The Fund for the Work in the South by J. S. WASHBURN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 14, 1905

The Fund for the Work in the South

By J. S. WASHBURN

Up to date there has been received on this fund a total of $343.78. The list is not large, but we are glad that a beginning is being made. Nothing could be clearer than that the time has come for a definite work for the Southern field to be done. Brother W. A. Wilcox, of South Lancaster, Mass., is going to the South to help in the work financially. He is a man of large business experience, and we believe he will prove a great help to the Southern work.

We call attention to the following extract from a recent Testimony in regard to the Southern work:—

The Southern field is a very hard, needy field, and it must receive assistance. Chosen men should be appointed to receive the funds that will now be called for in behalf of the enterprises that must now come to the front in this needy field.

Over and over again the light has been given that a special work is to be done in Huntsville. Those who are rooted and grounded in the truth in all its bearings, are to be placed in charge of the work. A beginning has been made on the orphanage for colored children, but the work stands unfinished. On the beautiful farm of over three hundred acres, God purposes that an efficient missionary training-school shall be conducted, which will develop many workers for the colored people.

A small sanitarium should also be established in connection with the Huntsville school. The sanitarium building should not be of a shoddy character. Neither should it be narrow and contracted. It should be built substantially, and there should be in it room for the physician and nurses to carry on the work of healing the sick, and giving patients and students an education in regard to the right principles of living. J. S. WASHBURN.