Work of a Stolen Bible by N. Z. T.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Nov 2, 1911

Work of a Stolen Bible

By N. Z. T.

IN December, 1909, the writer attended the first general Seventh-day Adventist meeting ever held in Paraguay, South America. From the day our large tent was pitched, a company of Paraguayan soldiers stationed in the town gave us trouble, cutting the tent curtains with their long knives, stoning us, molesting the young ladies, etc. What they did to one young man and what came of it is told by Brother Julio Ernst, the director of the Alta Parana Mission, in the last number of the South American Union paper. After quoting Isa. 55:10, 11, Brother Ernst says:—

“This scripture has been fulfilled in a special manner in this place. The readers of the Revista will remember that about two years ago, in a general meeting held in Encarnacion, Paraguay, the enemy displayed his wrath through the soldiers. After persecuting one brother, they took his Bible from him and carried it to the barracks. After a time, one of the soldiers became interested in this Bible, and notwithstanding the ridicule of the others, he continued reading it. Finally he took it to his home, and his companion became so interested that she began to attend the Sabbath-school, and now both this man and his wife have accepted the truth.”

N. Z. T.