Haiti by W. J. Tanner

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Oct 30, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 44.

Haiti.

By W. J. Tanner

ON the first day of January, 1804, the inhabitants of little Haiti, themselves slaves, declared themselves free and independent. Since that time the bonds and shackles of slavery have been loosed in all the various civilized lands of the world. With freedom from slavery came intellectual advancement and longing for better things. Accordingly the Haitian field is ripe for the harvest. Preeminently it is a time to give the Gospel to the people. Many are dissatisfied with the present "concordat" with the Papacy, feeling that it is a block to the wheels of the procession, and it is thought Haiti will soon follow the example of France and disestablish the church.

The Home of a Missionary. Dr. Gregory's House in Brazil.

Numerous requests for Bibles come to the evangelist from every quarter, and frequently invitations are received from leading officials and citizens to visit their towns and villages with the truth, asking for a three-days' visit, if no more, to tell about the wonderful things of the Gospel. For instance, one young evangelist, converted from Catholicism two years before, preaching in an entirely Catholic town, wins nineteen souls to the Gospel, with still others interested, the authorities assuring him the fullest protection. The open Bible, the earnest, burdened heart will win souls for Christ. One especially favorable class for which to labor is the young, so many of whom are drawing away from the superstitions which have bound them. Haiti needs a few young men and women capable of speaking either French or Spanish, and means also for their support. Will those who pray for the progress of the free Gospel remember the little island of Haiti?

W. J. TANNER.