We are frequently asked for information about brethren and sisters engaged in missionary work and in this connection we would commend the following to the prayers and practical fellowship of the saints:

WORK AMONG THE INDIANS IN UNITED STATES:

Mr. H. A. Holcomb, his two daughters and son-in-law are located at Shiprock, New Mexico, and work amongst the Navajo Indians in that region. Theirs is a very isolated mission station, being many miles from a railway or post-office.

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Anderson labor in the gospel at Valentine, Arizona, and Peach Springs, Arizona, and also work among the children in the Government School at Valentine.

Miss Rose Olson carries on a faithful work at Kingman, Arizona.

Mr. and Mrs. Ervin D. Dresch labor at San Antonio, Texas, particularly amongst the Mexicans and other Spanish-speaking people in that district.

HARBOR WORK IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA:

Mr. Ralph A. West devotes his whole time amongst the seamen in the Port of New York, while in Boston, Baltimore, Montreal and Miami, other brethren engage in this work in their spare time as the Lord enables them.

SOUTH AMERICA-BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:

Mr. B. Montllau, originally from the Pacific Coast, labored first in Costa Rica, then in Spain, and now in Argentina. He has a large family, and the older boys work at their trades and also help in Sunday-School work, etc.

BRAZIL:

Mr. J. P. Ribeiro is a native of the country. From his reports he is active in the gospel and seeking to minister to the needs of believers there.

COSTA RICA:

Mr. D. Lamorue, an aged and faithful brother, labored at this place until he died on March 11th, 1930.

WEST INDIES:

Mr. J. B. Hoze, a colored brother whose home is in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, at present is laboring at Speights-town, Barbados, where a little assembly has been formed which brother Hoze reports is going on well.

CUBA:

Messrs. Harry Craig and Roger Eames are at present in Cuba, endeavoring to spread the gospel in that needy field as the Lord enables them.

AFRICA-NYANGKUNDI, BELGIAN CONGO:

Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Woodhams, Mr. and Mrs. D. Gordon Searle, Miss Cornelia De Jonge and Miss Esther Wilson established a mission station at Nyangkundi, in the latter part of 1925. After much labor in the gospel, God has blessed their work, and many natives have been converted, and a small assembly formed. In the fall of 1929 Dr. and Mrs. Woodhams established a new station at Mambasa, about 85 miles west of Nyangkundi amongst pygmies and Mohammedan tribes, and are now, assisted by Miss DeJonge, reaching out to those who have never before heard the good news. Miss Esther Wilson labored faithfully until her departure to be with Christ on February 28th of this year.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deans, together with their three grown children, William, Ella and Robert, left this country in September, 1929, and are at present located at Nyangkundi, where they are studying the language and assisting brother Searle until such time as they are enabled to occupy fresh sites, which they are planning to do in the near future, if the Lord will.

AFRICA-BAKA MBULE, BELGIAN CONGO:

Mr. Wm. G. Amies has been associated with brethren from England at this station since the summer of 1922, returning to this country for furlough in 1926. While on furlough he married Miss Elsa Fletcher, of Camden, N. J., returning to Africa with his wife in the early part of 1927. The climate in the Belgian Congo, and particularly the region where our brother and his wife are located, is very trying. The missionaries there suffer often from fever, making frequent furloughs necessary if health is to be maintained. It was at this station that Miss Mercy McCandless laid down her life.

JAPAN:

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Craig labored in Japan from 1914 to 1929. They are at present in this country, and expect to start work in the near future amongst Japanese on the Pacific Coast.

CHINA:

Mr. Charles O. Kautto after laboring in China for a number of years was obliged to leave the work temporarily on account of the unsettled condition there. After visiting his home in Finland he returned to China, visiting many assemblies in this country on the way. Before leaving the Pacific Coast he married Miss Esther Kramer of Redlands, Cal., and the two returned to his previous station and work. Although conditions there are still unsettled, brother Kautto and his wife have been allowed to go on unmolested and report considerable encouragement.

We also commend to the prayer and friendship of the saints, brethren in the Bahamas and outlying parts of Canada.

"Brethren, pray for us" (1 Thess. 5:25).

The following extracts are from letters written in connection with the death of Mr. Lamorue in Costa Rica:

Alajuela, Costa Rica,

March 13, 1930. Dear Brother:

Brother D. Lamorue was buried yesterday. He was sick for about a year. He was a good hard-working missionary. Everybody loved him. I hope you keep sending your missionaries, and may God bless you. Brother Lamorue leaves a wife and step-daughter. Sincerely yours,

MOISES MERUBIA

(Pastor of the Methodist Church)

"He has literally laid down his life for the brethren and his reward is sure."

"His testimony by word and life has been a blessing to many in Alajuela, where he has been known and loved for many years. He had a hall of his own where the gospel was preached in all its simplicity. He himself was a 'man of the Word'."

May the Lord bless the labors of our brother in this part of the harvest field.

AFRICA:

The following very interesting letter is from our young brother William Deans:

Nyangkundi, January 28, 1930. Dear Bro. in the Lord:

Last night we returned to Nyangkundi after a week's visit with Dr. Woodhams and family at the Mambasa mission. As you know, the Doctor has cleared a location in the heart of the forest where one sees nothing but trees in all directions, except for the monkeys which gambol in their branches.

Dr. Woodhams, with the co-operation of Miss DeJonge and Miss Wilson, is carrying on a splendid work among the Bangwana tribe. It was a treat to see the well-filled schoolhouse on Sunday morning at the gospel service. The people are followers of Mohammed, and are harder to reach than the raw native with all his witchcraft. However, I believe that the Spirit is working in their hearts, and knowing that God's Word will not return void but will accomplish that whereunto it was sent, we pray that God will save precious souls to His own glory.

Our report of the work there cannot be too bright, for it is certainly the Lord working through His servants that has accomplished all that has been done. Besides the schoolhouse and dwellings, there is a dispensary and a operating room, a building of wards for patients, and accommodation for natives around the station. The fact that the medical work is being used to bring souls to hear the Word was shown on Sunday when the attendance was swelled by their presence. Pray for the Mambasa effort.

We were quite surprised on our way to Mambasa to see a leopard in broad daylight. I was driving the Doctor's motor-cycle, and my brother rode the back seat, while the others followed by auto. We turned a sharp bend, and there he stood. In an instant he bounded off towards the forest, but gave us enough time to get a good view of his beauty. We were fortunate to see one during the day, as the leopard usually sleeps by day, and stalks by night.

The pygmies are not, I should say, more than five miles from Mambasa, so we journeyed to their village one day during our stay there. They do not, so far, believe the gospel (although our prayer is that they may) because they have been slaves for so many years that they cannot understand that the same way of salvation is open to all alike. It seems too good to them to be true, that they are on equal ground with those who have trodden them under foot for so long. They are interesting little folk. Quick and nervous in their movements, excellent hunters, but dreading the bath. Someone has said that they never bathe, just as a matter of custom. They live in leaf houses,-miniatures of the full-size native house. They have been to the gospel services several times. Pray for the conversion of many.

Between the Mambasa and the Nyangkundi stations lie 85 miles of unevangelized territory. The natives in that district have never heard the gospel, and are deep in sin, ignorance, superstition and witchcraft.

The doctor came through that district one day several weeks ago, and the car broke down, so he had five natives push it into Irumu. Later he found that the whole village had mourned for those five, believing that the white man had taken them to eat them.

Ever since I knew of the need of this locality, it has been on my heart, and I know it is the Lord's mind that I should start a new work there. The decision is made after much prayer and consultation with those who have labored here in the work for years. Dr. Woodhams and I picked out a site yesterday. It is in the heart of the forest, 35 miles from Mambasa and 50 miles from Nyangkundi. It is in the center of the Babila tribe and within a few miles of the Walesi. Walesi people will come for medicine and school, so in that way we will reach both tribes. The site has excellent water, and is ideal in every way to reach the people. If the Lord wills, I will start felling trees within a fortnight, and the testimony will be started.

As I have no means of transportation, will be able to go back and forth only on certain occasions, when someone is going that way. This will delay the work somewhat, but the Lord knows all about it.

Mother and father are praying about a new work west of the doctor's. The road has not been cut yet, and it is inaccessible except by foot. As road work will take a year or more, they will stay here at Nyangkundi until the Woodhams go on furlough, then look after their work while they are gone, working on the Western site at the same time. Bear us up before the Throne that in everything we may be guided by the Spirit to act according to the Lord's mind.

We are able to speak Kingwana enough to be understood, and Mr. Searle and I are to take Sunday services alternately, starting with next Sunday. Mother, Ella and Bob are teaching in the school, and Dad is learning more quickly than he expected.

Christian love to all the saints, and again soliciting your earnest prayers on our behalf, I am, Your brother in Christ,

BILL DEANS . (Romans 15 :20, 21; Acts 21:13.)

In a letter dated about two weeks later, Mr. Deans, Sr., says:

"Possibly my son Bill has given you the following information. However, I will risk repetition. We intend, D. V., to open up two new stations, one on this side of Mambasa (Dr. Woodham's place) and one on the other side. Bill would take the site already selected on this side while I with the rest of the family would open the site on the other side (see map on next page).

MAP OF AFRICA.

PORTION SHADED IS THE DISTRICT IN THE BELGIAN CONGO WHERE DR. WOODHAM’S AND PARTY ARE

The need is so very great that it is imperative that the gospel be brought to the people between Nyangkundi and Stanleyville. Should the Lord open the way I believe that the doctor and his family should go home at this time. Truly he needs rest, as he is on the go for the Master from early morning till late at night. Please ask the saints to pray especially for the new work. The new sites are in the heart of the dense forest as also is Mambasa."

In another letter Mr. Deans says:

"God is blessing at this station (Nyangkundi). Fifty souls have confessed the Lord since our arrival; this being fruit from the patient sowing of the dear saints who have been laboring here the last few years. Last Sunday 28 of the 50 were baptized, witnessed by a large crowd of natives, making a deep and, I pray, convicting impression."

The above news is surely a cause both for rejoicing and continued prayer, particularly for the further advance of the work.

From a Missionary magazine just to hand we read:"During the present year, 1930, an estimate has been made of the population of Africa as about 140 millions, and of that number not more than 10 % have heard the gospel. The vast area of Africa must be regarded, when considering this astounding fact that approximately 125 millions are without the gospel."

"Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" (Isa. 6:8).

Dr. Woodhams, writing on February 1st, says:

"We have had very enjoyable fellowship with brother Deans and his family, and it has surely been an encouragement to us all to welcome them to the Congo. Last week they made their first visit here to Mambasa and remained about a week. They are very much enthused over the forests and the opportunities here. Brother Bill (as he insists that we call him) has been thinking of a new site between here and Nyangkundi, for which we were all very glad, as it is thickly populated and a wide open territory. It is a section which I have passed many times going back and forth to Nyangkundi, and yet the people have never heard the gospel, and Bill starts in with them in a wholly raw state. Our hope is that in due time there will be an assembly there who worship God and Christ in spirit and in truth. This is to be accomplished by the power of the gospel and blessing of God upon the seed sown.

Our new boy is doing fine, although he had rather a rough start. Now he gets another jolt to his constitution. We were feeding him on goats' milk. We had two to give him milk. We had a herd of ten, but three nights ago a leopard broke into the goat-house and killed the entire ten goats. Fortunately we had a good supply of Borden's milk on hand, and we are now giving this to baby, and he appears to be doing well."

A later letter from Dr. Woodhams, dated March 3, gives an account of Miss Wilson's departure:

Dear Brother:

On February 28 I sent you a cable as follows:COGUGEJUJU TARAJIVACA LOGEXAPASA meaning:Miss Wilson's state of health causes anxiety. As soon as her health will allow must be accompanied by E.C.W. and family. Continue in prayer with us.

On March 1 I sent a second cable as follows:

COGUBELIJE HOPIT

Miss Wilson died yesterday-heart disease.

The cause of death was the original heart lesion which she had since late childhood. When I examined her, together with Dr. Jouard, we came to the conclusion that though it would some day cause her trouble it was not more likely to do this in Africa than in America. I say this from the medical side, for though night-duty with the babies and other factors no doubt had a part, yet the basis of all was the original lesion. Miss Wilson's greatest fault, if we can call it a fault, was her continual eagerness to do more, and help some one else. After her attack at Nyangkundi, from which she recovered quickly, she did not want to go home to America, but was anxious to return to Mambasa; in fact it was after much persuasion on the part of the other ladies that she finally gave up bringing the Babira babies here with her. She then contented herself by helping us with the hospital work, giving the anaesthetics, in which she had become proficient. No night hours being involved in this work

I thought she would be able to stand it all right, and she was very anxious to do this work until she and Miss DeJonge could go home together in April. But the Lord in His eternal wisdom has willed otherwise. From a human standpoint my only regret would be that I did not insist that she go home six months ago. There was an opportunity to accompany another missionary, but though we spoke of it she "was not minded to go at that time," and the matter was dropped. I do not like the responsibility of commanding others.

Her's is a case of giving herself for the Lord's work. She knew that she did not have the "expectancy of long life," and yet she chose to spend the years she had here in Africa for our Lord. And I am sure from what we saw of her earnest devoted spirit and enjoyment of her work during the past five years that she never regretted her choice. Earnest, devoted, faithful and with a willingness often beyond her strength, such as was her part in the Lord's work here. Yet God's Word declares plainly-"To depart and be with Christ is far better." We surely miss our sister in the assembly here. This was especially felt last Lord's Day evening, as the Searles were here (the Deans having returned to Nyangkundi), and we remembered the Lord together, five of us only. Yet as we were there in the Lord's presence so she also was, though ours was to remember Him by faith, and hers to see Him face to face. Our sister always wanted to come to Mambasa since the work was first proposed, and she liked it here very much, but we may be sure that from what she has already seen of Heaven and the Lord's actual presence that she does not wish herself here again.

Because I had seen her heart respond to treatment and rest before, I was hopeful even to the last that it would be so this time. In fact 1 wrote to Brother Gillings a day or two before that I was encouraged by the response to treatment. But the lesion was such that when the heart failed to compensate there was no reserve.

Our prayers have been much for her parents and loved ones at this time, that they may find real comfort at the Lord's hands. God has not promised that we shall not sorrow at such a time, but rather that sorrow shall not be "as others who have no hope." Sorrow is real, but with it hope is mixed, and this changes all.

When the Lord enables we believe we should go on furlough as we realize ourselves to be below par physically, and not as full of energy for the work as we ought to be. But our physical state is not so urgent as the arrangements for the work; for if brother Deans fills in for me here at Mambasa, as he promises to do, this will delay his own plans, so I feel that we ought to get away and back again as soon as possible. Also brother Searle will be needing to go by next year, and we ought to be back again by that time. For negotiations with the Government either he or I should be here, not both of us away at the same time. Brother Searle does not want to go now as he wants to finish some translation work he is on before he leaves.

Much love to you in Christ. There is much else to write, but I cannot this morning. Enough to say that there is blessing on the work and good interest. Your brother in Christ.

R. C. WOODHAMS, M.D.
P.S.-I overlooked an account of the burial. Brother Deans was here, as I went for him the same day, and he gave a good word on 2 Tim. 4:7:"I have fought a good fight," connecting this with 1 Peter 1:34. This in English in Miss DeJonge's house where we had a short service. Then at the grave we had a service in Kingwana, and I spoke from 2 Cor. 5:1-9. So we laid to rest the "earthly tabernacle" of our dear sister in Christ, all the while blessedly conscious that she was not there, but "with Christ." What a hope and what a ground to stand on! Hope for those who go on before us, and for ourselves in view of what is common to man. "Absent from the body and present with the Lord" is a word that pours oil upon our sorrow.

Miss DeJonge, writing a few days before Miss Wilson's death, says:

The Woodhams are really ready for a furlough as much as we, and we are looking to the Lord to show us His will in the matter of coming together. With Him all things are possible, and we would trust Him to order all according to His purpose.

The Searles are here at Mambasa for the present, a second son being born to them last Thursday.

The present would seem the most suitable time for a furlough for the Woodhams, both with a view to preserving their health and also fitting with new arrangements for expanding the work. If they get away soon, it will make it possible, on their return to the field, for Mr. Searle and family to take their furlough within a reasonable time. All have been in Africa about five years. Letters from China, the Indian and Harbor work, etc., are omitted for lack of space, and will, D.V., appear in the next issue.

NEW WORKERS:

George Foggin of Halifax, Nova Scotia, expects to sail from San Francisco on May 30th for China, to join Mr. and Mrs. Kautto in service for the Lord.

Mr. Foggin is a young man (about 30 years of age), and well commended by all who have come in contact with him. He has been exercised for a number of years about China, and for the last five years has been in close touch with brother Kautto. Brother Kautto plans, D. V., to meet brother Foggin at Kobe, Japan, which will be a great help to him.

"Help us, O Lord, our God, for we rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go" (2 Chron. 14:11).

"We go, in faith, our own great weakness feeling,
And needing more each day Thy grace to know,
Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go."

MISSIONARY PRAYER MEETING

The usual missionary meeting will be held, D. V., at Elizabeth, N. J., on May 5th. Tea, 6:30. Meeting, 8 P. M.