p. 11 | Out in the Pacific by A. H. Piper

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

Out in the Pacific

By A. H. Piper

A. H. PIPER

Brother Munson, of Java, writes: “Cholera is among us again, and we have to plead the promises of the ninety-first psalm. There is ever present, also, the fear of a Mohammedan uprising. Constantly, in some part of the East Indies, the Dutch government is quelling uprisings. At various times in Sumatra, Celebes, and in other islands, local insurrections against the government, or attacks on the missionaries, have resulted in the massacre of many Europeans. Pray that God may preserve us from all these dangers. They are far from imaginary.”

Brother and Sister Sterling, who labor in the Cook and other islands, were looking to the recent meeting of the Australasian Union Conference to send help to enable them to work the islands in their field.

During the meeting Brother Sterling made a trip to several of the islands, the natives of which pleaded with him to remain with them; while his wife bravely remained in Rarotonga, caring for the sick and suffering during an epidemic that passed through the island, until she herself was taken ill, and had to be cared for by one of our Pitcairn sisters. On receiving word that no one was appointed to go to their assistance, Brother Sterling wrote, “Imagine our disappointment on being told that no one was coming here to help us.” But we must soon send some one to the Cook Islands.