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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 5, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 45.

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H. J. JEWELL

By H. J. Jewell

India

H. J. JEWELL

For the past few weeks the writer has had the privilege of visiting friends in Mussoorie, our North India hill station; and I think we are safe in saying that at no time in the history of our work in India has the work gone with such an impetus as it has the past year. A Bible training-school has been conducted for native seekers after truth; and up to the present time twelve natives, and, I believe, seven Europeans, have received baptism:
Many of these new converts are now scattered to other parts of the field, canvassing, and preaching the message. Mussoorie has been thoroughly aroused; scores of people are inquiring for truth; the leading ministers and missionaries of the city have preached and published tracts, and have circulated evil reports against Seventh-day Adventists and their work; but all this has only caused many of their own members to search for truth, and to condemn the action of their leaders. A church has been organized, and amid all the bitter opposition, it is gaining friends every day.
All over the land there is a gradual tendency toward the Church of Rome. This is especially noticeable in the Church of England, which is Catholic in all except name.
The fundamental truths of the Bible are being set aside, and Scientific Theology, Higher Criticism, Spiritualism, and satanic sophistries are taking the place of Christ's teachings. Of a surety, the hour is at hand when we should arise to proclaim the message; not one of us should be idle. “We must let our light shine amid the moral darkness.Many who are now in darkness, as they see a reflection of the ‘Light of the world,’ will realize that they have a hope of salvation. Your light may be small, but remember that it is what God has given you, and that he holds you responsible to let it shine forth. Some one may light his taper from yours, and his light may be the means of leading others out from the darkness.”
It is high time that we all press together, laying aside all selfishness, and putting on the whole armor of God. “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall rise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.”
Look at the world to-day; study its condition. At no time in the world's history have there been such corruption and confusion as exist to-day. Thousands of educated men and women are turning from Christianity, and delving into mysteries that are only traps of Satan. The truths of God, which have been the Christian's hope for thousands of years, are being set aside for fables.
Only last week a large and influential society was organized in South India, the object being a thorough study into the mysteries of Spiritualism; and this is not the only thing of its kind in India. The Lord is breaking down the barriers in all Asiatic countries, which have so long withstood the gospel, and is calling upon us to go forward.
As long as the people of these old countries were content to worship gods of wood and stone, Satan, too, was content; but as soon as God's Word enters, it is followed by all the evil doctrines that have subverted Christianity. The schools and colleges that have been built for the uplifting of the native, are filled with false teaching.
Old men, who have preached the good old Bible truths for a generation or more, are becoming drunken with the corrupt present-day teaching, and it is small wonder that the poor native finds himself in a whirlpool of mysteries. May God help us to prize our talent, however small it may be, and work like Nehemiah and his followers on the walls of Jerusalem.
My brother, do you lack wisdom? Is your courage weak? Do you feel that you are not prepared for the task set before you? The message from the Saviour in the great treasure-house above is, ‘Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find.’
The Lord will never disappoint those who ask in order that they may impart to others. Paul says, ‘My God shall supply all your need.’
Let us arise, trim our lamps, and go forward, keeping the windows of our hearts open heavenward, that God's glory may shine into every corner, and dispel all selfishness, that we may be prepared to receive that glorious gift, the Holy Spirit, or latter rain.
Calcutta.