The Need for Laborers in Natal
In a recent letter, Brother Edmed, of Natal, South Africa, mentions the need of laborers there, and as an illustration relates the following experience: “I was invited to visit a family at Vryheid, at the extreme border, in Natal. Two ladies had accepted the truth when it was presented to them a few weeks before, and were anxious that their families should hear about these precious things. So I went to stay a few days with them. I held a few meetings in their houses, and some of the leading church-members were present. Twenty or more attended each meeting, and expressed their firm conviction that this message was right. But I could not stop longer with them, owing to appointments in Maritzburg, where we were about to pitch a tent and conduct a series of meetings. They begged me to return soon, paid my expenses, and made offerings to help the cause. But the demand was just as pressing at Maritzburg, where we had held several meetings in the church. What are we to do when demands are coming from everywhere, and we have only two men to fill the calls?”