A VOICE FROM THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
By John McCarthy
For some time we have been concentrating our efforts in the Chaco Santafecino. The field is hard, Satan is very angry with God’s people, and consequently the work progresses slowly. In these South American fields one meets difficulties at every step, many of which are unknown to our brethren of the northern hemisphere. But man’s extremity is God’s opportunity, and so we have lately realized much of the cheering presence of our Heavenly Father. Since moving to the Chaco with my family, we have visited the principal places, preaching the gospel; and the seed that has been sown gives promise of quickly producing abundant fruit, when watered with the heavenly dew. Last Sabbath we had the blessed privilege of meeting with our brethren in Villa Ocampo, to commemorate the supper of the Lord, and participate in his holy ordinances. I also had baptized a brother who had recently accepted the Third Angel’s Message. With his acceptance of the truth, all his family, seven persons, are happy in keeping the commandments of God. My wife has established a school in Las Garzas, and many of those who formerly were declared enemies of the gospel are now sending their children to the school, where the seeds of righteousness are daily sown in their youthful minds and hearts. For some time our director, Brother F. H. Westphal, has been suffering intensely from a sickness in the head, and thus the work has been somewhat retarded. Now, however, thanks be to God, he is fully restored to health, and is contemplating an advance into a new field. May the Lord bless his efforts. We regret that Sister Westphal is compelled to take a rest, and also that the physical condition of her little boy Charles is precarious. Our sincere prayers follow her, that the gracious hand of the Lord may be laid upon her and her boy, and restore them to perfect health, during her stay in the United States. We were glad to see the article by Brother Baber in the REVIEW, in which he called attention to the necessity of preparing Spanish-speaking laborers for the South American, Mexican, and Spanish fields, in our denominational schools, since it is absolutely requisite to success for our workers to speak Spanish in these countries. I hope that the suggestion will be acted upon, and that a school of modern languages will be established, to supply the needy fields with laborers speaking the language of the country, as demands for such laborers are forthcoming. Now is the time to enter these fields; delay may mean a closed door to the messengers of the truth in the near future. Let us, then, by the help of God now fill up the gaps as they present themselves.