Mexico by J. A. Leland

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 4, 1903

Mexico

By J. A. Leland

ZAPOTLAN.—This is a place of about twenty thousand inhabitants, the center of a large section of very rich country. There are many rich mines near here, and large farms that produce immense profits each year. The large sugar farms alone yield about 3,750,000 pounds of sugar yearly. Some farms produce rice, corn, etc. This is, next to Guadalajara, the most important city in this section of the country. The Methodists have a small congregation, and a local pastor here. A short distance to the west is a town of from five to seven thousand inhabitants, where no effort has ever been made; also to the north a town of from seven to ten thousand population.

There is a vast amount of work to be done in this district, and where are the men to do it? I wish we had three or four good, consecrated Sabbath-keeping dentists here. Any one is at liberty to practice dentistry, and it gives an open door to hundreds of homes. If there was a good man who could go through this district with me, I could interpret for him and talk with the people while he worked. At present I am doing all I can among the people; but if we had two instead of one, it would be much better. The dentist has a decided advantage over the doctor, as far as the laws are concerned. We are of good courage.

J. A. LELAND.