Succeeding Under Distressing Conditions
By Albert F. Prieger
A CAREFUL student of Bible prophecy said, a few years ago: “Fearful tests and trials await the people of God. The spirit of war is stirring the nations from one end of the earth to the other.” Truly we can see that that time is already here. Each government desires to have peace, and yet all their ways are causing the reverse. For nearly six thousand years, men have tried by force to reach that goal, and to-day we see they are no nearer it than they were when Cain slew Abel. But through it all, God is gathering out from every nation a people that will not destroy nor kill their fellow men. Even here in the island of Haiti, our brethren are troubled on every side. They refuse to take arms, believing that their mission is to turn the minds of their fellow men in the direction of saving rather than destroying lives. Because of this, a number of them have been placed in prisons; but even there God is accomplishing a great work through them. There are many people in these prisons, and our brethren have opportunity to speak to them of the love of God, the soon coming of Jesus, and the end of this world and its reign of sin. Thus while the Lord’s work has seemingly been hindered to a great extent, it is growing deeper and stronger than ever before. From reports I have received from different parts of the island, there are over fifty awaiting baptism; and we are sure that after the fiery trial of revolution is over, the church of God will come forth brighter and purer than ever. We still ask the brethren in the home land to pray for the success of the work here, and we hope that soon we shall all meet, bringing our sheaves with us.