p. 20 | Kimberley Baths by J. V. Willson; Wife

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 25, 1907

Kimberley Baths

By J. V. Willson; Wife

It is a long time since I have written a report of the Kimberley Baths, but it is not because of lack of interest in the work that we have been silent.

Business in Kimberley has suffered much from financial depression, but the Lord has cared for his work. There are four departments to our work—baths, treatments, rents, and flower garden. There has been a steady financial growth from year to year. Aug. 15, 1899, the present worth of the Kimberley Baths was £221 13s. 11d. Dec. 31, 1906, it had increased to £3607 1s. 1d., a gain of £3385 7s. 2d.

We have looked forward from year to year to having a Seventh-day Adventist physician connect with our work here, and hope we shall see that done not long in the future. We have been made very sad by the news of the death of our daughter, our only child, but can say, “Thy will be done.” We devoted her to the service of the Lord from early childhood, and sent her to America to receive a fitting up for the Lord’s work, and we do not regret the sacrifice we made. We desire to press the battle to the gates, and start out on another year’s work with renewed zeal and courage.—J. V. Willson and Wife, in South African Missionary.