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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 1, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 18.

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E. L. MAXWELL

By E. L. Maxwell

Tennessee

MEMPHIS.—Recently I had the pleasure of two visits with the Memphis Church No. 2, as our church here for colored people is known. For several years this company has been meeting in a very poorly equipped hall in an out-of-the-way place, but the Lord has blessed the efforts of the members, and several new Sabbath-keepers have been added as a result.
Memphis has a large colored population and many of the people are very intelligent. Ever since the beginning of our work for the colored people here it has been hampered on account of the poor facilities for our meetings. At last we have succeeded in securing a high lot in the best section of the colored settlement, and the nature of the ground is such that there can be a good basement under the church to serve as Sabbath-school and church-school rooms.
The lot is paid for and we have raised about three hundred dollars for the building. Fifteen hundred dollars will be required to erect the building, but we have all taken hold of the matter, and are sure that it will be raised soon. We will try to have the church completed this summer.
We ask the prayers of all the brethren for the success of the work in this great city of the South, with its thousands of colored people.

E. L. MAXWELL