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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 21, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 38.

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The Work for the Colored People

By C. F. McVagh

Good words are coming from the colored workers in all parts of the Southern Union Mission. Over forty persons have accepted the truth in Louisville, Ky., about thirty in Dothan, Ala., and nearly thirty in Meridian, Miss., during the summer. Encouraging reports also come from other places.
On my way to Jackson I had the privilege of spending a little time with our colored brethren at their camp-meeting in Meridian, Miss. This is the most successful camp-meeting ever held for the colored people in the Southern Union Mission. The attendance of our own people was good, and there was also a large attendance of those not of our faith, and a number took a firm stand for the truth during the meeting. Elders A. C. Chatman and N. B. King conducted a fruitful tent-meeting in Meridian during the summer. In addition to these brethren, Elders J. H. Lawrence and S. A. Jordan, Dr. Isbell-Blake, and the mission Sabbath-school secretary, Julia Lowe, together with Professor Rogers, Elder C. P. Bollman, and the writer, were in attendance at the camp-meeting. The colored laborers have done faithful work, and the spirit of courage and unity prevails throughout the mission. Truly this is the time to press the work among the colored people. Calls are coming from interested persons in many places.
The first Sabbath in October is the time for an annual offering in all our churches for the work among the colored people. This is the only opportunity in a whole year given for unitedly aiding in pushing forward this important work, so I trust that all our people will remember it in a very substantial way, both by their prayers and by a liberal offering.
C. F. McVAGH.