Valentine, Arizona. Dear brother in Christ:- Sept. 11,1928.

A new school year has started, and many are the problems and new tasks before us. The past twelve years the Government has allowed us the Sunday night service, but this year, since the new Superintendent has come, they have given us another week night, and they are to have some sort of an entertainment here by the employees on Sunday night. Also dancing is going on each week and the children all have to go to it.

Eight years ago we had the same condition, but we believe through prayer it was stopped, and, oh, that this Superintendent may also see the evil of it and have it stopped. But we know that God is over all and will not forsake or leave us or His own here.

Other conditions seem rather hard just now also, but we still have much to praise Him for, and we do not forget this.

With love in our Lord to you, yours by His grace, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Anderson.

Los Angeles, Calif. Dear brother in Christ:- Sept. 13,1928.

Yours of the 5th inst. came to hand. We sincerely thank the dear saints for this kind token of interest and fellowship.

The Lord continues to give us much encouragement in the work He has graciously entrusted to us, for which we are thankful. I am sure you will unite with us in prayer for blessing on what is being done by means of the printed page.

Our love in the Lord. Yours in Him, our Hope,

W. H. Crabtree.

Inkongo, July 3, 1928. Dear brother in Christ:-

Another conference is over, and we have had a very happy time. We suggested taking up a subject, and "The Lord's Coming" was chosen. We examined passages from the Old Testament relating to it, and the word spoken by Enoch as to the Lord coming with His saints raised the question as to who these saints are, and how they can come with the Lord if earthly saints. It was most interesting to see how Old and New Testaments fit together, and I think the meetings were thoroughly enjoyed. Mwasa gave a very nice word as to what should be the attitude of Christians while waiting for their Lord. It would be impossible for those who have never been here to imagine what these conferences are like. We are two white people on the place, and the hundred or so visitors naturally look to the white man for ministry as to the Word. But in addition to this we have to feed them, give them medicine, sell them books, give them new school registers for next quarter, and other things. Some came with their wives and children, and among them Mwaku, who at the best of times wants several kinds of medicine for each of them. This time, a few seconds with the microscope showed they were all suffering from Hookworm, or Negroes' Consumption, as it is called, so we treated them and many others. The widow of Luke 18 must have been something like brother Mwaku, and we do not wonder at the judge settling her palaver in order to get rid of her. One day he came in the midst of a great rush to get books, then he wanted names put in them, though he can write quite nicely himself. When that was done and we expected him to go, he calmly asked for pieces of paper to cover them. We did not throw the books at him, for we have learned to take Mwaku (and others) as tests as to whether we know anything about self-control. The calmer one can keep under trying circumstances, the longer one is able to go on without a fever, and while one cannot afford to waste a single moment of the day, it pays to keep calm, and to "let the peace of God rule in your hearts." One man wanted a letter to the Judge to order a man to pay a debt owed to his grandfather, and nearly everybody wanted1 something or another. But it is over now, and we are thankful for the meetings, and quite expect that many too will be better in body for their, visit here, while we ourselves are none the worse for a very strenuous week. Our stock of New Testaments is almost exhausted, and we wonder if more are being printed. All are well both at Baku Mbule, Lusambo and here. Hy. Wilson.

Baku Mbule, Congo Beige. Beloved brother:- July 23, 1928.

I have been kept very busy since our brother Althorp and his wife and baby left us for furlough. He was ill for a long time before he left. Mr. Upton Westcott is old and totally blind and so unable to do any of the active work of the Station, so this falls to me. Mr. Westcott generally interviews the enquirers and sees to the petty palavers of the natives, etc. We now have teachers in over 100 villages and in some two or three teachers, depending on the size of the Village. Then we have the children here on the Station attending the school. One must look after their food and clothing also have houses erected for them and these houses need continual care. To add to this there is the care and repair of our own houses. We would like very much to build in brick or cement but this means a big outlay of money and we are unable to put out what we do not possess. If we could have them it would save a lot of time. The present houses are made of poles and clay, and white ants are continually working to eat the wood-work. There is great need of more workers. We have heard of the possibility of a party leaving soon for the Congo consisting of Mr. T. Nixon and his nephew, Miss M. P. Chalmers, and a new worker Miss Flett. We hope Miss Chalmers will be able to come to Baku Mbule, as she was here before she left for furlough and wants to return. I would like very much to be free to go to the out-villages more but do not seem to get time to get away from the Station except for long journeys.

I made a journey through the whole of the Babindi before our Teachers' Conference, and was very thankful for the opportunity. It was the first time I had been able to go through the whole district. I have been on quite a few short journeys but I would like to be on the road continually, for the teachers need some one to care for them and cheer them. At Inkongo they have the same difficulty for Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are now alone; also at Lusambo Mr. and Mrs. H. Moyes are alone; and likewise in the Basongi Mr. and Mrs. Alex, McTavish are alone. Mr. Nixon has been in England a long time due to illness. I believe he has worked harder than any one on the field, he never spared himself. He travelled with as little as possible, in fact in the beginning he used to travel with a blanket and sleep on the floor of a native house; it is no wonder that he is now suffering from rheumatism. We travel now with a camp-bed with a mosquito netting; thus we are protected from colds and fevers. He has done the greater part of the wood-work on all the houses at Inkongo and even sent some framework here to Baka Mbule and at Mitome, Basongi. He has also made a lot of the furniture, for we have to make our own furniture here in Africa.

Must now draw to a close. I do trust you will overlook the long delay but it really could not be helped. We deeply appreciate your continued interest, and we do seek a very special interest in all your prayers, we do desire to be led very definitely of the Lord in all things. Kindly convey our very warm love in the Lord to all. Thanking you once again for this fresh expression of fellowship.

Very affectionately yours in Christ our Hope,

Wm. G. Amies.

Irumu, Congo Beige. Dear brother:- July 31, 1928.

I have neglected you lately but it could not be helped. In fact I would not have been able to write for this mail if one of our main bridges had not been washed away this week. I had an urgent call to-day, but fifteen miles from here found a bridge over a wide stream completely swept away. The water had risen to a height of six feet above the bridge and there was not a stick of it left. And this was a fairly well-built bridge on a concrete base. I could find no way of getting across so had to give it up and return home. The Government is building a temporary bridge there to-day though and I hope to cross to-morrow. The terrific cloud-bursts of this country bring a great deal of water in a few minutes. In fact the very storm that took this bridge away was on a day when I was bringing Mr. and Mrs. Searle back from Bogoro, an A.I.M. station, where they went for a week's change; we crossed over just a few hours before the high water or we would have been prisoners on the wrong side of the stream and away from home.

Thank you very much for that paper of the South' Sea Evangelical Mission. I enjoyed the articles by Dr. Deck very much. How different work in different places is. What he describes there is much unlike what we find here. His characterization of the people as "by nature, loveable and transparent. So that it is comparatively easy to know where they stand spiritually" is briefly, but very comprehensively just what the Babiras are NOT! But I am consoled by remembering God's description of the Cretans and He had fruit among them in spite of that.

I am now working on a three room building (brick) for the native Dispensary, After that I want to put up a small building for a white Hospital, with two bedrooms, operating room, office, anaesthetic room, drug room, and dental operating room. When this building is up it will save me much time, for now I frequently have to make several trips and calls to care for patients who ought to come here to me but we have no place to accommodate them.

Recently we visited the schools with Mikairi and had the boys demonstrate their ability to read without mistakes. All those who could read ten verses without more than three mistakes received a prize. Some fourteen in all qualified; some of them from the school Miss Wilson has had under her care. Now at home you would give a copy of the Bible or a good book of ministry for a prize, but here we have given them what copies we have of the Scriptures free already, and there are no other books, so we made the prize of what they love very much, a shirt and pair of pants. These are made of calico, and most of the boys had never owned clothes before. They were a happy bunch. I had them all come here to the station together with all the boys from the outschools and we had a holiday. They all had a good time. I have taken some pictures of them with their new clothes and will send you a copy when we receive them back from Kampala. We made it clear that we are not paying them for going to school but rewarding them for excelling. It has given a great boost to the interest in the schools, whereas there had been a slump before due to the activities of the Roman Catholics, with their' taunting of, "What profit is it to go there to school? You get no beads, you get no cross to wear, you get no medal to hang around your neck," etc., etc. Empty talk, but it makes a great effect on small boys.

Much love in our Lord's Name and in the Truth.

Yours in Christ, R. C. Woodhams, M.D..

Irumu, Congo Beige. Dear brother in Christ:- Aug. 7,1928.

I regret that I have been forced to be inactive for a number of weeks owing to ill health, but pray for calm submissiveness to the will of my Lord, knowing that He orders all things according to His wise purpose. Seasons of sweet communion alone with Himself have been experienced during this season of being much alone. Hebrews 12:11.

Commending you and the saints everywhere to the love of God in our Lord Jesus Christ, I am,

Yours by His grace,

C. De Jonge.

Alajuela, Costa Rica. Dear brother in Christ:- Aug. 30,1928.

Thank you all very much in our Saviour's Name, for the fellowship and love manifested, which must mean prayer behind it all, which we surely need. The next two months is the hard part of our rainy season, and there is much sickness in all parts here, yet I am thankful to report good health and encouragement in the Lord's work. Our little hall is quite central and each Sunday night we have a good company outside as well as in. The priest tells them it would be an awful sin to enter such a bad Protestant place. Hence many listeners, who fear man, will not come inside. Our Sunday School is growing, and last Friday night we commenced a Young People's Meeting. All afternoon and evening there was much rain, still twelve came out. I look for fifteen to twenty regularly. It will be a privilege to help on some of the young in a priest-ridden country like this.

If feelings were to be our guide, we might seek the homeland. However, knowing the terror of the Lord we are thankful to persuade men of their need and of the wrath to come. On my last trip down the line in the lower country, I had meetings in Sequeres, Germania, and Columbians.. In Columbiana, all are Spanish; many times I have given tracts and Gospels there, which they appreciate, but I never had an opportunity to speak to them before. When the train pulled out, which I had come on, I spoke from the depot platform on life after death from the Spanish Catholic Testament. About 150 men and women sat down on the iron rails, and drank in the truth, seemed so thankful.
Kindly remember us in prayer. Yours in Him, . D. Lamorue.
"AT ALL TIMES"