W. A. SWEANY by W. A. Sweany

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 31, 1904

W. A. SWEANY

By W. A. Sweany

Trinidad

ARIMA.—We left Barbados, Monday evening, January 18, and reached Trinidad early the next morning, after a very pleasant passage entirely free from seasickness. Mrs. Sweany and the children spent a week in the home of Elder Haysmer in Port of Spain, while he and I visited almost every part of the island, in search of a suitable place to locate.

As soon as we reached Arima, we felt that the place was found. There was not an available house in town, but a family moved out the day before our goods came, so we obtained a suitable cottage for the low rent of eight dollars. We are now comfortably settled, and ready to pitch the tent and begin work.

This is a Catholic stronghold, but we trust God for wisdom and ability to allay prejudice. I have visited and held meetings in all the companies, and have also visited a number of isolated members and interested ones.

We can never regret having gone to Barbados. We were able, by hard work, careful planning and economy, and the assistance of friends interested through letters and appeals in the REVIEW, to minister to the mental, physical, and spiritual needs of a multitude.

It was my privilege to baptize fifty-nine precious souls there, and many more were fully convinced and almost persuaded. The church building was renovated, repaired, painted, and enlarged, and a new schoolhouse added. By the grace of God, despite human weakness, ignorance, and blunders, some lasting good has been accomplished, and we fully commit all to him, in full assurance that he will establish the work of our hands so that we shall see some result of it in eternity.

We are glad we came here. We see much work all around us, but we are well and of good courage.