p. 16 | New York by E. L. CARDEY

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Apr 15, 1915

New York

By E. L. CARDEY

BROOKLYN.—We are glad to report the onward progress of the work in this great city. Over and over we are reminded of the truth of the statement of the spirit of prophecy that God has many honest souls in these large cities. We have desired greatly to get the message before the masses of the people as soon as possible, and the Lord has given a measure of success. Since the writer came to this city last spring, the Lord has given us some honest souls who are very earnest in taking the truth to those around them. In this time about seventy-five have been added to the church, and another company is awaiting baptism, which will be administered in a few weeks. The membership of the Brooklyn English church is now 215, although our regular Sabbath attendance is usually much more than this.

It will be recognized that with a large membership it is always difficult to maintain a high average per capita in tithe and offerings. However we are glad to report that we nearly reached the goal of twenty cents a week a member during the first quarter of this year. The tithe more than doubled over the same period of one year ago. Added to this, we now have a very heavy church expense. Our new church building, which we have leased, is proving a great blessing to the work. It is in a central location in the city, and is large enough to accommodate audiences of twelve hundred or more. The church is doing nobly in carrying this expense, besides caring for the needy poor.

One feature of interest is the way the members engage in home missionary work. We are selling upward of one hundred copies of "The World's Crisis" each week, and it is our hope to keep this record up during the year.

Some of the new members, who have had considerable experience working for

the Chinese, have opened a Chinese Sunday school in the church. The prospects are very bright for a prosperous work with these people. We have some Chinese members, and they are helping in this work. We now have twelve nationalities represented in our church membership.

We believe all will be interested in the wide publicity the truth is getting here through the public press. A few months ago the General Conference Press Bureau established a branch press work here, headed by Brother S. E. St. Amant, a newspaper man who came into the truth last summer. In the past three months he has been able to get published about two hundred articles, varying from a column and a half to a few paragraphs. Most of these have appeared in Brooklyn and Long Island papers, but many have also appeared in all parts of the country, as far west as Texas and Arizona and as far south as New Orleans. Many hundreds of articles have been sent out, but we are unable to learn definitely how many are published. In Brooklyn and New York City the Italian, German, French, and Russian papers are printing some articles on the Eastern Question. There are great opportunities in this line of work, and we trust you will remember it before the throne of grace.

Our courage is good in the Lord as we near the time to start a big summer's campaign in this city. Not many more summers are allotted to us to labor in these great centers, and we ask the prayers of God's people in behalf of this work. The church-and-state power is not asleep, and we have seen its working of late. Doubtless before we are aware of it, our work will be greatly hindered. But God is guiding in all things, and we can rely on him.

E. L. CARDEY.