The Tent-Meetings in Nashville
By Geo. I. Butler
THESE meetings are still in progress, seven discourses being given each week. There has been no great, striking change in our attendance, but we can truly say that the interest has been increasing. There are quite a number of interested persons who are always present, and who seem to be very glad to be present. We could have wished for a far larger attendance, but we know not what more we could have done to bring this about. The truth is plainly preached, and some are finding light and instruction that is beneficial. We could not at this stage of the meeting pretend to express even an opinion of what will be the results, only this, we know that the work is of God. We know that we have God's eternal truth for these last days, and that we have some opportunity of presenting it in this great city. We know that there are influences being brought to bear upon people to keep them from coming out. We still hope to see the interest increasing and enlarging as the meeting progresses. The camp-meeting will begin in about two weeks. We shall advertise that largely, and hope this will increase the interest, and we expect to continue after the camp-meeting, if possible, until about the first of October. We can not tell the intense interest we feel to see these meetings a success. We are praying most earnestly for God's help, and we want our brethren and sisters everywhere to pray most earnestly that God will give us the victory in this great city. It is very important that it should be done. This is the beginning of our efforts in the large cities of the South, but we hope not the end. —Geo. I. Butler, in The Watchman.