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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 23, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 34.

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Peru

By F. L. Perry

LIMA.—We have rented a little place especially for meetings. My knowledge of the language is very imperfect, but I can hold a service in Spanish; in fact, I now have five, and sometimes more, meetings each week, besides Sabbath-school. There seems to be no limit to the work that can be done, or to the people that might be interested and brought into the truth, did we but have the workers.
Of course we have our difficulties. Many of them are caused by the natural tendencies of this people. Two or three years ago a little work was started here by brethren from Chile, but for some reason it was left. There are a number in the city who recognize the Sabbath, but they are much divided, and unfriendly to one another. We hope and pray that some of these will prove faithful.
During the last month we have had at least five new Sabbath-keepers, and several others are deeply interested. They need much instruction yet. Their experience has been interesting. A friend of one of our brethren attended the meetings a few times, and took her stand. She was a Methodist. She spoke of the Sabbath to another Methodist, a tailor. He read a little, was immediately convinced, and began to observe the Sabbath. He had been selling Bibles on the streets, so we supplied him with what Spanish books and tracts we had to sell and give away.
This man gave, with only a word about the Sabbath truth, one tract on the law of God to a brother Methodist, an earnest, zealous, and bold man. He read the tract, then his Bible, and studied the entire night, and before morning, all alone, took his stand for the Sabbath. The next night he rose in the large Methodist meeting, and boldly preached the Sabbath. This was before he had seen us. The following Sabbath he came to our Sabbath-school, and related his experience.
The Baptists have published a tract against us. It contains great misrepresentations, with weak arguments. These are our worst enemies here. They would not even sell a hymn-book to me or to one of our people.
We are satisfied that nothing can stop this message, either in the home land or abroad, and we are of good courage in the Lord. F. L. PERRY.