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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 13, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 28.

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Argentina

By C. E. Knight

C. E. KNIGHT
WHEN we arrived in Buenos Aires, it was thought best to rent a house with a room large enough for the church meetings. One of the first persons baptized was a sister who, with her husband, was living near by, in a house with a large Italian family. The members of this family were very much opposed to what she had done, in identifying herself with us, and did all they could to discourage her.
About six months afterward, the church prepared a program, and invited the children and parents living near by to be present. This Italian family came, and immediately afterward their attitude changed toward the sister living in their house. They continued attending the meetings, and the parents soon began to keep the Sabbath, and were later baptized.
A short time after this, they removed to one of the suburbs of the city, almost wholly Italian. Soon an interest sprang up among their new neighbors, and a minister was called to hold meetings with them. This interest increased until about thirty adults had united with them in worship. All these are Italians, and it is quite likely that we shall soon be able to organize a purely Italian church. We have in Argentina two churches composed wholly of French, and a number who are all German. We are glad that we shall soon have another nationality added, the Italian.
Buenos Aires.