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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 27, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 13.

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Florida

By Chas. P. Whitford

A SERIES of evangelistic services conducted by Brother Carlyle B. Haynes, assisted by Mrs. L. Whitgrove, Miss Mary L. Sladen, and the writer, began in Morocco Temple, Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday night, February 2.
Morocco Temple is one of the largest and most popular halls in the city. Other places of less prominence were closed to religious meetings, so that at one time it began to look as if we should not be able to secure a suitable place for this effort.
It seems quite providential to us now that this hall was secured, because of the fact that it is so well known and so favorably located, it being in the heart of the city. Indeed the building is an advertisement of itself.
About five hundred persons attended the first service, and an interest was awakened during the week that brought out one thousand or more the second Sunday night. In the congregation may be seen ministers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, and many other prominent citizens of the place. Already some of these leading representative men have expressed themselves as being very much interested. Others have said, “These are the best meetings I have ever attended.”
At this writing the interest is on the increase. From ten to twenty questions are asked at each service. The asking and the answering of these questions adds much to the interest of the meetings.
Jacksonville is a city of about seventy thousand. Two large daily papers are publishing full synopses of the lectures, which are being eagerly read, not only in the city but throughout the entire Southland. It should truly be a source of encouragement to our people everywhere to learn that the closing message of the gospel—the truth in its purity—is reaching tens of thousands of people through the medium of the secular press.
The expense of these meetings will be large, but let it be remembered that every dollar invested in the grand and glorious work of making known to the world the precious truth that God in his love and mercy has so freely given to us, will be placed to our credit in the ledger-books of heaven.
The workers are all of good courage in the Lord. They feel that in a time like this and with this great interest on their hands, they need and must have the power of the highest to overshadow them. They meet together each day at 6 P. M. to talk over the day's experiences, and to seek God unitedly for his special help and blessing.
Brethren everywhere, do not forget these faithful servants at the throne of divine grace. They need your prayers, your sympathy, your moral and financial support. CHAS. P. WHITFORD.