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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 15, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 42.

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ARGENTINA

By N. Z. Town

The last week of our stay in the States was spent among friends and relatives in South Lancaster, Mass. On Sabbath we had the privilege of speaking to the church concerning the work in Argentina. Among other things, we presented the needy condition of our mission school in this field. As the brethren and sisters saw the lack of facilities in the school, and the lack of funds better to equip it, their hearts were touched. At the close of the service a collection was taken for the school, which amounted to $15.18. During the next two days other gifts were handed in, thus making, in all, twenty-six dollars.
June 19 our company left New York for South America, via England. After a remarkably smooth voyage, we reached Southampton the 26th. We had to wait in England a week for the boat to Buenos Ayres. This time we spent among friends in London. It was encouraging to see the progress the work has made in this field since we left there five years ago. We attended several meetings in the tent, where Brother Champness is working in one of the suburbs of London. The pavilion was well filled each night with a very respectable class of people, who gave good attention to the word spoken. We expect to see reports of good results from these meetings.
On the 5th of July we set sail from Southampton, en route for Buenos Ayres. Again we were favored with fine weather and a smooth sea, and on the morning of July 27 we were brought safely to our desired haven.
The work has been onward here since we have been away. When so many of the workers left the field at the beginning of the year, some of the brethren were rather disheartened, especially with reference to the school. But others went ahead in faith, and put up the new part that we had planned to add to the school-building this year. They made a special effort to get the work finished before the teachers should arrive from the States, and in this they succeeded. Brethren Maas and Fulton were surprised to find such a comfortable, roomy house ready to receive them. The part added this year consists of one sleeping room, 13 x 16 ft., a kitchen, 16 x 16 ft., and a dining-room, 26 x 32 ft. But when the school opened, we were obliged to fill up the new dining-room with beds, and make the kitchen serve for dining-room as well, in order to accommodate those who came. So we see that the school has been built none too soon.
When I offered to settle with the brethren for their work in putting up the new building, only one would accept any remuneration. They were obliged to get some building material on trust, so the school now has a debt of about four hundred dollars. We thank the Lord that He is putting it into the hearts of some of our brethren in the States to help the school. I trust there are still others who will esteem it a privilege to assist.
In Nueva Palmyra, Uruguay, Brother Sallar, who accepted the truth last year, has been doing missionary work the last few months among his friends and neighbors. As a result a deep interest has been aroused in the truth; and when we arrived, a company of six were about to be baptized by Brother McCarthy.
From other places we hear of people who are becoming interested. The Lord has surely gone out before us, and we are glad of the privilege of being co-laborers with Him in this dark land.
“Brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you.”                                                           N. Z. TOWN.