2 THE CHURCH OFFICERS’ GAZETTE
sanctuary as man’s High Priest, there to
begin His work of investigative judg-
ment, what further work was appointed
them?r Rev. 10:10, 11.
“There is no work in our world so great,
so sacred, and so glorious, no work that
God honors so much, as this gospel work.
The message presented at this time is
the last message of mercy to a fallen
world. . . . It is to stand as clear and
distinct as ‘prophecy has made it.
The three angels of Revelation 14 are
represented as flying in the midst of
heaven, symbolizing the work of those who
proclaim the first, second, and third an-
gels’ messages. All are linked together.
. The influence of these messages has
been deepening and widening, setting in
motion the springs of action In thousands
of hearts, . . . warning the inhabitants of
the world that Christ is coming the second
time with power and great glory."—
“Testimonies,” Vol, VI, pp. 17-19.
10. When this gospel of the coming
kingdom’ is preached in all the world,
what takes place? Matt. 24:14,
“] saw angels hurrying to and fro in
heaven, ‘An angel with a writer’s inkhorn
by his side returned from earth, and re-
ported to Jesus that his work was done,
and the saints were numbered and sealed.
Then I saw Jesus, who had been minister-
ing before the ark containing the ten com-
mandments, throw down His censer. He
raised His hands, and with a loud voice
said, ‘It & done.’ Every case had been
decided for life or death. . . . The subjects
of the kingdom were made up. ... And
the kingdom, and the greatness of the
kingdom under the whole heaven, was
given to! Jesus and the heirs of salvation,
and Jesus was to reign as King of kings,
and Lord of lords,"—Early Writings,” pp.
279, 280.
ONE OF GOD’S DELIVER-
ING PROVIDENCES
“I souvent the Lord, and He heard
me, and delivered me from all my
fears.” Ps. 34:4.
“This text is surely being fulfilled in
our time, as well as in the days of old
.and we are experiencing it right here in
Manchuria,” writes Superintendent N.
WF. Brewer, as he enters upon his service
up in this northern Chinese province.
“The Manchurian trouble has created
more bandits than ever before. The
trains are held up, and the people
robbed. It went so far that one part of
the Chinese Eastern Railway was para-
lyzed, and had to stop for over a
month. At one time it seemed that we
would mot be able to hold our general
meeting because of the unsettled condi-
tions, but we prayed earnestly to God
that He would remove all ohstacles and
He heard our prayers. At the appointed
time we opened our meeting with the
presence of delegates and representa-
tives from the Manchurian Union,
China Division, and Elder Spicer from
the General Conference.
“We were all happy to join in the
songs of praise to God for all His
mercies toward us, at the same time
“‘ You, my brother, my sister, may not be able to go into the Lord’s vineyard yo:
out to the exchangers; . . . to return to H
being aware of the fact that one part
of our field was cut off from us and
one of our workers was unable to come
to this meeting. We prayed earnestly
that in some way God would open the
way for our worker to come at least
for the latter part of the meeting. I¢
was only through a miracle that he
reached Harbin, for the train on which
he wag traveling was the first one after
a months interruption and was robbed
by the bandits. Everything was taken
from the passengers as well as from
the train. In all it amounted to about
$30,000, but that was not all, as they
took eighteen passengers for ransom.
There were four Russians and fourteen
Chinese. The following experience was
told by Brother Popow himself, and 1
am writing as it was related at the
meeting.
“‘As the train was nearing a small
station the engineer stopped it, for a
little ahead was a large pile of ties on
the track. As soon as the train stopped
shots were heard and in a few minutes
bandits appeared and ordered every-
body out of the train. After all were
out, some bandits were left to guard
the passengers while others went into
the cars and took all that they thought
would be useful. After that was done
they came out and ordered everybody
to go to a near-by yard. When all were
in the enclosure the bandits searched
all passengers and took all that was
valuable from them, such as watches,
money, jewelry, and even their better
clothing.
“ ‘After they finished with that, they
began to separate the people, placing
some to one side and others to another.
They picked out eighteen people, four
Russians and fourteen Chinese. These
they took into the woods with them
for ransom. At this point the mighty
God stretched forth His hand and
saved me from all that was waiting me
in the woods. And it happened like
this,
“‘As the train stopped, I was the
first man to come out of the car. As I
was stepping off, one of the bandits
pointed his revolver at my breast, took
off my hat and placed on my head the
cap he had had on. It was a railroad
man’s uniform cap. At that moment I
thought whatever happens it is for the
best, not knowing that through this
means the Lord would save my life.
When the bandits began to separate the
passengers, they took me for one of the
train crew and placed me among the
members of the crew and thus was I
saved. For this I am very grateful to
our heavenly Father and ever will be.’
“It was difficult for our brother to
tell this experience, and several times
his joy turned into tears when he
thought of the poor people who were
taken by the bandits, and when he re-
membered how they were beaten or
killed by those cruel men. His cour-
age is good, for although he had gone
through such an experience and had
lost some of his clothing and other be-
longings, vet thie souls being won where
he labors far outweigh his suffering and
loss and are a joy to him and to all of
us. Surely this is a glorious work and
the Lord is able to save today as in the
days of old.”
INTO ANOTHER SAVAGE
INDIAN TRIBE
MisstoNARY A, N. Arien, back in
the interior of Brazil on the Araguaya
River, has several times mentioned a
savage tribe of Indians across the river
from their mission where white men
have only on a few occasions ventured,
but have seldom returned, He now
sends us this word:
“Yesterday Ernesto Bergold, my son
Alvin, and two young men from our
school crossed the river in front of the
mission, and with six animals started for
the unknown and unexplored Chivante
country where we have been seeing their
smoke for years, As they are a savage
tribe with no contact with civilization,
we do not know how they may be re-
ceived. But we have sent them accord-
ing to the promise, knowing He will be
with them. If they gain the friend-
ship of these people, it will mean much
to our cause here. Nol even the gov-
ernment men have dared to enter this
territory. If God should see fit to al-
low what has happened to others, we
are all His; and if the worst should
thus come, we can only say, ‘His will
be done’ Naturally we shall await
with much interest the result. An In-
dian just entered and called our atten-
tion to the smoke from the fire the boys
are setting on the other side. The grass
is dry now, and they are setting fires
as they go along. We expected to see
the smoke yesterday, but saw none.
Now we can see more or less the direc-
tion in which they are traveling.”
Of other enterings in, Brother Allen
continues:
“Antonio Perreira and his wife, with
their two babies, are nearly ready to
descend the river to the place he se-
lected to locate and open a school. He
will be with a large village of Carajas,
and easy of access to two villages of
Javahe Indians, With him will go two
other men who will stay with him until
he has built a small house. This will
take about a month. Then these two
men ate to continue on to the Tapirape
Indians whom I visited last year. One
of these men has been a trusted helper
here at the mission for two years. The
other is a young man with a good Chris-
tian experience, They are being sent
for a year, that is, if the Indians will al-