Mission Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 18, 1916

INDIA in area is one third the size of Europe. It is equivalent in area to seven German Empires, ten Japans, or fifteen British Isles. India's population is equal to the population of all Europe save Russia. Out of every five persons in the world, one lives in the Indian Empire.

BROTHER J. WILSON ROWLAND, laboring in Straits Settlements, Malaysia, gives this experience in visiting the home of an elderly Chinese printer, accompanied by Brother Lee: “Upon arriving at his home at the time appointed for study, we found the large family gathered. The father speaks Chinese, the mother and her sister speak Malay, and one of the boys speaks English. In order for all to understand, it was necessary to conduct the study in three languages. The texts were first given in English, Brother Lee would translate them into Chinese, and I would as far as possible give them in Malay. It is often under these difficult circumstances that the Word of God in this field is given to those who are in darkness.”

BROTHER B. L. ANDERSON, of Amoy, China, sends us the following experience of one of the evangelists of the South China Mission: “A young evangelist not long ago was arrested, being falsely accused by enemies of the truth, and was thrown into prison. After his release he stated that he was wretched in the first place where confined. The night was long, cold, and dreary, there being no fellow prisoners to talk to. But the second place afforded more comfort, for the jail was full of prisoners, thus making it warmer, and they were pleased to listen to the gospel. He said, ‘I preached to them a good deal, and they in turn did all they could to make me comfortable in that small room. The room was so small there was no space to lie down, and it was with difficulty that all of us could sit down.’”