Rangoon, Burma

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 4, 1915

HERE is a word from Brother G. A. Hamilton, who went to India about two years ago to begin work among the Karens:—

“Word came last week to tell us that the land we have been trying to get for over a year for a mission station has been granted, and I am to go tomorrow night and sign up for it. This is at Kyankkyi. We are also applying for a piece of land up the Salwin River, at a place called Kawkayet. We have good prospect of securing it in the next few weeks. This will give us two good stations, both in the Karen country, about one hundred and twenty-five miles apart.

“It is raining hard just now. The rain will soon be over. We have had nearly ninety-five inches already this season, since the eighth of May. One hundred and ten inches should be enough for the season. There will probably be big crops of rice this year.

“Now is the time for us to build in mission fields like Burma. Lumber is cheap because shippers cannot get ships to take the teak timber to Europe. We are told that teak is down one fourth from what it was before the war. We are hoping and praying that God will somehow stop this cruel war, and let his work go on. We are of good courage in the Lord.”