Home Again by D. T. Bourdeau

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Oct 15, 1903

Home Again

By D. T. Bourdeau

I HAVE just returned to my home at Grand Rapids, Mich., after an absence of about four months, during which I have had a precious experience in taking part in tent-meetings and in building up the cause among French believers, both in the Northern Michigan Peninsula and in Wisconsin.

On my way home I spent three Sabbaths among the French and those of other nationalities near Oconto, Wis., where God blessed the labors of Mrs. Bourdeau and the writer about eight years ago, granting us the privilege of seeing several of the French converted to present truth. To Mrs. Bourdeau and myself it was a cause of special rejoicing in the Lord to be once more together on this old battle ground, and to bless those of like faith and hope with more advanced truths, and with a relation of what God had wrought for his cause and people since we had had the privilege of seeing one another.

Since bestowing our first labors at this place, many of the French children of large families had grown up into manhood and womanhood. Such had not fully taken in the truths of the message when we first labored among them and their parents; and at their request, we gave them a brief course of lectures on prominent chains of prophecy, and on the way of salvation. We also helped in starting a private school among them, which will accommodate children that are too young to be sent to our academies. There is precious material for workers for the French, especially for the Belgian French. One advantage in this case is discerned in the fact that their children and youth know the Belgian dialect as well as French and English. This will give them an easier access to their people.

On my way home, I had the privilege of meeting with and speaking to the church of Charlotte, Mich.

D. T. BOURDEAU.