Burma, India by H. H. Votaw

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 19, 1914

Burma, India

By H. H. Votaw

H. H. VOTAW

More souls were received into the church in Burma in 1913 than in any previous year since the opening of our work in this land. This, too, in spite of the fact that our force of workers was much reduced.

Among those baptized was a young Sgaw Karen man, the first of his tribe to come to us. Three Chinese men were received into communion. They were our first converts among the thousands of sons of the Celestial Kingdom who have made Burma their home. A talented young Telugu was also baptized. We believe he will be of great assistance to us in giving the gospel to his countrymen, who come to Rangoon by the thousands annually, because of the higher wages they can earn here.

Two mission stations in entirely new territory, and treatment rooms opened in Rangoon, all during the past six months, make us feel profoundly grateful to kind friends in the homeland whose generosity has made this possible. Our last annual offering, taken at the time of our week of prayer, was much larger than in any previous year. Our people are loyal and liberal.

Three men for whom we have labored and prayed for nine years, ever since we came to Burma, have recently shown a marked interest in their souls' welfare. One, a native of India, has asked for baptism; another, a Burman, has given up the use of tobacco and says he wishes to give his all to God; the third, an Anglo-Indian, sent for me today and asked me to pray for him.

We feel more than ever before that God's word will not return unto him void. Everything indicates that 1914 will be better than last year.