R. IDAR by R. Idar

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 23, 1911

R. IDAR

By R. Idar

FROM THE HEART OF ASIA.—

Greetings for this week of prayer from Turkestan. It gives me joy to report that the Lord is with us also, here in this wild and desert land. I am glad to be a witness, here in Turkestan, to the love of God that is revealed in his beloved Son. As I look out upon the great mountains, covered with everlasting snow and ice, in whose valleys our brethren and sisters live, I see how God’s word is literally fulfilled; for the truth has reached these regions where the clouds touch the earth, in the uttermost parts of the world: “For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.” Ps. 108:4. We thank God that the Holy Spirit stirred up our beloved brethren in America to send to us the truth of the third angel’s message. They have done a work which can never be paid for in gold or silver; only God in heaven can reward in eternity. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Cor. 15:58. I wish some of the brethren might make a journey through middle Asia and the whole region of Turkestan. I am sure it would make the difficulties appear small in many other lands. I do not say there are not difficulties in America; but one sees here, especially among the poor aborigines, how deeply fallen is man in regions of utter darkness. It is sad that we are as yet doing really nothing for these native peoples, save as we scatter such a quantity of portions of the Holy Scriptures among them as we are able, which is all too little. Greetings to all, in the Lord Jesus.