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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 1, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 1.

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To the Fields in 1913

By W. A. S.

THE year just past witnessed the departure of the largest number of missionaries ever sent out in any year in the history of this advent movement. As in former years, we count those going to the mission fields from Europe and the colonies as well as from North America. The older fields abroad are shoulder to shoulder with America in sending on the supplies of men and means to the uttermost parts of the earth. As we run through the list, what a testimony it furnishes, once again, to the fulfilling of the prophecies regarding the carrying of the gospel of the coming kingdom to all lands in this last generation. The work is spreading and increasing every year in a truly wonderful way. Month by month, the roll of departures was as follows:—

February

J. H. Boehm and wife, to Brazil, South America.
John Schmidt, to Brazil, South America.
A. R. Dennis, to Uruguay, South America.
W. R. Howse and wife, from Australia to Tahiti.

March

John Shultz and family, to the West Indies.
C. H. Keslake and family, to Jamaica, West Indies.

April

F. H. Loasby and wife, to India.

May

R. Dietrich and family, from Germany to Brazil, South America.

June

Miss Anna Hoffman, to Jamaica, West Indies.
Wilbur Nelson and wife, to India.
R. T. E. Colthurst and daughter, to Europe.
C. E. Boynton and family, to British Guiana, South America.
Geo. W. Miller, to St. Thomas, West Indies.
J. Van de Groep and wife, from Australia to Singapore.
J. A. P. Green and wife, to Mexico.
C. P. Martin, to Mexico.
A. U. Cochran, to Cuba.

July

A. J. Haysmer, to West Indian Union Conference.
E. W. Thurber and wife, to Mexico.
W. E. Hancock, to Europe, for Algeria, North Africa.
Wm. Carrott, from England to Burma.
R. Joyce and family, to England.
Dr. H. C. Menkel and family, reappointed to India.
H. R. Salisbury and wife, to India.
H. E. Meyer and family, to Mexico.
Jas. E. Shultz and family, to China.
Jas. H. Smith and family, to the Bahama Islands.
Frank Hall and family, to St. Thomas, West Indies.
Fred Hutchinson and wife, to Trinidad, West Indies.

August

W. B. White and wife, to South Africa.
O. K. Butler and family, to South Africa.
Miss Florence White, to Europe, en route to Persia.
I. J. Hankins and wife, to South Africa.
W. O. Cluff and wife, to Bolivia, South America.
Dr. Harry G. Hankins and wife, from England to South Africa.
Miss Claire M. Wightman, to Bolivia, South America.
Miss Gertrude Johnston, to Chile, South America.
R. C. Porter and wife, to China.
M. C. Warren and wife, to China.
Bernhard Peterson and wife, to China.
O. J. Grundset and wife, to China.
A. L. Ham and wife, to China.
H. J. Doolittle and wife, to China.
N. J. Aalborg and family, to Jamaica, West Indies.
Mrs. Adah Johnston, to Jamaica, West Indies.
Geo. F. Furnival and wife, to Jamaica, West Indies.
F. Burton Jewell and family, to South Africa.
Everhard Henriques, to Trinidad, West Indies.
Paul Bridde, from Germany to Turkey.

September

J. A. Bodle and family, to Guatemala, Central America.
C. C. Kellar and family, to India.
R. P. Morris and family, to India.
F. A. Wyman and wife, to India.
Miss Rose Boose, to India.
Miss Sarah Kinner, to Brazil, South America.
Miss Corinne Hoy, to Brazil, South America.
Miss Louise V. Wurtz, to Brazil, South America.
M. E. Carter and family, to Brazil, South America.
J. Van Deusen and wife, to Jamaica, West Indies.
Mrs. A. J. Haysmer, to Jamaica, West Indies.
Henry Haefft and wife, to Brazil, South America.
Carl Reidt and wife, to Brazil, South America.
Paul Hennig and wife, to Brazil, South America.
Carl C. Specht and wife, to Brazil, South America.
Jacob Peters and wife, to Brazil, South America.
P. A. Webber and wife, to Japan.
Alfonso Anderson and wife, to Japan.
Geo. Sabeff, to Europe.
Miss Minnie Hansen, to German East Africa.
E. L. Maxwell and family, to Peru, South America.
A. G. Nelson and wife, to Argentina, for Patagonia, South America.
E. Rosenwold, to Sweden.
H. F. Taylor and wife, to the Bermuda Islands.
L. Aberle, from Germany to German East Africa.
D. E. Delhove, from Belgium to British East Africa.
H. Erzberger and wife, from Switzerland to Syria.
Otto Stanbert and wife, from Europe to Persia.

October

Dr. U. C. Fattebert and wife, to the Philippines.
W. E. Lanier and wife, to the Philippines.
R. E. Hay and wife, to the Philippines.
Robt. Stewart and wife, to the Philippines.
J. O. Ryd and wife, to China.
F. H. Conway and wife, to the Hawaiian Islands.
Mrs. W. E. Hancock, to join her husband in Algiers.

November

D. P. Boersma and son, to Holland.
Miss Rosa Kozel, to Cuba.

December

R. P. Robinson and wife, to South Africa.
J. I. Robison and family, to South Africa.
A. Mountain and wife, from Australia to China.
W. C. Connolly, to the West Indies.
W. F. Meyer, to Porto Rico.
D. N. Wall and family, to Australia.
J. T. Thompson and wife, to Uruguay, South America.
Altogether, not counting children, the number is 157. We know that this list is incomplete as regards latest departures from Europe and other points abroad; but this is always the case. In 1912 the number in our list was 97, and the year before that 74. The earnest calls at the last General Conference, and the pressure of need, led to the large number of appointments. Such a work is remarkable in missionary history. One of the great missionary societies, with nearly a million people in its constituency and an income of over a million dollars, published as a mark of splendid progress—and so it is—its record of 124 new appointments in three years.
Such a growth of our missionary list, with only the small membership that we have, is explainable on only one basis: the believers in the “blessed hope” have a confidence born of God in this work, and true hearts are praying, and sacrificing, and giving, and going. It is the work of God, the fulfilling of his “sure word of prophecy.” He is finishing the work.
It is a thrilling sight just to look at this roll of recruits that have gone to the far frontiers. It is a solemn thing, too, to watch this ever-increasing army of gospel workers pushing on to the places of need. It constitutes Heaven’s appeal for yet more earnest and constant praying, and a yet larger flow of consecrated gifts into the missionary cause. May God give to every one of these new workers the joy of winning souls out of the darkness, and make every believer in the churches a true “holder of the ropes” during 1914.
W. A. S.