Mississippi by H. G. Thurston

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Apr 6, 1905

Mississippi

By H. G. Thurston

WE are glad to report some progress in our conference. We are receiving additions to our force of workers, but we need many more. Those in the field are having some encouraging experiences. During the year 1904, the tithe of the conference was between seventeen and eighteen hundred dollars. The colored members are taking hold nicely, and though many of them are quite poor, they paid fully one third of the tithe for 1904. The colored membership is about one half the entire membership of the conference.

For several months last summer and fall, my health was not the best, and in order that I might be able to do better work in the future, it seemed best to leave the field here for a time, with a view of returning later; and during my absence, Elder F. R. Shaeffer, the vice-president of the conference, has charge. He is also our State agent, and reports advancement in the work of our agents. We are very glad of the help Elder Shaeffer and his wife are able to give.

We learned, with deep regret, of the death of Elder Douglas, who, a few years ago, went into the Southern field. He was at Corinth, Miss., at the time of his death.

Our prayer is that God will send forth laborers into the harvest, and we hope to see a great work wrought in Mississippi in the near future.

H. G. THURSTON.

Pres. Miss. Conf.