JANUARY STUDY OF THE FIELD: PART III.
- (Text-book, January Magazine.)*
“The Work in Nice;” “Among the Waldenses.” 1. Give the location of our one organized effort in France. 2. Describe this city. What is its population? 3. Why is it a good center for missionary work? 4. When was the third angel’s message first carried to this place? What was the nature of the work? 5. How many laborers are now situated there? 6. Why is this a difficult field? What makes medical missionary work among the poor especially hard? 7. What results are already reported? What re-enforcements have been made recently to the corps of laborers there? 8. Tell what you can of the Waldenses. 9. Locate and describe the Waldensian valleys. What is the population? 10. How do the people live? 11. How extensively has the Bible been circulated among them? What hindrance is there to a more general understanding of the Scriptures? 12. How early did this people hear the doctrine of the second coming of the Lord? When was the third angel’s message first preached in this field? 13. How widely has our literature been circulated there? 14. Where have meetings frequently been held? 15. Are the laborers restricted here in any way? 16. What reasons can you give why the message has not made more rapid progress among the Waldenses? State some of the needs of this field.