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The Karen Believers of Burma

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 5, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 40.

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The Karen Believers of Burma

By Editor

THE Rangoon Gazette of June 19, in an editorial, gives the account of a Karen by the name of Thomas Pellako, who has been studying his Bible, and has reached the conclusion that Jesus is soon to come. With him are two or three thousand Karens, who, from his earnest teaching, are following him in this belief. The bishop of Rangoon excommunicated him, and incited the government to persecute these people in different ways, one of which was a charge of treason against the government. Pellako, the leader, was imprisoned. His trial has stirred Burma. The judge, in handing down his decision, acquits him of both charges,—that of sedition and that of waging war. All this becomes intensely interesting to us when we remember that for two years or more, pleas have been most earnestly sent in from India for a missionary and his wife to be sent to open work among the Karens. These people are among the foremost to receive the gospel in all India. For several years the Baptists have been carrying on a prosperous work among them. The plea is renewed for some one to be sent out this very autumn. Shall we delay longer?