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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 15, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 33.

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Costa Rica

By H. Louie Mignott

PACUARITO.—Since my last writing, I have had the pleasure of baptizing eight precious souls, for which we are truly thankful to our Heavenly Father. The dear brethren and sisters here are climbing higher and higher every day, by accepting and following the rays of light as they shine from the Word of God and the spirit of prophecy. They are all firm believers in the Testimonies. We are all truly thankful to the Master for the gift, as it helps to point out our crookedness. “The Testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.” We are very certain that the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of the Lord, because his Word has so declared.
The spirit of love and unity exists to a large degree among the believers. They are also giving to the Lord his own, and thus removing the curse that has been upon us. They are not an educated people from the standpoint of the world, but they are educated in the message of God for this time.
This is a company of believers who strictly adhere to the Bible and the Testimonies in their instruction on modest apparel. We firmly believe that every one who has the hope in him of seeing the King in his beauty, in this generation, will purify himself and cast off all the idols of adornment. Pride in our heart will injure our spiritual growth. We firmly believe that we ought to adorn ourselves with the ornaments of the spirit of Christ, and not with the manifestations of the works of the flesh.
Step by step the Lord has been leading his people here. Three years ago our church was organized. Our place of worship was a little hired room, in which a brother and myself were living. But the Lord helped us, and we have now erected and dedicated our new church free of debt.
Pacuarito is my home, but I travel from place to place, preaching the word and looking after the work, and have more calls than I can attend to. The church is organized into working order, and every Sunday evening these workers go to the different sections to hold Bible readings and create an interest. The people are great itinerants, and this makes the fruit of our labor among them slow in appearing.
Pray for us. I am now laboring in Limón. The work is slow, but we hope for a bountiful harvest.
H. LOUIE MIGNOTT.