SOUTH CAROLINA by I. E. Kimball

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Apr 3, 1900

SOUTH CAROLINA.

By I. E. Kimball

CHARLESTON.—Our labors in Charleston and vicinity this winter have not been in vain. Eight persons have been baptized, and we have organized a church of seventeen members. There are yet other Sabbath-keepers who have not joined in church capacity, but whose sympathies are truly with us.

Since beginning the work here, some who have accepted the truth have moved from the city; some have died; and many have given up because of the tribulations and trials that have come to them through obedience to unpopular truth. Those who stand firm have a fervent love for the truth. Some of these have endured great trials, and are more than conquerors through Him who loves them.

We have been renting a small room in the central part of the city, where we have had meetings four or five times a week. Our Sabbath evening service has been held for the especial reading of the Testimonies. This has been helpful. There is little reading done among the poorer classes here, and we despaired of their ever becoming familiar with the Testimonies unless we took some such means to get these writings before them. The white and the colored people seem to come together in mutual confidence and love.

Our last service was one of especial interest. The ordinances of the Lord’s house were celebrated for the first time, and the hearts of all were deeply touched. An elder and a deacon were also ordained. Brother Lawson, who has labored at Georgetown for some time, beset by many trials, but who has nevertheless stood firmly for the truth, is now elder of the church here. I would that the brethren in the North might remember him in a substantial way. If they knew the trials he has endured in the last four years for the truth’s sake, surely they would help him.

My wife and I are now at Savannah, Ga., where we expect to remain for about eight weeks.

I. E. KIMBALL.