THE WORK ADVANCES by J. E. Fulton

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Jun 25, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 26.

THE WORK ADVANCES.

By J. E. Fulton

WE are assured that there will be trophies of grace under the Third Angel's Message from every clime; and we believe that Fiji will be represented when we stand with the victors on the sea of glass.

We have evidence of the power of God working to turn the hearts of the people to the present truth. There is a widening interest to hear the truth. Since the beginning of the year, about fifty, counting old and young, have begun to serve God more faithfully and to observe the Bible Sabbath; and with three or four exceptions, the people of one small island of about thirty inhabitants, have turned to the truth. It is now just two years since we started our little native paper, Rarama. During that time we have distributed a considerable quantity of our literature; and we rejoice that the seed sown is springing up. We are publishing our paper every month. We know that it has been doing good. Our subscription list is small, but we are sure we are doing right to "scatter the literature as the leaves of autumn." Our little paper is about the only paper that amounts to anything in a religious line in the islands. We find many eager to read it. The number of subscribers is growing. We have a little book in the native language which we are selling with some success. One native brother has been doing very well selling it.

Just now there is a great need of means to do something more than we are doing in the educational line. We need native laborers. We must have schools in which to train these natives. We must have teachers. We need two now. But we must have means. Will not some who read these lines be stirred to realize our needs? Think of a people with a very meager literature, uneducated in English or any language in which many books are published. There has been nothing much done to educate them. Think of a comparatively intelligent race crying for help. We as a people have the light for this time. We have the help for which they long. Shall we longer delay? Can we withhold that which will raise our fallen brother? The interest here is good; the door of opportunity is open wide; and with the assistance of our brethren we shall enter. Send your donations to the Foreign Mission Board or to the office of this paper.

J. E. FULTON.