WANTED FOR MISSIONARY WORK
By Editor
Late, clean copies of SIGNS, Review, and tracts to W. Davis Brut, Chinchilla, Pa. Tracts and clean copies of SIGNS, Liberty, and other denominational literature to Mrs. Faith Perry, Kalama, Wash. Clean copies of denominational papers and tracts to James Harvey, 1729 Grove St., Oakland, Cal. From the London Letter in "Western Watchman" (Roman Catholic) of July 17, 1913 THE Baptist sect is making enormous progress on the eastern frontiers of Southern Russia and Turkestan. A year ago the Holy Synod sent one of its best missionaries, Fr. Volguine, to counteract this movement. But what was the surprise of the authorities to learn shortly afterwards that Volguine had not converted the Baptists, but had been converted by them! M. Sabler of the Holy Synod has now conceived the simple plan of taking vast tracts of land belonging to the Kalmucks — natives of the Steppes — building monasteries upon them and peopling them with hundreds of orthodox monks. The monasteries are in their turn to be surrounded by strong Russian colonies, which will subsist on land taken from the natives. All this is expected to convert the latter back to orthodoxy! But a fiery orthodox Russian, named Reckna, has somewhat upset this little plan by precipitous conduct. He can not endure the Baptists and has appealed to their converts, begging them to return. This week he adopted fresh methods. He broke into a Baptist meeting place and stabbed an image of our Lord, and a Baptist preacher named Vasillikoff. Afterwards he repaired unmolested to an orthodox church, where, after washing his blood-stained hands in the fountain of the courtyard, he was about to pray when he was arrested. Strange to say, these Baptists enjoy powerful protection in Russia, and a freedom which could never be aspired to by Catholics.