Police Search a Mission Worker’s Home
WRITING from Riga, Russia, April 13, Brother J. T. Boettcher relates the following experience: “This morning early I was taken by surprise. Two police officers came before I was up, and did not even give me a chance to dress, but began to search my home from one end to the other. Every drawer was opened; all the cupboards examined, every trunk, bookcase, etc. What they could find in the form of letters, reports, and other written documents was taken along. While two officers were doing the work inside another one stood before the door keeping watch to see that no one left the rooms. The Lord gave me strength to be very calm, for I knew that I was in the hands of my heavenly Master. The cause of God is in great danger in Russia. This may blow over, and our Lord can use it to the furtherance of the message. I shall not run away because of this, but wait and see what God has in mind. May our dear people in America, who are enjoying such great liberty, pray for us.”