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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 26, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 4.

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North Brazil Mission

By John Lipke

SINCE my last report in the REVIEW, the Lord has blessed the work in our field, especially in the state of Pernambuco. The truth now has a foothold in six places in this state. Thirty-one souls have been baptized, and about fifty more are keeping the Sabbath. The interest is growing and spreading. I am very sorry that we have no laborer in this state to follow up the interests. As the writer must attend to the work in four states, it is impossible for him to remain long in any one. May the Lord of the harvest give us the needed laborer.
The Lord has also blessed the canvassing work in this state. It was the privilege of the writer to sell, in about fifteen hours, fifty copies of “Vida de Jesus” (“Christ Our Saviour,” enlarged). Among those who purchased were the governor, his son, other men in the palace of the governor, many in the treasury building, the mayor of the capital, and many in the city hall. We praise the Lord that in this way part of the truth has been presented to the first men of Pernambuco. Two Catholic priests in the interior also bought our books. May the Lord help them to see the light.
In the states of Alagoas and Bahia, souls are waiting for baptism; but it was impossible for me to attend to these calls, as I had to go in haste to the state of Minas-Ceraes, where the brethren had not been visited for about a year and a half. After working and preaching there for nearly a month, I had the privilege of baptizing seven persons; others will receive this ordinance at my next visit. Among those baptized were two public-school teachers. The last night I spent there, I preached in the city to quite a large audience of Brazilians in the Portuguese language. The house was filled, and many were standing outside, listening to the truth. It is too bad that we have not a worker who could remain there for some time. If laborers are needed in other fields, they are surely needed very much in ours.
We sincerely hope that the Lord will lay the burden upon some of our capable young men in the States or elsewhere to devote their lives to the Lord's work in Brazil. Come over and help us. JOHN LIPKE.