E. W. THOMANN by E. W. Thomann

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Apr 5, 1906

E. W. THOMANN

By E. W. Thomann

Chile

VALPARAISO.—On the evening of Sunday, December 31, I took nearly three hundred copies of the Señales de los Tiempos to the meeting of our little church here. I proposed that if we were willing to do something to advance the Lord's work, we should begin right then, so that the new year might be started well. All faces were bright, anxious to know how to do something. Then I pointed to the papers, and said, “There are seeds to sow; who will help to sell them, that the truth may come before the people?” We prayed, asking the Lord for his blessing, and then nearly every one took a bundle, and went out to dispose of it. One brother said, “I have never sold any. I will go with Brother — to see how he does.” He soon learned how to offer the papers, and in three hours he sold sixty-six copies. In January he sold over eighty Señales and one hundred and forty tracts. So he continued, and is very enthusiastic. We hope he will develop into a good worker.

The others who went out to sell on that night also did well. One sold twenty-six papers, another twenty-nine, and another more than eighty. Altogether, we sold over two hundred copies that night, after our meeting.

As far as I can see, none of our believers have been discouraged by the fire that on November 10 destroyed our office and printing plant, but I see clearly that many have taken a new interest in the cause; so we are sure that the fire, as well as everything else, will prove to be for the good of those that love the Lord. Rom. 8:28.

Now is the time of our yearly meetings. The one in the north has already begun, and the others—in central and north Chile—will be held in February and the first part of March.

To-day (January 24) we received a cablegram announcing Elder Spicer's starting from Washington for Argentina. We are glad of this, and hope his help will be very profitable in our South American union meeting, in March. Brethren, pray for South America. The Lord will reward you plentifully for all you do to advance his holy cause.