Institute at Sao Bernardo, Brazil
By John Lipke
At the session of the Brazilian part of the South American Union Conference committee it was decided to hold an institute for workers, to last about four months. This was done in view of the necessity of laborers and their need of a thorough preparation. After the necessary changes of laborers to get the needed teaching force, the institute opened the first of June with a fair attendance. We had only men students from five of the twenty states of Brazil, some being Brazilians, some Germans. The instruction has to be given, therefore, in the Portuguese and German languages on the following subjects: Present truth, general truth, physiology, rhetoric, reading, methods of labor, organization of the church, study of difficult Bible texts, canvassing. In the beginning, Brother Wm. Stein and the writer gave the instruction. Two months later, Brother Schwantes, a nurse, gave instruction in massage, what to do in case of an emergency, etc. During the last month we were glad to have Brother Tonjes with us, who gave very valuable instruction on the canvassing work. September 24 we closed our institute, and on the twenty-sixth eleven of our students went out with courage and faith, to sell our books which contain the precious truth for this time. We hope the Lord will give them good success in their work.