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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 9, 1901

LOUISIANA

By C. A. Watkins

SHREVEPORT AND NEW ORLEANS.—In harmony with the recommendation of the late General Conference that I should change my labors from Michigan to the Southern Union Conference, and according to the advice of the Southern Union Conference Committee, I began an effort in Louisiana, June 1, 1901. My first stop was at Shreveport, in the northern part of the State, where I found an active little company of commandment-keepers, with whom several days were pleasantly, and I trust profitably, spent.

I next went to New Orleans, where I met Elder S. B. Horton, and spent a few days in counsel regarding work in the State. It was decided that I should visit as many of the churches and companies as possible previously to our camp-meeting at Crowley, July 12–22. In this the Lord has greatly blessed, and as I have come in close contact with the condition of the work in this way, I have rejoiced to see the readiness of our brethren in this field to advance with the calls of the message.

I am now at Crowley, preparing for the camp-meeting. May the Lord be glorified by our feeble efforts is my prayer. C. A. WATKINS.