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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jan 12, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 2.

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Switzerland

By O. E. Reinke

We are having good experiences here in Switzerland. This winter we are starting the work in the Catholic city of Lucerne. Of its thirty-three thousand inhabitants, only one fifth are Protestant; and so far we have not a single believer in the message. Oct 1, 1910, Elder K. Untermaier and his family moved to Lucerne from Bern, but he and his wife were shortly taken very ill. Both are improving at present, and we hope for their speedy recovery.
We are working this winter in eight cities, with but seven workers, two of whom are Bible workers. Two local elders are assisting us in holding lectures in Borpal and Zurich; this enables the workers to press into the southern part of the Catholic center.
The Missionary Advent issue of the Herold der Wahrheit is being subscribed for freely, twenty thousand copies having been asked for to date by the different churches, and still more orders are coming in.
We are planning to hold Sabbath-school conventions this winter in the larger churches, to strengthen this part of the work.
Our young men are going through a hard test in their military experiences. Last year two brethren were imprisoned, one for ten days, the other for six weeks. This year one brother was imprisoned six weeks, and another four months. In each case an account of their conversion and of the principles of present truth was set forth by them before the court, and was printed in the different newspapers in Switzerland.
Missionary work with our periodicals, in the sense of receiving gifts, is prohibited in Basle. One sister was arrested and fined because she received a gift of twenty centimes, or four cents. We appealed to the supreme court, but without avail. We realize that true freedom is only in Christ, but nevertheless our work is going onward. We are all of good courage in the Lord, and our prayers unite with yours for the speedy finishing of the work of Jehovah on this sinful earth. O. E. REINKE.