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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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Tobago, West Indies

By T. L. M. SPENCER

FEBRUARY 5 I returned home from the union conference at Jamaica. I found my family well, and the believers of good courage in the work. The next Sabbath I visited the company at Glamorgan, thirteen miles distant, on the eastern side of the island. The membership of the Sabbath-school is increasing, and there are many interested ones in that district. During my absence the oldest Sabbath-keeper there died.
On the morning of February 14 I left home for Roseborough, eighteen miles away. When I had gone about thirteen miles on the journey, it began to rain. I stopped at the home of a friend, where I dried my clothes, and resumed my journey at 1 P. M. In the evening I held a meeting. The large congregation listened attentively while I spoke on the signs of Christ’s second coming. At the conclusion of the service I was able to sell several copies of the Caribbean Watchman. I intend to start a special effort here soon. The next morning I started for Scarborough on my circuitous journey over hills and across rivers on horseback, reaching home very weary.
On Sabbath, the twenty-third of February, quarterly meeting was held at Scarborough. The attendance was good, and we enjoyed a time of great refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Four persons went forward in the ordinance of baptism, and eight were added to the church.
There are calls from many parts of the island for the teaching of the truth, and I am kept very busy giving Bible studies and visiting. The Family Bible Teacher is distributed in many districts. It requires great perseverance and patience to labor here, for the people are wedded to the traditions of their fathers. But thank God, the light of present truth is breaking upon many hearts. We need a church building, and do hope this necessity will soon be met. We require some outside aid, as the people are poor and unable to do much.
T. L. M. SPENCER.