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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 2, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 9.

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Chile

By F. H. Westphal

TRAIGUEN, PROVINCIA MALLECO.—Brother Carlos Krieghoff and I pitched our tent in Chancó, near Traiguen, the twenty-third of November, and immediately began our meetings. The Lord blessed the word spoken, and the thirty-first of December we baptized five willing souls in the name of our Master. It was good to see these dear souls leave the old man in the old year and begin the new year in a new life.
The attendance has not been large at any time, but it has been regular. Some who were not baptized are still deeply interested, and we hope that they will obey the truth. The people have supplied us with food, and have shown us great kindness, and we know that the truth is precious to them.
Other places are opening up before us. Yesterday a man who lives about twenty miles from here, called on us. He wishes us to hold meetings in his neighborhood in March. We promised to do this if possible. There is 'much to do, and we are glad this is the case. The man who has much to do is the man who is of good courage. I met a man on the steamer from England who seemed to be very happy while on the boat, but when I met him a few days after we landed in Buenos Ayres, he was discouraged. I asked why he was so gloomy. He answered that he could find no work. On the way he had not studied the language, and now he could not speak a word, neither could he find work. We must have much to do if we desire to be of good courage; and the Lord knew this better than we did, and so he gave us a world to save and a message to proclaim. Therefore, brethren, let us be up and doing while the day lasts, in order that we may be of good courage in the Lord. Send your money to the Mission Board to be used in spreading the truth, and give yourselves to the work, and you will be of good courage.
F. H. WESTPHAL.