Porto Rico by B. E. Connerly

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Dec 3, 1903

Porto Rico

By B. E. Connerly

MAYAGUEZ.—We have been on the island nine months, and are beginning to see some returns of the labor that has been put forth here. We have been able to sell a few books, but the prospect for success in the book work is anything but encouraging. There is now a mob of seven hundred men in the city, demanding of the mayor work or food. Rioting has begun in many places.

Our little paper has gone into every town with the silent message of truth, and, besides, many persons have been told in broken language that the Lord is coming soon, and that he calls upon his people to get ready for him. A great many are reading their Bibles. One man has quit using tobacco—a marvel here—and two men desire baptism. We believe the Lord has blessed the paper, and that it has spread the message much farther with much less expense than we could have done by traveling in the island.

Though not far from the home land, we find ourselves in a most difficult field, as indeed are all fields where Rome has for centuries bound the people in darkness and superstition. When safe in the home land, it is hard to realize the needs of a field like this, but our hearts are set that the message shall be given to Porto Rico. In spite of the apparently successful hindrances of Satan, we expect, through the power of God, that some precious souls will spend eternity in our Father's house because the faithful ones at home have sent us out with prayer and means to give the saving message. B. E. CONNERLY.