ITEMS FROM THE FOREIGN MISSION OFFICE.
By Editor
ELDER A. E. FLOWERS, now laboring in the island of Trinidad, West Indies, reports of his work:— We are now holding meetings in a hall in the village of Coura. Our meetings have been very well attended, the audience ranging from seventy-five to one hundred. One good feature of it is that the same ones are out nearly every night. Thus far ten573have signed the covenant, and I have heard of three more that kept last Sabbath, and I am sure others will take their stand soon. Of the ten that signed the covenant, seven are men—one the dispenser at the hospital and one a policeman. The people treat us kindly. It is the same here as elsewhere; when one accepts the truth, he wants others to know it. The Lord has greatly blessed in the presentation of his truth, and, while we feel our weakness, we often realize the power of God resting upon us. Brother Flowers reports himself and wife in excellent health. A tent will soon be shipped to him for use in the island. At the last meeting of the Foreign Mission Board it was voted to recommend that Charles D. Adamson, one of our native brethren in the island, assist Brother Flowers in tent work. Brother Grant, who has just gone to that island to canvass, is working among the native brethren, with good success in selling books. Brethren Sanford and Rudolph, who are now on the Gold Coast of West Africa, selecting a site for a mission and mission farm, write:— It is almost impossible to tell where the best place is to start a mission. The harvest is overripe. People have been waiting for years for a missionary of the gospel of the kingdom. Negotiations are now going on with the head men and native king of Appam for some land near here for a mission farm. There are from twenty to thirty acres that they expect to give us, but have not yet settled upon the boundaries to the same. The land is fertile, and will be given to us in writing, so that we can hold it by the laws of the British colony. We have been free from African fever thus far, and have taken no quinine as a preventative. It is expected that a minister will be sent to this coast this present summer. There are about ten native Sabbath keepers at Appam. A mission on this coast would form a base for operations in the interior. The Wesleyan Methodists have several missions along the coast, but there is much unoccupied territory.