Honolulu by C. D. M. Williams

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 27, 1910

Honolulu

By C. D. M. Williams

It has been a great pleasure to us to read the good reports from other parts of the great harvest-field, and to learn that everywhere the message is gaining ground. The visits, though brief, of those passing here to and from the home field have been a source of great encouragement to us. We were glad to meet Elder I. H. Evans and Elder F. H. DeVinney and his wife as they passed on to their field of labor in the Orient. May the Lord bless their labors to the advancement of his kingdom.

About the first of the year, several openings of an encouraging nature appeared in Honolulu. These we filled the best we could. At one place there were several Hawaiians who understood little or no English, and a man and his wife who understood very little besides Spanish. A brother interpreted in the Hawaiian; and as I understood a little Spanish, we got along fairly well. At another place they understood only Portuguese; here Brother Da Silva did good work interpreting.

The results of this work have been that the last Sunday in April three persons went forward in baptism, and later five more followed in the same holy ordinance. We hope to see five or six more take this step soon. Of those who have been baptized, one is a Spaniard, two are Portuguese, two are Hawaiians, and three are Chinese. We give all the glory to the Lord, and our prayer is that each one of these may be an honor to his cause, and an instrument in his hands to win more souls to the kingdom.

We hope we may have the prayers of God's people, that success may attend the preaching of the word in these islands. C. D. M. WILLIAMS.