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The Late K. G. Smith

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 30, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 22.

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The Late K. G. Smith

By A. T. ROBINSON

BROTHER KIMBLE G. SMITH, who died at Madrid, Neb., May 30, 1906, after making liberal provision for his three brothers who survive him, left the rest of his property to the Nebraska Conference Association, by a will dated March 7, 1906, just fifty-three days before his death occurred.
The estate has been fully settled, and everything turned over to us. Our brethren and sisters everywhere will be pleased to know that when the securities in our hands are all realized upon, we shall have turned over the following amounts to be used in carrying forward the great world-wide missionary operations of the third angel’s message:—
Foreign missions .......... $20,000.00 Atlanta (Ga.) Sanitarium ... 1,000.00 Jewish work in New York City . 1,000.00 Northwest Canadian field ..... 1,000.00 International Publishing Assn. 3,000.00 Elevator for Nebraska San.... 3,000.00 To be appropriated later ..... 5,713.38
Total ....................... $34,713.38
The board of trustees of the Nebraska Conference Association feel deeply grateful to God for the privilege of helping to carry out the dying wish of our departed brother. Brother Smith had been keeping the Sabbath about a year and a half before his death, and during this time he made liberal donations to the cause. So far as we know, he was the only Sabbath-keeper within a radius of one hundred miles of where he lived. The court officials, the executors of the will, and all with whom we have had business relations in connection with this matter have treated us with the utmost courtesy. The estate was settled several months earlier than the law requires, and no unreasonable charges were made for services rendered.
Who will doubt that when our deceased brother awakes in the morning of the first resurrection, he will greet those who will have been saved in the message as the result of his liberal gifts? May He whose Spirit prompted this gift watch over its distribution and use.
A. T. ROBINSON, President Neb. Conf. Assn. of Seventh-day Adventists.