West Indies by E. Van Deusen

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 6, 1902

West Indies

By E. Van Deusen

Kingstown, St. Vincent.—This field has its peculiarities. There are some good people here, but they are slow to decide. Five men have taken their stand to obey the Lord. We are forming new acquaintances, and hope by patience and prayer and the Lord’s help to plant a vine in St. Vincent.

The canvassing work in the Lesser Antilles is going forward as well as circumstances will admit. With the exception of Brother Palmquist, our canvassers are all natives. We have two native canvassers on Grenada, and they have done quite well; but one of them has recently had an attack of fever, which may hinder his delivery. I also have two canvassers with me. Our isle is much depressed. Brother Sweany is helping three of our natives to canvass on Barbados. Brother Wellman, on Antigua, is likewise using some native helpers with success. That isle is suffering financial depression. There is one canvasser on St. Kitts, but the same conditions obtain there. While we cannot report rapid progress, yet we are going on, and the Lord is leading in our work.

E. Van Deusen.