Porto Rico by B. E. Connerly

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Oct 19, 1905

Porto Rico

By B. E. Connerly

Our work has been moving slowly, and there has really seemed little to report. As this vacillating people have been under the influence of Catholicism for centuries, the condition found here is indeed hard for us to master, and it is difficult to know when we have made real advancement for the gospel. Sometimes it is only by faith that we can press forward, with nothing in sight to encourage us; but we know Porto Rico must have the message, whether its inhabitants will hear, or whether they will forbear. God is pouring out his Spirit on all flesh, and Porto Rico must be included.

For several months we have been confining our efforts almost exclusively to Mayaguez. Mrs. Fischer has been nursing and holding Bible studies, and Mrs. Connerly and myself have worked in the office, and held meetings.

Our native boys began holding meetings in April, and they have improved beyond our expectations. Now they can preach the message in quite an acceptable manner. We have held meetings in eight different parts of the city, in all of which there has been considerable interest and a fair attendance.

For a month Mrs. Connerly has been ill, and unable to work, and we have now moved out into the country about fifteen miles from Mayaguez.

The boys are keeping up the interest as best they can, and I go to the city every week and stay over Sabbath with them, holding two or three meetings. While the work sometimes seems fruitless, our only wish or desire is that we may be wise in working, and be led of the Spirit; and we know that we share this desire in common with all our brethren. So let us labor on, praying for and strengthening one another, until this precious message has accomplished its work in the earth.

B. E. CONNERLY.