British Guiana by E. C. Boger

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 12, 1912

British Guiana

By E. C. Boger

It has been some time since I reported concerning the work in this field. It has not been because I had forgotten to do so, but because I have been very busy in the work here in the colony.

I have not yet visited among the Indians in the interior, but we have some Indians here near the coast. They do not live like those in the interior, however. There are in the interior only about 5,000 Indians, and they live in tribes and have no regular villages. They may be here this month, and fifty miles distant the next. To labor for them, one must give his life to that work, live among them, go where they go, and live on what they live on, as it is very hard to get provisions from the coast. It takes about thirty days to go up by boat (not a launch), and then ten days must be spent in walking.

I should like to go up among them, but there is more work down here on the coast than I can take care of properly. There are thousands here who have never heard this message. They must hear it, and that soon. The work is going forward, and souls are accepting the truth.

I returned from a visit up the Demerara River a few days ago. Mrs. Boger accompanied me; it was her first trip into the interior, and she enjoyed it. It was a very busy time for us all the way. At Wismar, about ninety miles from Georgetown, we stopped overnight; I spoke to a large audience, and married a couple the next day. Then we went on up the river to our mission station at Bootooba, and held meetings there every evening, helping to clear the land during the day. We are trying to get this land ready for the raising of rubber-trees and farm products. We have a school here. On Sabbath afternoon two believers were buried with their Lord in the watery grave.

That night about three o'clock we started down the river in a small launch, and stopped at the home of one of our brethren and held some Bible studies. We then left for Wismar in a small canoe, called a coriall, arriving there about 11 A. M., where we held Bible studies until about 3 P. M. The people seem to hunger for the truth, and we had a pleasant visit with them. At 3:30 P. M. we went down to the water and baptized three very intelligent persons. These were the first to accept the truth in this place. We now have a Sabbath-school here of about twenty members, and others have taken their stand for the truth.

We reached home the next day very tired. The day following, it was necessary to be off on another trip just as hard as the last. But it is the Master's work, and I want to do all I can before the end.

The work is onward, and we are of good courage in the Lord. Of course, there are trials, but there are also victories for the faithful. 2 Chron. 20:15 has some encouraging words for me.

E. C. BOGER.