Spanish Honduras by H. A. Owen

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 3, 1902

Spanish Honduras

By H. A. Owen

TEGUCIGALPA.—Some of the best families in the capital are urging that we take their boys and girls into a boarding school and train them. The wife of the chief of the Industrial School for Engineers, of Honduras, is working for students for us, and every day reports a larger list. An educated, influential citizen is taking a deep interest in the principles of education which we advocate, and is also assisting in securing students among his friends. Still another gentleman, who is well-educated and of good standing here, offers to assist by giving us the free use of his steam sawmill in connection with the Santa Lucia mine. He also offers us the free use of his power, and room to put up a corn mill or a printing press, if we have one.

On my recent trip to the coast, at every village I found work to do. At the ancient capital, I found a group of interested listeners in the old cathedral built by the Spaniards more than four centuries ago. They had gathered to pay tribute to various saints, but both young and old collected around me, as I reasoned of the faith and righteousness of Christ.

My health has been excellent since starting for the coast. Although sick with fever the night before starting, I recovered so rapidly that I was able to walk from ten to thirty miles a day as my strength returned. The last day my little mule and I traveled fifty miles. Every day I found students who are awaiting a telegram that our school is open to receive them.

The Lord is impressing young people to put themselves under our instruction, that they may feel after the Lord, and we dare not delay. H. A. OWEN.