p. 17 | En Route to Brazil by F. W. Spies

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 20, 1910

En Route to Brazil

By F. W. Spies

AFTER a pleasant, and we trust profitable, season of several months in the home land, we are now once more on our way to Brazil, a needy country as regards gospel workers, and one in which we have a special interest, having given to it thirteen years of our life in the service of this last gospel message.

It was indeed pleasant to meet once more, after sixteen years, those near and dear to us, and many with whom we were formerly associated in the work. There were many others also whom we have in pleasant remembrance, and whom we would gladly have visited, had time permitted; but the approaching general meetings, and other important interests in Brazil, made it necessary for us to return at this time, and so we hope all our old friends whom the shortness of time would not permit us to visit personally, will accept our good intentions and desire for the deed.

I was also pleased to have the opportunity of attending a number of our camp-meetings. These have been to me precious seasons, and I was glad to be able to tell many of our brethren something about our work in South America, and to be a help to them in other ways.

One of the meetings which I especially enjoyed, was the meeting held at Linton, Ind. Although the attendance at this meeting was not so large as was the attendance at some of the other meetings, I was glad to meet there a number of earnest and appreciative souls, and the three days it was my privilege to spend at this meeting, were certainly days that will be long remembered by me, as I think of the blessed nearness of the Lord's Spirit we then enjoyed.

But during our absence from Brazil, the Lord has still been working, as the good reports received from there from time to time give abundant evidence. We expect to-morrow to reach Barbados, and in about a week more we shall reach our first Brazilian port.

As we get better acquainted with the passengers who journey with us, and contemplate the condition of the whole world, we realize more than ever before that only the third angel's message can render the assistance so much needed at this time.

We ask the readers of the REVIEW to remember the work and workers in Brazil in their prayers, and we shall from time to time report the progress of the work in our field, as we have done in the past.

F. W. SPIES, AND FAMILY.

At Sea, S. S. “Corrientes.”