February
Caribbean Union Mission
President _ FE. S. THOMPSON
Secretary-Treasurer & Awmditor .. J. O. EMMERSON
Postal Address: P. O. Box 221,
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, B. W. L
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“The Great Controversy’
Torn to Bits
J. C. CULPEPPER, Sec., Pub. Dept.
Inter-American Division
Sister Henry, one of our colporteurs
in Trinidad, sold a copy of “Great Con-
troversy’ to a lady whose husband
was a wicked and very prejudiced
man. He tote his wife's new twelve-
dollar copy of “Great Controversy’
into bits. Then he marched right over
to our S.D.A. church and, upon seeing
his wife seated near the front, he went
up behind her, shook her forcefully
and tried to drag her out of the church.
At this moment the pastor stepped
down from the rostrum and, greeting
the man warmly, offered to visit
him in his home. The wicked man,
being very surprised and hardly realiz-
ing what he was saying, replied: “Yes,
pastor. . . Come this afternoon.”
As the wife started home, walking
just a little ahead of her husband, she
sang:
“What a wonderful change in my
life has been wrought, since Jesus came
into my heart. . .” Immediately upon
her arrival home, this good lady picked
up the torn pages of her precious
“Great Controversy” and placed them
carefully in a basket. She then prepar-
ed a nice lunch for her husband and
herself; and later on in the afternoon
they enjoyed a visit by the pastor.
On Sunday the lady tcok the torn
bits of pages to the conference office,
and asked if they had another copy of
“Great Controversy.” On learning that
they had many copies on hand, she
said: “Save me a copy, will you please?
It is the best book ever written;. . . it
changed my life. I will save money
with which to buy a second copy so
that it can also change the life of my
husband. . . God is already working on
his heart.”
When the brethren in the confer-
ence office realized her great anxiety
and desire to obtain another copy of
“Great Controversy” they gave her a
new copy of this book in exchange
for the torn bits of paper.
The first copy of “Great Controver-
sy” won the wife, and the second copy
is now winning the husband to Christ.
He is already attending our services
and sings: “What a wonderful change
in my life has been wrought through
reading Great Controversy!”
Central American Union Mission
President ooo. CALVIN GORDON
Secretary-Treas. & Auditor _.___ K. WW. WHITNEY
Postal Address: Apartado 1320
San José, Costa Rica, Central America
New Leadership in Central
America
ARTHUR H. ROTH
Central America’s annual commit-
tee held in San José, Costa Rica,
November 14-19, 1952, was conducted
under the leadership of its newly ap-
pointed officers, Elder Calvin Gordon,
president, and K. W. Whitney, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Recent months have brought
changes in personnel to the work in
Central America. Elder and Mrs. A. V.
Larson, who have served Central Amer-
ica and the Inter-American Division
for more than twenty-seven years, have
found it necessary to return to the
United States on account of the
health of aging parents. Elder Lar-
son in recent years has been the pres-
ident of the Central American Union.
Brother A. L. Tucker, former secretary-
treasurer of the Central American
Union, was called to the secretary-
treasurer's work in the Antillian
Union. To fill these two vacancies
INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER 5
in Central American Union leader-
ship the Inter-American Division
recently appointed Brethren Gordon
and Whitney. These brethren were
on hand to give strong leadership to
the committee that met to lay plans
for soul-winning advance in Central
America for 1953.
At the meeting it was wonderful
to hear how God has blessed and pros-
pered His work in Central America
in the past few years. In addition to a
rich harvest of souls, the Union has
re-established the training center for
Central America’s youth by moving
it from Tres Rios to Alajuela. A new
and enlarged plant has been erected
in Alajuela on well-located and richly
fertile property. The Indian work
among the Maya-Quichés of Guatema-
la has taken on a new impetus and has
been much strengthened. The begin-
nings of medical work have been made
at Puerto Cabezas. Evangelism is being
stressed all the way northward from
Panama to Guatemala. Those who
have known Central American Advent-
ism over the years state that prospects
for the Advent message have never
been more encouraging.
In attendance at the Central Amer-
ican meetings in addition to the Union
personnel and the leadership from
Central America’s seven fields were:
Elder C. L. Torrey, treasurer of the
General Conference, Elder R. R. Bietz,
president of the Southern California
Conference, and Elders Glenn Calkins
and Arthur H. Roth from the Inter-
American Division.
Executive Committee of the Central American Union