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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 7, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 1.

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To the Fields in 1914

By William Ambrose Spicer

The record of outgoing missionaries in 1913 was exceptional. That was the year of the General Conference, which made heavy appointments to the mission fields. The total list for 1913 was 153, including, as usual, those going out from Europe to the farther missions, and from Australasia and other colonial bases. It was felt at the time that that was so large a reenforcement of the fields that the next year's record might be expected to drop below the average; not because 153 workers could supply the need, for that number spread over the whole earth meant only one family here and another there, dropped down among millions of people, to represent the message.
But the need of the fields is so pressing, the calls of God's providence so urgent, that there can be no halting of the movement of missionaries toward the fields. The list for 1914 is another remarkable one. It is as follows:—

February

W. M. and Mrs. Crothers, to Jamaica, West Indies.
Miss M. A. Yarnell, to Singapore, East Indies.
B. C. and Mrs. Haak and family, to Argentina, South America.
A. D. and Mrs. Fowler, to New Zealand.
H. Stacey and family, from Australia to Japan.
A. E. Wright, from Australia to the New Hebrides Islands, South Pacific.

March

J. S. and Mrs. Yates, to Sumatra, East Indies.
C. E. and Mrs. Moon, to Porto Rico.
Miss Jessie Butler, to Porto Rico.
W. G. Kneeland, to Panama.
F. O. and Mrs. Stuckey, to South Africa.
R. S. and Mrs. Greaves, from Europe to West Africa.
J. A. Westermeyer and family, to Chile, South America.

April

R. L. and Mrs. Hiner, to Jamaica, West Indies.
A. Matter and wife, from Europe to British East Africa.
Miss Lina Barho, from Europe to German East Africa.
R. Lusky and wife and family, from Europe to German East Africa.
Peter Drinhaus, from Europe to German East Africa.
F. A. Detamore (returning) and Mrs. Detamore and children, to Singapore.
Allen and Mrs. Thompson, to Singapore.
Roy and Mrs. Mershon, to Singapore.
Paul Badaut, from Europe to the island of Mauritius.
H. Streeter and wife, from Australia to the Cook Islands.
H. A. Hill and wife, from Australia to the Cook Islands.

May

L. O. and Mrs. Corwin, to the Bay Islands, Central America.
W. H. and Mrs. Sterling, to Argentina, South America.
Blanche Davis, to Brazil, South America.
G. F. and Mrs. Jones, from Australia to the Solomon Islands.

June

Earnest E. and Mrs. Morrow, to India.
A. G. Christiansen and family, to Denmark.
Miss Florence Shull, to China.
J. P. and Mrs. Casey, to South Africa.
Mrs. W. G. Kneeland and son George, to Panama.
Sister Vai Kerisome, from Australia to Niue (Savage Island).
E. J. and Mrs. Giblett, from Australia to Niue (Savage Island).
T. Baker and wife, from England to Sierra Leone, West Africa.

July

Miss Helenia Richards, to Porto Rico.
Miss Minnie Martin, to Porto Rico.
H. M. Blunden and family, from Australia to China.
Mrs. A. U. Cochran, to Cuba.

August

Robert H. Treible, to Bermuda Islands.
Miss M. E. Tamka, to Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.

September

Enriques Mangold, from Germany to Ecuador, South America.
Eugene Leland, to Bermuda Islands.
A. E. and Mrs. Holst, to Jamaica, West Indies.
J. P. and Mrs. Redding, to Jamaica, West Indies.
G. G. and Mrs. Coffin, to Bahama Islands.
E. R. and Mrs. Johnson, to Mexico.

October

K. M. and Mrs. Adams, to Singapore.
Miss Florence Wilson, to China.
F. E. and Mrs. Bates, to China.
P. V. and Mrs. Thomas, to China.
I. F. and Mrs. Blue, to India.
Miss Grace White, to Cuba.
E. A. Curdy and family, to Haiti.
Mrs. Almeda Nelsen, to Bahama Islands.
A. P. and Mrs. Tarr, from the Cape, South Africa, to Tsungweai, Rhodesia.
E. W. H. Jeffrey, from the Cape, South Africa, to Kafirland.
Fausto Jornadal, to the Philippines.
Mrs. May Williams-Martin, to Mexico.

November

D. C. and Mrs. Ludington, to Burma.
M. B. Butterfield and wife, to Trinidad, West Indies.
Geo. F. and Mrs. Furnival, to India.
C. F. and Mrs. Innis, to Cuba.
This list totals up 103 missionaries, not counting the children, who entered the fields during 1914. They have gone out from the North American Division, from the European Division, from Australasia, which carries the burden of evangelizing the island world of the Pacific, and from the South African Union, which supplies workers for its missions to the natives in the regions beyond. It is not a complete list, probably less complete than those of former years, for at the recent Australasian Union Conference more than the usual number of appointments were made to the island missions, and doubtless quite a number of workers have been going forward during the last month.
Just as it stands, without comment, this list is a striking testimony to the fulfilling prophecy of Revelation 14. The prophet in vision saw in the last days a people keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, hastening on to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people with the last message. Month by month and year by year we see the messengers going forth toward all the nations and peoples of earth. Prophecy is fulfilling before our eyes.
Nor must we omit to mention one vital feature. It is by the gifts of the believers—in the churches, in the Sabbath schools, and the isolated ones—who love this message that this movement of the missionaries into the fields is kept up. This dedication of means to God for the hastening of the message to the world, places this people in the North American Division, numbering but a few thousand as we do, tenth in the list of the great missionary societies of America. The amount given for missions groups our denomination among those that number their adherents by the million. And abroad it is the same. And it surely ought to be, for to whom else has the Lord in his providence committed this message of the coming of the Lord, which is to be quickly carried toevery tongue and people. It is the Lord's own hand leading his people forward.
W. A. S.