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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 22, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 47.

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Porto Rico

By B. E. CONNERLY

MAYAGUEZ.—Perhaps no greater encouragement has come to us in our work in this field than the arrival of Brother and Sister Brower, and the meetings which immediately followed. We met these workers in San Juan, when the steamship “Coamo” arrived September 26, and it was near midnight when we joyfully escorted them off the ship.
A BAPTISMAL GROUP AT INSEIN, BURMA Among those baptized on this occasion was a soldier whose regiment is stationed at Insein. This brother, by order of his commander, is excused from military duty on the Sabbath.
A BAPTISMAL GROUP AT INSEIN, BURMA Among those baptized on this occasion was a soldier whose regiment is stationed at Insein. This brother, by order of his commander, is excused from military duty on the Sabbath.
Early the next morning, Sister Brower went with us to our first baptism in the capital, where a mother and her poor daughter took this final step toward uniting with us.
The following Sabbath found us in Arecibo, where Brother and Sister Brower are to be located, and very early in the morning two boat-loads were singing up the river “La nave evangelista boga para Canaan” (The evangelist ship is sailing toward Canaan).
Happiest of all our happy company were Don Pedro and his wife, who have so long waited to be baptized. And when we came to some bamboo trees, we disembarked, sang some hymns, read the Scriptures, and prayed, and then baptized our brother and sister according to the directions of the Word.
On Sunday morning we organized the Arecibo company into a church of fourteen members, electing Brother Brower elder. Following this we celebrated the ordinances for the first time. We had the witness of the presence of the Holy Spirit, and it was a precious season.
We returned home two days later, leaving our new workers established in a comfortable home, expecting at once to begin the study of the language.
B. E. CONNERLY.