p. 24 | Baptisms in the Russian Field

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 5, 1914

Baptisms in the Russian Field

A LETTER from Sister J. T. Boettcher, of Norwalk, Ohio, tells of reports that she has received from her husband of the interest to hear the word which exists in the great Russian field. Brother Boettcher says: “Everything is quiet in Riga, and I feel safer than in times of peace. We hardly know anything about the war, and it is wonderful how quiet every one is. Only when I get an American paper do I learn what is happening in the outside world. We receive very little mail. Yesterday evening we baptized twenty-three persons, and we expect to baptize two others this morning. It was a very impressive baptism. The congregation was as still as if all were taking part. Our meeting room is very small. Our tithe in Riga this quarter amounted to $1,500. Brother Brandt, who is now a Russian prisoner and banished, will not return before the close of the war.” Sister Boettcher adds: “I am so glad for this good news, but it makes me homesick to get back.” And this is the burden of every mission-filled heart in contemplating the needs of the great field beyond.