Burning the Heathen Books by W. A. S.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 22, 1911

Burning the Heathen Books

By W. A. S.

THE same gospel of the power of God that Paul preached in Ephesus, long ago, our workers are preaching among the heathen to-day; and similar fruits of conversion follow.

When the fear of the Lord fell upon idol-worshipers at Ephesus, many who had used “curious arts brought their books together, and burned them.”

From Kumamoto, Japan, Elder H. Kuniya sends us a post-card greeting, saying:—

After we opened the tent-meeting, I went out one morning to get some lumber near the tent.

“Teacher! teacher!” I heard a voice cry. I looked about, and saw the man calling me.

“Come in,” he said; “I am going to give up my old religion. What should I do with these shrines? I can not keep them after hearing your sermon last night.”

“Burn them up,” I told him, “or throw them in the river, as you please.”

This he did; and he burned a pile of four Buddhist prayer-books at once. His father was a priest and he was a teacher; but now he enjoys this third angel’s message just as you do. Pray for poor Japan.

W. A. S.