MISSIONARY LETTERS by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 1, 1881

MISSIONARY LETTERS.

By Editor

THE last meeting of the Vigilant Missionary Society in Oakland, Cal., was cheered by some interesting letters which had been received. The following is from Alford's Mill, Florida:—

"To the Signs of the Times:— "I received one of your papers free, sent to my post office, with which I am well pleased. I love religious papers and am gratified to know that you are doing such good work in that country, and seem to want to spread it all over the world. I want you to continue to send your paper, and I will get you some subscribers for it as soon as possible. May the Lord bless you in your undertaking."

The paper was not sent from this office; we do not know the sender, but hope both fruit and its reward may be realized by the worker. The following is from Indiana, the result of some missionary worker:—

"Please find inclosed one dollar, for which send me the Signs of the Times. I like to read the papers and tracts. Send me such as will tell me my duty. I am keeping the Sabbath the best I know."

The above were sent to the office. The following to members of the V. M. Society:—

A lady in Shetland, N. B., writes: "I have been receiving for some time the Signs of the Times, which you have been so kindly sending me, and for which I now beg to return my heartfelt thanks, and shall feel grateful to you by continuing the same, trusting that God may greatly bless your labor of love."

The following is from a lady in Winsdale, Shetland: "I am in receipt of the Signs of the Times for which be pleased to accept my sincere Christian wishes for your kind remembrance of me whoever you are. I am at a great loss to learn what Christian has sent me this and how you have got my address. I am glad to receive from such a distant land a Christian herald and only desire to know who has had the kind remembrance for my soul's well-being as to remember me. I beg leave to state I shall be most glad to receive your paper and also to spread them among all readers here. If you send the papers regular, they will get wide circulation. I will gladly read them and loan them to others. Meanwhile I will thank you very sincerely."

A gentleman in Liverpool, Eng., says: "I received your kind letter, and I take this opportunity of thanking you for your kindness in sending to me the copy of the Signs of the Times which I shall at all times be thankful to receive, and diligently read, and when I have read them I shall send them to the patients in our hospitals."

Another gentleman writes from Apalachicola, Florida: "The Signs of the Times came duly to hand; I have distributed them among some of my friends and they are well pleased. Many thanks for your kindness, hoping that you will be rewarded for your worthy effort in disseminating the truths of Christianity."

The following was received from North Carolina: "The Signs of the Times is greeted by myself, brother, father, and mother—all the members of the family—as bearing the glad news of salvation. I, like you, feel a deep interest in the missionary work, and would to God that I could do something in his great cause. Most assuredly any tracts, pamphlets, or books, on subjects setting forth the precious truths of Christ, will be read with delight, after which I will circulate among my friends and neighbors."

To the missionary workers we say: "Be not weary in well-doing." You may never know in this world the result of your efforts, but the coming day will reveal it all.