India

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 3, 1907

ALMORA.—Mrs. Little and I have come to this place for a month's change. First of all we are enjoying a visit with Brother and Sister Burgess very much; and secondly, the climate is fine. The elevation is upward of six thousand feet here, and some of the breezes from the north seem to come from the snow caps in the distance, and are really bracing. Brother Burgess is rather thin, but he has a good, healthy look, and seems to be having no trouble with his health since he came to Almora. They are thinking strongly of making this their headquarters and a kind of center for Hindi work. It seems to me it would not be a bad plan.

Our work at Karmatar is prospering. Three of the boys work after school hours in the press. Another takes a great interest in the farm and garden work, and has been a great help to us. We have forty biggāhs of rice land across the railroad from the bungalow, and it is all in rice this year. Last year we put in a little over half the land, and were able to furnish nearly enough rice for this year's use in the training-school.

The press has been doing some good work in the vernaculars, and will continue to have all it can do for some time to come. We have put out sixty thousand Hindi tracts this fall. Besides this, Brother Burgess is having us print a twenty-four page pamphlet about the size of “Eastern Tidings,” ten thousand copies. We are also running off Santali song-books in Bengali characters for Brother Barlow. We have ordered a supply of types so that we can do regular Santali work in Roman characters hereafter.

J. C. LITTLE.

CALCUTTA.—Brother Owen is holding the fort at Colombo as best he can, without any support from the mission. He reports six keeping the Sabbath, and others interested. One man is canvassing, and doing quite well for a beginner. I visited him while in Colombo, and spoke to a number of persons whom he had invited to his home. He has a nice family, and held a very responsible post, but has given it up to keep the Sabbath.

Brother H. B. Meyers, of Bangalore, is having some interesting meetings there. One of our church-members gave one hundred rupees to purchase’ an organ for their meeting hall. Brother Barlow has nine Santals under instruction for baptism.

The work at Gopalgunj is meeting with much opposition, yet the people are hearing the truth.

W. W. MILLER.