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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 25, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 17.

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West Africa

By D. C. Babcock

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE.—The meetings in the tent have now been in progress three weeks. At no time have the congregations been less than six hundred.
Sunday night, January 27, the Sabbath was presented to fully fifteen hundred people. It was well received. It is difficult at this writing to tell what will be the results of the effort. There are four or five who have expressed themselves freely, saying that they expect to keep the Sabbath. In our Sabbath meeting there were very earnest testimonies borne in favor of God's holy day.
Among those who spoke was a sergeant in the army. His testimony was a touching one. At our meeting last night he came to me, and asked that our earnest petitions be presented before God in his behalf, that the Lord will especially work upon the heart of the commanding officer to release him from duty on God's day. He expects to present his case before the commander today. There are several interesting cases, and we are earnestly seeking God that wisdom may be granted that no mistakes be made.
Already opposition is manifest. United evangelistic services were announced, in which all denominations except Catholics and Seventh-day Adventists were to take part. Large posters were put up all over the city. They failed to decrease our congregation in the least. Every night duringtheir effort the tent was crowded to its utmost, and there were hundreds outside.
There is work for six persons, and only Mrs. Babcock and myself to carry it on. We earnestly appeal to our Mission Board to turn the tide of workers, for a short time at least, toward West Africa. We can not bear up long under the present pressure. There is a call for our literature. Brother Randall, who recently accepted the Sabbath, is doing well selling our publications. Another brother, who has been a shopkeeper, has closed his shop, and this morning started out with books to sell. D. C. BABCOCK.