[19] Good News, vol. 17, no. 8, August 1926, p. 16.

Our Missionaries

India.

Brother Todd and another brother have just held a week's campaign at Champion Reef. Ten people yielded to the Holy Spirit's convicting power, and were saved. The sick were anointed and spirits of infirmity cast out, the Lord, working with them and confirming the word with signs following. He has had two falls lately, his weight of 18 stone being too much for his weakened body.

Brother Todd writes that he is suffering much, and not able to get about as he should. He is sadly in need of rest, and he and Sister Todd are desirous of being in our midst for a season. Pray about this matter.

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The Lord is blessing Brother and Sister Smith's labors much in Japan, and there is no doubt that they and little Marie are in the centre of God's will. Standing in the forefront of the battle in an enemy's country, they look to their Pentecostal brethren here to stand behind them in prayer and a living faith.

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Kyoto, Japan, 14/5/26.

Dear ones in Christ Jesus, greetings'. We were so happy to see from your kind and encouraging letter, which we received on April 6, that the dear Lord is blessing in Australia.

We are thankful to God for the fuller life into which He has brought us. We have proved that it is better to "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding." We have a very busy and full life here, but, praise God! it is good to be busy in His blessed service. The Lord has opened up the way for us in a wonderful manner, and though we cannot preach in Japanese, yet on account of many young men students in the higher schools and colleges studying English, we are able to have an English Bible class. Some of the students of our class have accepted Jesus, and the Lord is using them to help in the Japanese services.

Bro. Coote comes up on Wednesday and Sunday evenings, from Osaka. We have a children's service from 7 to 8 p.m., and then the adult service. We have a room to the front of the house, but it could not hold all the people, so we had to remove the paper doors which act as a partition in Japanese houses, and make one room out of three.

The children at first thought they could come every evening, and collected round our doors, so we had to explain to them the services were only for Wednesday and Sunday. We often hear the whistling and singing of our hymns by the children who live near here.

Some of the remarks made by the members of our Bible Class are interesting.

One student says, "Surely God does not love Japan as He loves England and America, or He would also have let them know of Jesus."

Another student says, "How happy students must be in your country, where the Bible is taught in the schools."

Another student tells us that he is so happy since he found Jesus that he has lost his desire to go to picture-shows.

Truly, "the fields are white unto harvest" in this land of Japan, but "the laborers are few."

Dear Sister Emma Fuselier, with whom we were working when we first came to Kyoto, has gone to Nara to open up a new mission. We hope to go to Nara on Saturday with some of the members of the Bible Class to visit Sister Emma.

Bro. and Sister Coote, and fellow-missionaries, send their Christian love to the band of workers at Good News Hall.

Wishing you all God's blessing on your labors in His service.—Yours sincerely;

Bro. and Sis. Smith and Marie.

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