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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 11, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 19.

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India

By J. L. Shaw

CALCUTTA.—The general meeting is past. The Spirit of the Lord was present, and it was the testimony of the workers that it was the best general meeting we have had in this field. Business was handled in a united spirit, and new plans were laid with the unanimous approval of all. We tried to keep before the workers the fact that Christ is coming soon, and that it is God's will that we should go forth unhindered and unhampered to proclaim the message of the hour to the people of India.
Brethren Votaw and Hansen, with their wives, were sent to Burma. Brother Mong Mong attended the meeting, and he and Brother Meyers made a strong appeal for that part of the field. Brother Hansen will canvass and do all health work, making his labors, as far as possible, self-supporting.
Brother Meyers will work in the canvassing field for the time being, in southern India, and when the tent arrives, will probably give Brother Armstrong a lift in Colombo. Sisters Orr and Meyers will locate at Bangalore, where an interest has developed from the work of Sister Orr.
We shall remove the printing-press to Karmatar, and connect it with our training-school. Brother Little will have the oversight of the press, and will assist on the paper. We believe it will be cheaper to operate the press there. The price of labor and rent will be less, and we shall be able to give more of our time to our own work, which will continually increase as we get out our literature in different languages. If we publish our tracts in Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Burmese, and Santali, together with our work in English, we shall have all we can manage. This will give our boys who are attending school a chance to learn how to set type, and it will take more of our laborers outside of Calcutta, which will be better for their health. Brother Little will give what time he can to the study of the Bengali language. We hope to open up a school at Cora, a village four miles from Karmatar, where no missionaries have yet gone. It may be that Brother Mukerjee will locate there.
J. L. SHAW.