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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 21, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 21.

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SCOTLAND

By R. M.; Mary Lamie

JACK'S LAND, NEWARTHILL, VIA MOTHERWELL.
DEAR FRIENDS IN AMERICA: Good news from this field! We want you to rejoice with us.
One good brother, who was left alone in Long-riggend when we came to this place, has, by his faithfulness and gentleness, been the means of leading his wife and their nearest neighbor to the truth. The neighbor kept her first Sabbath this week.
A good brother and his wife two miles from here, who have been in the truth only two or three months, have decided to devote all their time to the work of spreading the message. They prize the REVIEW very much. The Spirit of Prophecy, health reform, tithing, and many things that seem a cross to some persons, these dear souls accept with thankfulness.
To-day a young man who has been studying a short time was at our home a few hours. He had read an article on the Sabbath in the Present Truth, and instead of rejecting the truth he had already heard, he hailed the Sabbath truth with joy; and his wife, who had never made a profession of religion, fully decided to be on the Lord's side. He is making an effort to stop using tobacco, to which he has been a slave since he was ten years old. Will you unite with us in praying that the Lord may help him, or rather, that he may take hold of the help God has already provided for him? Another young man has already accepted the health reform, and loves it. Pray for him and for his wife also. He is an artist.
We have a very peculiar Sabbath-school organization. We call it the Newarthill Sabbath-school, but we meet at the homes of the scattered ones once each month. Each division meets and studies the lesson every Sabbath. At the monthly meeting a report in regard to each of these separate companies is given, stating the attendance, collection, etc., together with the report of the monthly general meeting. There are twenty-four members. All the brethren and sisters love one another; for we are all too much occupied in overcoming our own failings, and in presenting the truth to friends and neighbors, to get time for fault-finding.
We are all very much moved by the articles in the REVIEW on the canvassing work. We have told the Lord that we are here, and will go and canvass as soon as these dear ones who are now interested are fully established in the faith. We believe that the end is near. The articles on the Plagues have stirred us very much. If any of our dear friends in America want to help us, they can do so by sending us their REVIEWS, containing the articles on the Plagues.
This is indeed a needy field. Consecrated workers are needed. If we had a million dollars, I do not believe the Lord would be as well pleased with the gift as with one man or woman to work for Him, and of course, with Him. Pray with us for God to send forth reapers to Scotland.
R. M. AND MARY LAMIE.