Gold Coast, West Africa
By J. W. Garrbrah
Because of the wonderful works of God's hand in this field, I am glad to be able to send on a report to the brethren and sisters beyond the seas. To God we render our sincere thanks that “the people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.” Indeed, the gospel seed sown here is the planting of the Lord, and is bearing much fruit. A few months ago a Catholic family of four embraced the third angel's message, and since the last special week of prayer, the number of Sabbath-keepers here has increased from thirty-six to sixty-seven. The Lord has begun to work among boys and girls as the Great Fisher of men, and for this reason the greater number of Sabbath-keepers in this field are children of heathen parents. We rejoice that the Lord has made a good start in his work. He means to cut short the growth of idolism, and make firm the planting of the standard of his gospel; hence the children are being led to accept the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. All around us in the whole Coast are idol-worshipers. They are our inveterate enemies, denouncing us as false prophets; but our keenness in the faith, and the basing of all our arguments on Scriptural authority, lead them to befriend us. Divine rays of the truth are making sharp reflections in the minds of many here. We had been praying for some one to come and visit us, and in answer to our prayers, on January 11 Elder D. C. Babcock arrived among us, and was warmly welcomed. On Sunday, January 12, twenty-nine Sabbath-keepers followed their Lord in baptism. The writer was ordained elder, and Brother Robert Essien, deacon. Our church is not large enough to hold us now when we meet, therefore we are engaged in building a larger one. “Bless the work in America, and that in other places,” forms a chief part of our prayer here. We pray the Lord to send more workers to our Coast, and to carry the gospel message to other places where “this gospel of the kingdom” is to be preached for a witness unto the people before the end shall come.