Newfoundland Mission Work: Schools, Treatment Rooms, and Tent Meetings
By H. J. Farman
During the past winter months a night school was conducted in St. John’s by three of our sisters, with some degree of success. After this a kindergarten church school was carried on very satisfactorily. Although both were small, good was accomplished, and a beginning was made. At the same time Bible readings were held, which resulted in the conversion of two or three persons. One was baptized. Early in May, Drs. A. E. and Carrie J. Lemon, of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, opened treatment rooms near the business center of the city. They began their work in a good new house. Dr. Carrie Lemon, being the first lady physician in the colony, attracted considerable attention. The institution has been well started with little capital, and has been greatly blessed of the Lord, as the accompanying financial statement to July 31 shows. The doctors have more work than they ought to do. They have two or three helpers, and are in need of a trained nurse. Health work, the right arm of the message, is a great blessing to mankind. It furnishes missionary work for many young people, and should be made a leading feature of our work in new fields. In June I moved my family to Twillingate, where we held a few meetings in halls. July 5 we began our tent meetings. The first three weeks the weather was very cold and damp. In addition to this, every means possible were used to keep people away; but the Lord’s hand is stretched out still. We have many warm friends, and some very attentive listeners. One man is keeping the Sabbath. Brother J. R. Johnston came here, and assisted us through July, selling books, and helping to care for the tent. Twenty-three dollars’ worth of literature has been sold since we came here, also undelivered orders have been taken. We hope that a church will be established here, although it takes a long time for people really to count the cost, and see the worth of the gospel. A large part of the men are away fishing during the summer, and it will be late in the fall when they return. Pray for us and the work here.