Canvassing in Mexico by H. A. Robinson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 2, 1909

Canvassing in Mexico

By H. A. Robinson

WE received much help and encouragement from Brother N. Z. Town at the recent canvassers’ institute in Mexico City.

Brother John L. Brown and myself started out immediately after to work together, and between us, in two weeks, placed one hundred forty of the Spanish “Coming King,” in the first town we entered.

We believe the Lord is with us in this work, going before us and preparing the way and the people for this precious third angel’s message. Proof of this is seen in the fact that in twenty-nine days in the field Brother Brown placed two hundred ninety dollars’ (Mexican) worth of books among the people, and in twenty-five days the Lord helped me to put in some two hundred fifty dollars’ (Mexican) worth.

Traveling from city to city, we have many opportunities to see God’s great handiwork in the beauty of nature,—in hill and valley, river and waterfall. I might mention as an example the scenery on the road between Mexico and Vera Cruz on the coast. The train follows innumerable curves, goes through tunnels, over bridges, and beside precipices. From the windows of the coach a village can be seen three thousand feet below, which is reached after about one hour’s ride, having covered only eighteen and a half miles in the descent. We are now in Orizaba, and the Lord has already blessed us with $374.50 (Mexican) worth of orders in forty-eight hours’ work.

Have not some of the strong young men and women in the United States a burden for this near-by field? Much self-supporting missionary work can be done here. The Lord is speaking now as he did to Isaiah: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he [the Lord] said, Go, and tell this people.” The “this people” includes Mexicans. Will you answer the Lord’s call, dear reader? H. A. ROBINSON.