p. 15 | Louisiana by W. H. Saxby

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 25, 1909

Louisiana

By W. H. Saxby

NEW ORLEANS.—We came to this State a little over one year ago. We had some idea of what we would meet from a previous experience of nearly four years in the State of Kentucky.

The conference owns a large typical Southern home on a prominent avenue, which answers very well for a mission home. Friends in the North have sent us over two hundred dollars in donations, which has been an appreciated help in furnishing the home in a plain, substantial manner. Our public services are held in the large double parlor.

We thoroughly enjoyed the privileges of our good camp-meeting. It was very gratifying to see the liberal spirit manifested in lifting the debts of the conference. Truly, “the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.” Isa. 32:8. It seems to me

that the reverse of this would be equally true: The stingy deviseth stingy things; and by stingy things shall he stand, or fall, rather. I have been impressed recently with the following scripture, or slight paraphrase: Where sin (debts) abounded, grace (prosperity) does much more abound.

The mission received a gift of four hundred fifty dollars last week, and more is promised from the same source. “If all the tithes of our people flowed into the treasury of the Lord as they should, such blessing would be received that gifts and offerings for sacred purposes would be multiplied tenfold, and thus the channel between God and man would be kept open.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IV, page 474. We are delighted to see each quarter a substantial increase in tithes and offerings, for this indicates so much. “Those churches which are the most systematic and liberal in sustaining the cause of God, are the most prosperous spiritually.”—Id., Vol. III.

A recent Sabbath was a precious day. The tender influence of the Spirit was manifest as five were baptized and united with the church. One each was from the Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches, and one, an aged canvasser, was reclaimed. We now have a membership of forty-six.

We are confident there is a good opening here for treatment-rooms, and the church will stand loyally by with its moral support. We should have a consecrated worker among the large French population of the city. We have room for one or two self-supporting trained nurses, periodical sellers, and canvassers.

“Persons should be chosen to labor in the large cities, who are fully consecrated and understand the sacredness and importance of the work. Do not send those who are not qualified in these respects.”—Id., Vol. IX, page 119.

Are there not those who have a burden born of the Spirit for the work here? With such, we would like to open correspondence at once.

We are planning to do our duty with the special REVIEW.

Mrs. Saxby has been very slow in recovering from a heavy surgical operation she underwent at Boulder, Colo., on our way here. We are glad to be here, and are of good courage in the Lord.

W. H. SAXBY.