24th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
MEXICAN EVANGELISTIC MISSION. (1950) On November 4 of this year, the Mexican
Evangelistic Mission celebrated its 24th anniversary. The author of these lines will never forget the force that made this advent possible, nor the cradle where it first saw light. “A voice, like coming from heaven spoke to my heart ordering me to leave the church that I loved more than my life: to separate myself from people that were part of my own existence. Abandon privileges and prerogatives that had been mine, thanks to the kindness of my superiors, the welcome that the people of God had given to my work and, above all. to the intervention of a Providence that manifests Its power through weakness and that uses the vilest instruments to carry out its inscrutable designs. Eleven of us formed that group and counting the Lord, whose presence was so real, there were twelve of us. My own mother, Mrs. Aurelia C. de Vargas, Sister Juanita de Hernández, her daughter Miss Rebeca Hernández, Ezequiel B Vargas Jr, Rubén V Austin, Lolita Orozco, Miss Herminia Bustamante, Miss Carolina Sepúlveda. Sister Merceditas A. de Aguirre, Miss Blanche Gilbert. And the one who writes¨. This small group of delusions, according
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By Dr. E. B. Vargas. to the world, undertook an undertaking that, due to its stupendous nature, surpassed the mental capacity of those present. Its cradle was the room of the parsonage adjoining the temple. As known, it is silent that the omens were all contrary to the company that was going to start. The most mournful failures and even horrifying tragedies were predicted. The demon focused its darts on the director of the play and specialized in torturing and causing bitter pain to the founding members. Some lost their placements, others the affection of their loved ones. There was no shortage of people who had to leave the city and face situations that were more difficult. But the Lord. did not leave any of His own. After 24 years of struggle we can raise our Ebenezer and without fear of being wrong we can say: “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” The devil has not lost hope of destroying the work. With his proverbial subtlety, he even uses those who have been conduits for so many blessings to come to the Mission, to hinder the victorious march of the Gospel. In many cases these instruments do not understand it, thus: discrepancies arise as between Paul and Barnabas whose justice only the Holy Spirit can elucidate
