Burma by H. H. VOTAW

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Feb 8, 1906

Burma

By H. H. VOTAW

UNSEIN.—Recently we held our first baptismal service here. The weather was perfect, the lake just suited our needs, and God’s Holy Spirit was present richly. A solemnity rested upon all; a solemn awe took hold of even the unconverted, and as we went forward in the ordinance, tears of holy joy and tears of conviction and repentance flowed freely.

A lady of more than ordinary intelligence and pleasing personality, in whom we have been deeply interested ever since coming here, and for whom Brother and Sister Meyers had labored very faithfully before our arrival, came to me after the service and said: “That was a beautiful service. I never saw any one immersed before. I could scarcely refrain from stepping down and asking to be received myself.” Such is the power of exact obedience to God’s commands. Whoever heard of hearts being touched by the abuse of this ordinance, as it is practised in so many churches to-day?

In the next month we hope to go to Maulmain. An interest is there among the Burmese which must be developed. For a long time they have been calling for us to come. Brother Maung Maung will go as interpreter, I think. A call has lately come from Pegu. We are being pressed hard for time.

Ere this reaches you, we will have begun our second year off of American soil. It is not until January that we complete our first year, however. We are well, and hope to keep so. God has blessed us richly.

One of the English soldiers who keeps the Sabbath, finishes his service in a few months, and is planning to begin canvassing then.

H. H. VOTAW.