of Brazil

FROM the eastern coast of the great South American continent, comes this message from Brother F. W. Spies:—

The few workers in Brazil feel that they are facing an immense problem. In the already-entered fields there is more work than the workers can do. But the message is stretching out beyond into new fields. In a recent letter from Elder John Lipke, superintendent of the East Brazil Mission, he says: “There are now three members in Parahyba, and others are keeping the Sabbath there, and desire to be baptized.” This means that the Sabbath truth has gained a foothold in a new state, and that the message is pushing its way on farther north toward the Amazon region. But Parahyba is a part of the North Brazil Mission. Elder Lipke has fully as much to do as two men can handle, but as there is no minister in all the North Brazil Mission, a field composed of ten states and over half of Brazil’s territory, and as I could not go to Parahyba, we asked Elder Lipke to visit these interested souls. Is it any wonder that we are often perplexed, not knowing which way to turn? And is it any wonder that at times years pass and souls who have made a start in obeying the message wait and pray and wonder if the day will dawn when a minister will come to help them? My dear brother, my dear sister, as you read this and similar appeals from our many fields, pray, pray with us that the Lord of the harvest may soon send forth more reapers.