p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 47. (9/21/1916)

Varney Appointed to Inca Union Mission

By appointment of the Mission Board, Brother F. C. Varney, of Tennessee, is sailing this week from New York for Lima, to take the secretary-treasurership of the Inca Union Mission. For some months Elder E. L. Maxwell, the superintendent of the Union, has been compelled to take charge of the office work himself. The coming of a treasurer and secretary with good experience in our work in the South will bring great relief to the small Inca Union staff, which is endeavoring to cover an immense territory, in many parts of which new interests are appealing for special attention.

Workers Called to Lake Titicaca

The Inca Union Mission has earnestly called for help for the enlargement of the work among the Indians in the Lake Titicaca region. The first of the new workers, Brother and Sister Ellis P. Howard, are sailing this week from New York for Peru. Brother and Sister Howard attended the Washington Missionary College last year, with their interests and plans directed toward this mission. They respond to the call with glad hearts, and our prayers follow them, that they may be a blessing to the work in that needy and most interesting field. Seven workers have been urgently called for by the mission. We are glad to see these two go forward, and to know that two others are under appointment to go at the end of the year.

Town Family Travels to Mission Fields

ELDER and Mrs. N. Z. Town left Washington last week for the Pacific Coast. Sister Town, who is in poor health, will spend the winter in California, while Brother Town goes to Australia and the mission fields of the Far East.

Missionaries Arrive in Japan

In a note addressed to the Mission Board, Elder R. C. Porter sends the following greeting from Japan, where the large party of missionaries for the Asiatic Division first touched Asiatic shores. He says: “We arrived in Yokohama, Japan, Monday morning, August 21. We had a very pleasant voyage, except the last three days, when we encountered the outer circle of a passing typhoon. We were royally entertained in Honolulu by our church there, and were given a very hospitable reception by our brethren in Japan. All our party are well, all are of good cheer, and join in greetings to inquiring friends.” We can well imagine the good cheer the arrival of this large party will bring to the workers in the Orient.

Harvest Ingathering Note

By F. W. Paap

FROM every section of the field comes the good word that definite plans are being laid for the Harvest Ingathering campaign. At this juncture the prospects are very flattering that we shall more than reach our goal of $100,000. We are confident that it is easily possible for us to reach it, and if we make an early enthusiastic start, we shall.

This good word is just received: “St. John’s, Newfoundland, Sept. 8, 1916. Care Secretary Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. Ingathering quota collected. D. J. C. Barrett.” Who will be the next? Now is the time to push this great Ingathering campaign with all diligence. We shall be pleased to get interesting items from all parts of the field. Let everybody work and pray.

F. W. PAAP.

Sister Petra Tunheim Returns to Java

AFTER a rest in this country from years of faithful work in the East Indies, Sister Petra Tunheim is sailing this week from Seattle for Java, East Indies, to resume her work again in Batavia and the regions round about.