p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 19. (4/15/1915)

Earlier text: Practical Benefits From the Ministerial Reading Course

Banishment of Workers in Russia

In a recent letter from Elder L. R. Conradi, he mentions having attended twenty general meetings since January 6, a report of which he hoped to forward to the Mission Board. This report will soon appear in the REVIEW. Not only the war, but the banishment of our workers to Siberia by the Russian government, is making heavy inroads upon our laborers in that division of the field. Elder A. Osol, in charge of the Trans-Caucasian field, is the last worker known to have been banished.

Literature Brings Converts to the Truth

LAST year the Publishing Department sent out a request to church elders and leaders, to ascertain how many of the believers had been brought into the truth by reading our literature. Those who have responded up to April 1, reported as follows: by reading books, 755; periodicals, 394; tracts, 399. Total, 1,548. Those mentioning having obtained the light by the direct result of colporteurs (canvassers), 273. This is truly a very encouraging report, and should stimulate all to activity in missionary work, especially the circulation of our truth-filled literature.

Prohibition in the New Hebrides

In Atchin, New Hebrides, Brother and Sister C. H. Parker have been laboring the past three years among savages and cannibals. These people have taken the prohibition question into their own hands very effectively. The grog man visited the island some time ago, and as a natural result the natives laid around in the brush or filled the air with hideous yells during the following night, so much so that Brother and Sister Parker could not sleep. They spent the time in prayer. The next Sunday, Brother Parker called the natives to a meeting, and told them all about grog, what it would do for them, etc., and that they had the power to prevent liquor coming onto the island. They decided to do so. The grog man has twice visited them since, using every artifice to get them to buy the stuff, but not a penny's worth did he sell. He now plies his nefarious traffic elsewhere.