FRUITFUL MADAGASCAR

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 29, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 44.

FRUITFUL MADAGASCAR.

A Norwegian missionary who has labored many years in Madagascar has the following to say of the work there, in a report to the Chronicle of the London Missionary Society:—

Never since we began our work in Madagascar has our labor had such glad result as now. The people flock to hear the message of God as they never did before; it is not only on Sundays that they gather in the churches, but once or many times in the week; there are even places where they meet every day for worship in the churches, generally in the morning from six to seven, which is the best time for the Malagasy, before they begin their day's work. It is very encouraging to see the churches, so early in the morning, often almost filled with attentive worshipers. Our pastors are out almost daily at such meetings, often at two places every morning; and by the time they have breakfasted and rested a little, they have to go out again to candidates' classes, to visiting the sick, or to the schools. A pastor said to me one day, “A little while ago we were so glad when we had three or four candidates for baptism in each church; now it looks as tho all would become Christians, if we only had enough teachers competent to instruct them.”