GEO. M. BROWN by GEO. M. BROWN.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 5, 1906

GEO. M. BROWN

By GEO. M. BROWN.

Mexico

TACUBAYA.—On my return from the States I stopped one day at Torreon, where Brother Caviness is now spending some time. The work there is growing, and all seemed of good courage. Brother Blachly lives here. I found him in a very feeble condition, just able to be around a little, but of good courage in the Lord. He is expecting to go to Kansas with his family some time in May, where he will go on a farm, to see if he can not build up his shattered strength. The night before I arrived in Torreon, one of the men who had been the most faithful in attending our meetings died suddenly. He had been at the meetings on Sabbath, apparently in his usual health, and the next morning he was dead. How uncertain is life, and how important that we use wisely the days as they come to us.

Brother and Sister J. C. McCulloch and their daughter, Mrs. May Carr, have moved to Tampico, a seaport with more than sixteen thousand inhabitants on the Gulf of Mexico. Tampico is the terminus of one line of the Mexican Central Railway, and is rapidly growing in population and importance. Many ships of all nations enter the harbor here, and it is planned that Brother and Sister McCulloch work among the sailors. They will be self-supporting, and will, we believe, be blessed of God in doing a great work.

The interest at San Luis Potosi is growing, and the brethren there feel of good courage. Four new Sabbath-keepers were reported from that place last month. Brother John Harzman made a very successful trip through the States of Yucatan, Tabasco, Campeche, and Vera Cruz, selling a large number of papers and tracts, and securing three hundred and forty-two annual and three six-months' subscriptions for El Mensajero de la Verdad, and eleven for La Salud, in the twelve weeks spent in the trip. During the same time, Brother Colunga secured three hundred and seventy-six yearly subscriptions for El Mensajero, and fifty for La Salud, in the States of Durango and Coahuila.

We find that the interests of the work here in Mexico City demand that we secure a more central meeting place, which we shall do as soon as consistent. Homes are being opened here for Bible readings, and we are meeting with many evidences of the preparation of hearts for the reception of the truth.

While the work will move slowly here, we all believe that it is to advance much faster than in the past, and that we shall soon begin to reap some harvest from the seed sowing that has been done.