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A Visit Among the Colored Believers

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 20, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 20.

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A Visit Among the Colored Believers

By H. W. HERRELL

ON my way to Spencer, Va., to dedicate a church building, I stopped at News Ferry overnight, and spoke to the brethren there. Brother Ragsdale met me at the depot, and took me to the house where I was to stay overnight, and then we went to the home of Brother Ragsdale, where we met Sister Ragsdale and her two sisters.
We went to the church at the appointed hour, and were pleased to have a full house out to hear the Word. They have a very neat little house of worship, but entirely too small for the congregations that meet with them from time to time. Present truth seems to have created a good impression in the vicinity.
From News Ferry we went to Danville, where I was joined by Elder F. G. Warnick, who accompanied me to Spencer. We arrived at Spencer on Friday, at 5:30 P. M., and found Brother Abraham Shelton there waiting for us.
We held five services with the church at this place. Sunday morning the dedicatory service was held by the writer, Elder Warnick offering the dedicatory prayer. Special songs appropriate for the occasion were rendered by the church. The church was filled with people, some standing on the outside. The building was erected through the efforts of Elder M. S. Wooding and also wife. The brethren and sisters here have worked hard and faithfully to erect this memorial to the cause of present truth. The church has been dedicated free of debt. Elder Warnick and the writer left Spencer for Danville Monday morning on the seven o'clock train.
The writer was pleased to meet with some of the members of this church, and to speak to them at night. This church is also erecting a building in which to hold their services. They have had a small building, but it was getting old, and they needed a larger one.
These churches need our prayers. Let us remember them before the throne of grace. H. W. HERRELL.