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closes, some nine books, that will come off the press as soon as possible. Among
these books is The Trail of Blood by Dr. J. M. Carroll, translated into the Spanish
by one oi our local pastors. We look forward with much interest to its appearance.
Among the publications of the year are the following:
1,000—Himnos Selectos Evangelicos—(seventh edition)
3,000—Christian Alamaques—this is 20% more than were printed last
year, and all these have already been sold
1,000—Inquietudes de Eunice—a fine story by Sra. de Libert, already having
appeared in Sendas de Luz
1,000—Miriam—by Arnoldo Canclini
1,000—Soldados del Rey de Reyes—by Mrs. Una R. Lawrence
40,000—Post cards with Bible texts
10,000—Post cards for Mother's Day
1,500,000—El Faro—Monthly tract for evangelization
200,000—Extra tracts on special topics
1,900—Annual subscriptions to the convention Organ, El Expositor
Bautista
7,000—Annual subscriptions to Sendas de Luz, a Sunday school leaflet
Through the year, there has been a threatening tendency to limit and censor
publications; but that danger has more or less disappeared since the close of
the war. Congestion in the post offices and the reduced facilities for mail
service to the exterior (fewer boats and postal employees), the confused
political situation, and general unrest have been cause for deep concern; and
the political horizon is still quite threatening. In spite of all this, the sales have
reached the highest mark of any year in the history of our work. The colportage
work has been carried on with encouraging results.
Our most urgent need is the new building. In our present quarters we are
so cramped that we are really just "making out." The generous gift from
the 1944 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering already received has been a gracious
encouragement and when the remainder comes in we shall be in a position to
establish the Publishing House in a much more advantageous situation. The
conviction grows that we are at the beginning of a new epoch for our publication
work. All the circumstances encourage us to go forward.
—MR. M. S. BLAIR.
Portals to Peace in Paraguay
SYDNEY L. GOLDFINCH
In the way of righteousness is life.—Proverbs 12:26
"The work in Paraguay is a living exponent of the missionary spirit of
River Plate Baptists." 1 The Paraguayan Mission is thus a grandchild of the
Southern Baptist Convention. At present the grandparent is taking a very
special interest in the grandchild; and the parents, while maintaining their
interest and care of the child, welcome this help from Southern Baptists.
Maximino Fernandez, convert and helper of Brother Hart, one of our first
missionaries to Argentina, started Baptist work in Asuncion, Paraguay, in 1919.
The River Plate Convention has continued this work through its Mission Board,
maintaining one missionary couple in Asuncion The three who followed
Fernandez—Pastors Molina, Ermili, and Brarda—have done a splendid work.
A strong Baptist church with many outlying preaching points demonstrates the
worth of this continued effort.
At the request of the Mission Board of River Plate Baptists, the Foreign
Mission Board has sent them help for the extension of the work in Paraguay
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney L. Goldfinch, after five years of service in Uruguay and
one furlough year, arrived in Asuncion October 31, 1945. In December, Miss
Estelle Councilman, after two years in Buenos Aires studying the language and
helping in the Publishing House, joined them. The group was completed on
December 22, when Miss Miriam Willis R.N arrived having spent two years
in ^Expositor Argentina Bautista, studying April. the 1928.
language and founding the Nurses' Home m Rosario.