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closed had we not lived amongst 
them. . . . These Indians are poor and 
have been long neglected. Their home 
is in the green forests, and they love 
to roam and to live far away from 
civilization. As they will not come to 
the towns the missionary must go to 
them, if they are to hear of the love 
of God, and to know the Way of Sal- 
vation." 
An Urgent Appeal 
Dear Friends: You who love God 
and His Son our Lord Jesus Christ 
and are impelled by the Holy Spirit, 
does not the foregoing brief history 
of our work amongst these interesting 
peoples stir your hearts to their deep- 
est depths with the great need of send- 
ing to them the Gospel which has 
been our own salvation? Christ died 
for them as He also died for us, and 
to Him their souls are as precious as 
ours. He yearns for them all. Will 
it not send you anew to your closet to 
intercede more earnestly than ever be- 
fore that God will send the reapers 
forth into this great whitened harvest- 
field of South America? What a chal- 
lenge this is — to be united with our 
Advocate, the Lord Jesus Christ, as, 
on the right hand of the Majesty on 
High. He intercedes with His Father, 
and ours, for the souls of these peo- 
ples so precious in His sight! Are 
you not thrilled with the colossal 
magnitude of the great task that lies 
before us, amidst the humanly insur- 
mountable difficulties, the persecu- 
tions that beset the faithful mission- 
aries as they seek the lost for Him, 
and then over against all this to real- 
ize the infinite resources of our God 
which are at our command, for "with 
God all things are possible," and 
"Without Me ye can do nothing." 
Beloved of God, let us enter into 
this blessed ministry of intercession 
for this great field, and look forward 
to that great Day of the Lord when 
thousands of these people will meet 
us, in whose salvation God has gra- 
ciously given us a part! What a chal- 
lenge! Brethren, pray for us! 
SPECIAL INTERCESSION 
AS THE summer season approaches we emphasize the need 
for special intercession that the financial needs of the Mis- 
sion may be met. Possibly because so many of our prayer helpers 
and donors are on vacation the summer months in the past few 
years have seen a slackening of interest at the Home Base. Be- 
tween now and September we need $5,000 for the General Fund 
so that those missionaries who are not supported by designated 
funds may not lack support. The missionary knows nothing of 
vacations and his necessities are the same in the summer as in 
every other season. We in the Home Base do not want to fail 
in doing whatever God may want us to do at that time, so we do 
earnestly request that there may be special prayer that the need 
this summer will be met. 
ANNUAL REPORT FOR CORUMBA 
Rev. and Mrs. L W. Clark 
TO THE missionaries of the I. S. 
A. M. U, 1930 will forever stand 
out as the time of a series of at- 
tacks from the Prince of the Powers 
of the air, combined with an outpour- 
ing of blessings from God. During 
the latter months of the year Satan 
seemed to mass his doughtiest shock 
troops in the effort to produce panic 
and despair in the hearts of the 
soldiers of the Cross. We were made 
keenly to realize that we invaded ter- 
ritory over which he desired to reign 
supreme and undisturbed. It is safe 
to say that there is not one corner of 
our Field that has not, in one manner 
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or another, felt the hand of the in- 
furiated prince, as, his authority 
brought in question, he struck out 
with savage intent. 
Satan but launches an attack into 
defeat. We were conscious of the 
Ever-present Lord of the Divine Com- 
mission Who said: "Lo, I am with 
you alway, even unto the end of the 
age." Thus it was that when dear 
Arthur Tylee and Miss Mildred 
Kratz fell, as we felt ourselves sur- 
rounded by all the uncertainties of 
civil war in Brazil, as the nerves of a 
brother completely gave way, as we 
strangely found ourselves weak and 
puny in the face of the mighty, hid- 
den forces that seemed to search out 
our every weak defence, we failed not 
to hear a calm, still voice which in- 
sisted, "Fear not, for I am with you — 
be not afraid." 
Mighty victory emerged from this 
spiritual engagement. From Iquitos 
to Bananal, and thence to Posadas, 
this victory became apparent. As we 
of the Brazil-Bolivia District gathered 
at Bananal, the Lord began at once to 
bless. The shocking news which told 
of the tragedy (or shall it be triumph?) 
at Juruena arrived but a few hours 
after. While it came as a crushing 
weight, yet it served to cause us the 
more insistently to claim victory for 
ourselves and the work of our Mis- 
sion. God poured out His Spirit of 
prayer upon all hearts. There was 
no set time for closing. For hours 
each day we waited on our knees un- 
til God blessed. When Conference 
closed we had voted to adopt for this 
district the literal apostolic methods 
of mission work. Space does not per- 
mit of a full explanation of these 
methods here. However, if one con- 
sults the Book of Acts and the 
Epistles, he will find that the main 
difference between these and the 
methods of modern missions is that 
in the early days the emphasis was 
placed upon the wide dissimination of 
the Gospel rather than the nurturing 
of individual Churches placed in cen- 
tral locations. No pastors in the 
modern sense were provided for them. 
The elders of congregations per- 
formed the work of watching over 
and feeding the flock of God. The 
missionaries did not consider them- 
selves as available as pastors. They 
were evangelizers and church organ- 
izers. The Churches grew and 
thrived under the direction of their 
own elders, as we see by the churches 
of Ephesus, Corinth, Rome and 
Antioch. 
At Posadas, in General Council, we 
voted that the Field as a whole be 
committed at once to these methods. 
Since then all have been busy insti- 
tuting them in their various fields. 
Word has already come of blessing in 
several places. 
Here in Corumba, we are slowly 
initiating the Church into this di- 
vinely-given system. It cannot be 
done in a day, but we are pleased 
with the way Senhor Argemiro, Joao 
Britto and Jose Werckloss went to 
learn to preach and lead the people. 
It cheers us to see the interest taken 
by the older men, and the concern 
shown by the ladies. There have been 
elections held, and the organization, 
while simple, is almost complete. 
Time must be given for all to come 
into a thorough understanding of the 
responsibility and duties of each, and 
then Mrs. Clark and myself will begin 
to absent ourselves regularly for the 
purpose of the organization of other 
work outside of Corumba. Only 
through our retiring from the field 
can the local leaders be given a 
square chance to lead the people real- 
ly. If we remained here all the time, 
they would continue to lean upon us. 
As we leave from time to time, we 
will not make the plans for the carry- 
ing on of the Corumba work in our 
absence. The leaders will know that 
the work will fall entirely upon them, 
and everything will have to be done 
at their discretion. We shall return 
with the idea of giving counsel and 
giving spiritual aid and helping to 
solve difficulties that have sprung up 
in our absence. There will un- 
doubtedly also be errors to be cor- 
rected from time to time. 
We are thankful to be able to re- 
port for the Sunday School a very 
steady, though, slow, growth in in- 
terest as well as numbers during 
1930. There have been added two 
native teachers so that now there are 
three native and two foreign teachers, 
making five classes in all. To accom- 
modate these, practically all our 
available space is taken up. We hope 
to initiate another class soon as there 
is a teacher almost ready. Where to 
put this class is problematical due to 
the hubbub of voices that distracts 
the attention of the pupils, when two 
classes are in the same room. 
Some ladies of the Evangelical So- 
ciety organized a Sunday School in 
the home of Dona lulietta, but the 
neighborhood proved not an advant- 
ageous one for this work, and now 
they are seeking an opening in a sec- 
