As our people have been informed, I have responded to a call from the General Conference Committee to come to the States to take charge of the French work in North America.
After counseling with the leading brethren, it was decided that it would be best for me to begin in the East, where we find many large, cosmopolitan cities, as New York, Boston, Providence, Worcester, etc., with thousands upon thousands of French-speaking people.
BAMBOO WORKERS
Arriving in August, I began my work with a tent effort in Woonsocket, R. I., a city of thirty thousand inhabitants, of whom twelve thousand are French. Here we have a French church, which needed some help. As the season was advanced, and we had no time to lose in searching, the location of the tent was not the best. The Irish people made us much trouble, especially as they could not understand the preaching. We had, during our five weeks' stay, some very good meetings. The Woonsocket church was reorganized, two new members were added, and some others are really interested in the truth.
In October, receiving a special call from Montreal, Canada, I visited that city. Of the one-half million inhabitants, three fourths are French. A few French families are interested in the truth. We should have there a French worker to unite in labor with Elder O. K. Butler, the English worker.
Last week I visited Lowell, Mass. One fourth of the inhabitants here are French. I gave several lectures in the homes of different families, and preached Sunday in one of the churches. I received an invitation to come again. The doors in Lowell are opened, and now is just the time for us to work there.
I have received calls from Worcester, Boston, Fall River, Manchester, and other places, and I shall visit these cities as early as possible.
We should have at once a dozen French workers to respond to these urgent calls, but we do not have them. Money is necessary to bring them from France and Switzerland, and sustain them in the field after reaching here.
If some reader feels a special burden for the French work, and would like to help with his means, the treasurer of the General Conference, W. T. Knox, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., will be glad to receive any gift you wish to send.
Let us all pray for the long-neglected French work in North America. Our prayers, coupled with our gifts and consecration of life, will result in the salvation of many souls.
