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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 17, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 3.

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Into the Fields in 1906

By William Ambrose Spicer

At the beginning of each new year it is encouraging to review the previous year's departure of missionaries for the fields. The Lord is sending the workers forth, and strengthening the hearts of the believers to stand by those who go. It is remarkable how our borders are enlarging, and how the gifts for missions keep flowing in to meet the added responsibilities. It is manifestly the Lord's hand, set for the hastening forward of the advent message.
In this list we include workers sent out by the Australasian and European union mission committees, as now these countries are joining us in sending workers into the African, Asiatic, and island fields. These unions have developed into missionary forces that are to be counted upon as mighty agents for God in the work in the great mission fields beyond their own borders.
In 1906 workers went out into the mission fields as follows. Notice the wide distribution of the new laborers throughout the world:—

JANUARY

B. L. Anderson and his wife, to Amoy, China.

FEBRUARY

J. F. Olmstead and his wife, to South Africa.
H. J. Jewell, nurse, to Calcutta, India.

MARCH

Howard Peebles, printer, to British Honduras.
J. L. McElhaney and his wife, of Australia, appointed by Australasian Union, to the Philippine Islands.

APRIL

F. A. Allum and his wife, of Australia, appointed by the General Conference, to Honan, China.
F. E. Gibson and his wife, to Prince Edward Island, Ohio continuing support.
Frank Bond and his wife, to Spain, California assisting in support.

MAY

O. E. Davis and his wife, to British Guiana, Western Washington assisting in support.
John Herboltzheimer and his wife, nurses, to Kobe, Japan.

JUNE

Dr. Lucinda A. Marsh, to Bombay, India, South Lancaster young people assisting.
Cora Whaley, nurse, to Bombay, India.
Bertha A. Kurtz, nurse, to Bombay, India.

JULY

G. Doane Wong, to China.
T. D. Robison, to Peru.

AUGUST

H. F. Benson and his wife, to Japan.
J. P. Anderson, to China.
Geo. Israel and his wife, printer, to South Africa.
Miss E. Edie, of England, appointed by General Conference to Nyassaland.

SEPTEMBER

J. C. Brower and his wife, to Porto Rico, West Michigan assisting.
Dr. H. J. Williams and his wife, to Scotland, to qualify for practise in South Africa.
A. A. Carscallen, of England, appointed by British Union to open work in Uganda, Central Africa.
Peter Nyambo, of Nyassaland, student in London, appointed by British Union to Uganda.
G. Sander, of Germany, appointed by German Union, to German East Africa.

OCTOBER

J. L. Shaw and his wife (returning after furlough), to India.
R. R. Cook and his wife, nurses, to India.
Mrs. A. Ruoff (paying her own way out), to India.
Mrs. L. L. McCamley (paying her own way out), to India.
Rachel Johnson (paying her own way out), to India.
Bertha King, to India.
J. J. Nethery and his wife, to Egypt.
R. J. Nethery and his wife (paying their own way), to Egypt.

NOVEMBER

J. S. James and his wife, to India.
C. D. AcMoody, to Turkey.
Dr. H. C. Menkel and his wife, to India.
Dr. Ollie Oberholtzer, to India.
Miss Ellen Brain, nurse, of England, to India.
J. C. Rogers and his wife, to Nyassaland, Africa, College View young people supporting.
H. O. LeFevre and his wife, printer, to Trinidad, West Indies.
The following workers, appointed by the Australasian Union, sailed from Australia in this month also:—
George Teasdale and his wife, to the island of Java, East Indies.
Miss Teasdale, to Java.
Sister Petra T. Skadsheim, to Java.
Joseph Mills, to Singapore, Straits Settlements.
W. H. Fletcher, to Singapore.
G. A. Wantzlick and his wife, to Sumatra.
Gorden Smith, nurse, to Fiji.
Walter Lewis, to Rarotonga, self-supporting.

DECEMBER

Hattie Harriman, nurse, to Kobe, Japan.
Miss Mimi Scharffenberg, to Korea, Wisconsin continuing support.
E. L. Cardey and his wife, to Central America.
C. E. Morgan and his wife, to Central America.
Mrs. A. T. Burgos, to Mexico.
This represents seventy-six adult workers off to the mission fields in 1906, besides the children. It is a remarkable development in our short missionary history. It is possible only because of the loyal hearts in all our ranks pledged before God to carry and send the last message of the kingdom to every nation. As individuals, and as churches, as conferences and union conferences, there is a response to God's call that shows that the Lord is making his people willing in the day of his power. W. A. S.