TEXAS by R. M. Kilgore

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 3, 1879

TEXAS

By R. M. Kilgore

Dallas, Denison, and Plano.—The lectures of Bro. and Sr. White at Dallas, in December last, were received so well that some of the prominent citizens extended an invitation to them, through the Herald, to return to their city and speak again on the great subjects of religious and moral reform. This they accepted through the same paper, promising them a series of lectures as soon as the large tent could be pitched in the early spring. The first week in March the tent was pitched, and the lectures commenced Sunday, the 9th, with a good audience at 3 P. M., and in the evening the tent was filled with interested hearers. They remained over the following Sunday, speaking, when the weather would permit, during the week. A heavy rain storm and a severe “norther” greatly disturbed the meetings, and paralyzed the interest. But the truth was presented in its usual force, and good must result from the effort. Many seemed highly pleased with what they heard, and expressed regret that Bro. and Sr. White could not stay longer.

Wednesday, the 19th, we left Dallas with five loaded teams for Denison, a distance of seventy-five miles, Bro. and Sr. White leading the van. After camping two nights on the way, we arrived Friday P. M. On Sunday the large tent was pitched in the city park, and Bro. and Sr. White each spoke to good audiences the same day. Quite an interest is manifested on the part of the citizens of the place, to hear the servants of God who have been in their midst during the past few months. Should the interest prove to be general and permanent, we now hope to round off the meetings with a full course of lectures on the reasons of our faith and hope. We anxiously await the arrival of Bro. Corliss to help us on with the good work.

Sabbath and Sunday I met with the little company at Plano. They are all firm in the faith, and growing in the knowledge of the truth. Our meetings were held in the vacant dining-hall of a hotel, fitted up for the occasion. All the brethren and sisters and many others were present at each meeting, and the word spoken found a ready response in their hearts. About two hundred were present at the last meeting. Organized S. B., all but one uniting together on the tithing plan so plainly revealed in the Bible.

A move was made for the erection of a meeting-house. The brethren are anxious to engage in the enterprise, and by the expression taken at the close of our meeting, I am confident that quite a number not of our faith would esteem it a privilege to assist with their means. If the popular churches did not act the part of the “dog in the manger,” our people, and those who are friendly, would not so readily see the necessity and importance of having a meeting-house of our own. But the wrath of man will praise the Lord. R. M. KILGORE.