Barbados by W. A. Sweany

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 31, 1903

Barbados

By W. A. Sweany

BRIDGETOWN.—We are still under the lash of the quarantine, but hope it is rising again. We expect to be released ere-long, as the disease has almost entirely disappeared. Because of the quarantine, Brother Spicer could not visit us, and we could not attend the meetings. We are all well, and busy, and the Lord gives an encouraging measure of success and victory. Several will be baptized at the approaching quarterly meeting. The Spirit of the Lord is interesting, impressing, and convicting many souls, and we are kept busy instructing and encouraging them.

I am so glad to report that after long, careful, and prayerful effort, I have succeeded in starting into the work two native brethren, whom I fully believe will prove faithful and successful laborers. They are devoting their whole time to the work of preaching outdoors and in private houses, and of selling and otherwise distributing literature. There are yet others whom we hope to see enter this or other departments of the work. We must have more—many more—laborers, and we should be able to develop them right here.

The school is doing good work, despite the meager equipment and the utmost efforts of the enemy to hinder it. How we do need a thoroughly equipped training school, where we could train teachers, Bible workers, nurses, etc. We will gladly give our all to such an enterprise, and assist a number of our dear young people through it. We so much need a manager, to start a health food store, bakery, restaurant, treatment rooms, etc. These, of course, should be connected with the school. The demand for health foods continues, and we must handle them, although we have little time to devote to this work. However, the little we do in this line brings us in contact with many of the very best people in the island. The editor of the leading daily uses the foods, and highly recommends them in his paper. W. A. SWEANY.