The Missionary by R. Hare

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 7, 1889

The Missionary.

By R. Hare

NEW ZEALAND.

THE winter has passed, and we are now holding a series of meetings in Napier, a small yet picturesque town of the North Island, bordered on one side by the sea and on the other by tall, dark mountains that rise to bathe their snowy crests in the flush of the morning cloud. Brother Daniells spent a few weeks in Melbourne, where a Conference was being organized, but returned in time to let us pitch our tent and start meetings before the end of October. The attendance and interest have been very encouraging, and promise well for a company of Sabbath keepers in Napier. Fourteen have already taken their stand as the result of Bible-readings and tent work, and many others are thinking of taking the same steps. We believe God will raise up a people here who will be waiting for the Master.

There has been considerable opposition manifested by the enemies of the truth. The papers are teeming with warnings and anathemas against Adventists and Adventism, but this is nothing more than we may expect, and nothing more than every reform has had to meet. The message must go and God will take care of his truth.

The churches at Auckland and Kaeo are beginning to see more importance in the message, and the Sabbath-schools are deepening in their interest; but we long to realize more fully the converting power of God, and to reach the standard to which he would have his people attain.

The canvassing is progressing, there having been nearly $2,000 worth of books disposed of since July, the tent sales alone amounting to $140. We are glad to see the good reports from other fields, and pray that the great Lord of the harvest will bless the seed sown in weakness.

R. HARE.

Napier, New Zealand.