Southern Publishing Association
The importance of this branch of the work for this field, and the necessity of its being located in this field, are set forth in the following words from Sister White:— “In Nashville there should be established as soon as possible a printing plant, a sanitarium, and a school out of the city. “The publishing at Nashville will have to be done in a way to meet the needs of the very people for whom you are laboring. Everything must be plain, simple, and illustrated. Inexpensive illustrations are as good for this field as the more costly work. “Cheap, simple books must be issued, and a fund must be raised by donations so that small books may be given away where needed. “The South is a world of its own, and publishing should be done in that field. Without proper books to put into the hands of the people, talking and preaching will lose their hold on the mind. But if proper reading-matter can be placed in their hands, so that they can read the truth and see the pictures accompanying the reading-matter, it will stay in the mind and have convincing power. Then other and larger books should be issued to meet the needs of the better-educated classes. “Our people should take hold to raise a fund to establish and equip the office at Nashville, just as they did for the office at Oakland, Cal., and as they have done for so many of our other institutions in the North.”