The Message Appreciated in Samoa

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 20, 1911

The Message Appreciated in Samoa

THE writer of the following letter is the man employed by Brother H. T. Howse in Samoa to teach him the Samoan language. He is not a Sabbath-keeper, we understand; but he evidently appreciates our little Samoan paper, the first number of which had reached him. Translated, the letter reads:—

“To THE EDITOR OF THE Tala Moni:

“My greeting to you and wishing you a happy New-year. I wish to say, Thanks very much for the Tala Moni. It is a new word to us. It seems to me that a new life has just come into our country. Thank you ever so much for your kindness. We are very glad to read this Tala Moni, as it will warm these cold hearts into seeking spiritual life and eternity. Pray that this Tala Moni, as it comes to Samoa, may gain many souls for the Lord. Thank you very much for sending this truth to us. The spirit has been hungering and thirsting for righteousness, and now this Tala Moni is sent to us to guide us into the right way which the Bible says to us. The paper is very good and clear to us. There is nothing wrong about it so far as we know. Thanks very much to the editor and the translator and the press also, and may God bless you continually, is my prayer.”