THE following from a private letter to the editor from Elder George F. Enoch, associate editor of the Oriental Watchman, and a soldier in the field, will be of interest to our readers. Brother Enoch writes from Panwel, Bombay Presidency:
We essayed to go down to Indapur, but the Lord very evidently turned us back, and the first of this year we were able to see our Marathi Mission definitely located. We are just across the bay from the great city of Bombay. I will write you later some of our experiences in locating our mission.
Panwel is a city of some 12,000 inhabitants, and we have more than 300 villages in our district, with over 200,000 population. There is lots of room to expand. We are quite centrally located, and trust the Lord will plant the banner of the message so firmly here that God's Gospel may sound out through the entire Marathi country.
For the present I am alone out here laying the foundations for the work. I had expected to bring my family down next month; but there is an outbreak of plague in the city that threatens to be serious, so I may leave them in Puna a little while longer.
Have recently been attending some large Hindu religious fairs, which give us an opportunity to preach the Gospel.
This is a view of our mission pressroom, dark and crowded. In the left of the picture the boys are brushing the gold on our New Year's "Signs" covers. Brother Roberts is feeding the new large press on the right. Are hoping for better quarters, and thankful for donations received through the "Signs."
And so our missionaries are laboring out in the great dark heathen lands. Facing fever, cholera, plague,—bubonic in India, pneumonic in China,—meeting thousands famine-stricken for the bread that perishes, and millions who are dying spiritually in need of the Bread of Life. In all their physical dangers may they ever find verified the ninety-first Psalm, and have many souls for their hire.
