PAGE SHEPARD by Page Shepard

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 4, 1907

PAGE SHEPARD

By Page Shepard

Mississippi

NATCHEZ.—“I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.” “Who will render to every man according to his deeds.” “For we are laborers together with God.”

We praise the Lord for seed sown here by faithful brethren during the past summer. The little band of believers gathered out of the citadels of error by the third angel's message, are growing stronger day by day, as they feed upon the word. They are becoming zealous missionaries, and as a result many are being turned to the last saving call of a merciful Saviour.

Since coming upon the field here, I have watered the good seed sown, and am keeping up the sowing. As a result three have begun keeping the Sabbath, others are deeply stirred, and we feel sure that the Lord will add to our little flock such as shall be saved.

The good school established here as the fitting climax to the tent effort, wisely managed, is prospering. One student has begun anew to keep the Sabbath, and attends Sabbath-school, saying her Bible seems to be a new book to her since attending the school, and she can not stay away from service. Three others are coming to Sabbath-school, and all four are especially seeking the Lord. Every morning, half an hour before school opens, in the meeting room earnest prayers ascend from youthful lips, and a marked change is manifest in their deportment, for which we praise the Lord and rejoice in his love.

The Lord had gone out before the tent effort put forth here, and prepared the hearts to receive the truth. He also put it into the hearts of Sister Temple and Sister Ireland, of California, the former a native of Natchez, to acknowledge God's love for them by donating two good lots for the work here. These lots furnish a valuable building site in a very desirable neighborhood, and we are preparing to build as speedily as means can be secured. We have written a plea for help, setting forth the necessity for Christian education, and have placed a few copies of it in the hands of brethren to distribute among friends and neighbors, and we believe the Lord will

greatly bless as an effort is made to seek out those whom the Lord is impressing to help. Good reports are already coming in.

But in the meantime we would gladly welcome the efforts of any who may chance to read these lines to help us establish a memorial to the truth in Natchez. Kindly send all donations to the Southern Missionary Society, Nashville, Tenn., plainly stating the object for which they are given.