Spanish Honduras by H. A. Peebles

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 31, 1907

Spanish Honduras

By H. A. Peebles

LACEIBA.— During a little rest from the printing I have been canvassing, with good success. Four days in Parvenir gave me one hundred dollars; about five days here in Laceiba, between ninety-five and one hundred dollars; and eight days spent on mule-back up and down the coast; one hundred and thirty-five dollars. One young man in Parvenir kept his first Sabbath while I was there, and on the last trip a lady who meant what she said declared that she expected to be one of us soon. The book sales are about equally divided between Spanish and English.

I am glad to do a little toward the spreading of the message in this way. I made a mistake when I represented it as a hard life in something I sent to the REVIEW a short time ago. It is the most pleasant experience I ever had. Night comes almost before one remembers that it is time for dinner. I think I am safe in saying that there is more hospitality and less personal prejudice shown here than in the States; at least I have found it so. The rainy season comes very soon now, and I am expecting to go back to the printing for a time.

H. A. PEEBLES.