Evangelism
Bright Spots in Dark Areas
By RAY L. JACOBS
As told by Joses Brutus
NEAR THE westernmost tip of
Haiti is the town of Abricots.
Believing that there were no Seventh-
day Adventists there, one of the
Haitian pastors decided to hold a
small effort, hoping to leave at least
a nucleus for a church. When he
arrived in the town and began
visiting with the people, he found
to his surprise that many of them
were alreadv keeping the Sabbath.
He was told that one of the towns
men had learned of the Sabbath
truth and had gone from door to
door teaching it to the people. Many
of these sincere people had accepted
the Sabbath message and were being
faithful to what they believed the
Bible taught. Thev were greatly
surprised to learn that there were
other Sabbathkeepers in the world.
As the effort progressed, the
townsman who had first brought
then: the Sabbath truth, tried to
influence the people not to accept
the remnant church, but. thev would
not listen. Five were baptised at the
closc of the effort. Recently another
eight took the step, bringing the
total to 13, and others are con-
tinuing their preparation.
Only a few weeks ago the presi-
den* of the mission made house-to-
houses visits in Abricots. Among
those he found interested in the
Seventh-day Adventist message was
a woman who said, “I am not
baptised yet, but I am really an
Adventist at heart.” Her daughter is
studying the radio Bible school
lessons and said that as soon as she
finishes, she wants to be baptised.
The members in Abricots show
the true fruits of conversion. They
are willing to sacrifice everything to
A TV First in the Dominican Conference
has inaugurated a weekly TV
around the capital city
of Santo Domingo, This is the first regular live Tv programme in the Inter-American Division,
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Americo Ciuffardi,
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Dominican Conference pastor-evangelist,
programme, which is reaching an estimated 150,000 viewers in and
build up the work, and they are
spreading the truth in the surround-
ing mountains. One enthusiastic
branch Sabbath school is functioning
already, and prospects are bright in
this “dark” area.
News Briefs
» Evangelist Raul ' Villanueva is
directing a campaign in San Juan,
Puerto Rico, in the new acoustic
auditorium, an air structure that
resembles a large balloon. At present
thev are holding meetings on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday evenings, two
sessions each evening.
Before giving his lecture on the
evils of smoking, Pastor Villanueva
interviewed William Padro, bicycle
champion of Puerto Rico. This loyal
MV testified to the relation between
a healthy body and the winning of
medals.
» In Santo Domingo Americo
Ciuffardi is holding an effort three
evenings a week in the church. They
have had an average attendance of
between 500 and 600 people, and
150 have signed decision cards
promising to keep Gods Sabbath.
Thirty-one new believers were
baptised in the first service, and
another 30 souls are preparing to
take this step soon.
Be a
The Church Triumphant
The work is soon to close. The
members of the church militant
who have proved faithful will
become the church triumphant.
Letter 32, 1892.
And still our General, who
never makes a mistake, says to
us, “Advance; enter new terri.
tory; lift the standard in every
land. ‘Arise, shine; for thy light
is come, and the glory of the
Lord is risen upon thee.”
Our watchword is to be, On.
ward, ever onward! Angels of
heaven will go before us to pre-
pare the way. Our burden for
the regions beyond can never be
laid down till the whole earth
is lightened with the glory of
the Lord.—Gospel Workers, p.
| 470. Taken from Evangelism,
p. 707.
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