Nolin, Kentucky by D. T. Bourdeau

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 30, 1872

Nolin, Kentucky.

By D. T. Bourdeau

At the date of my last report, I had given one lecture at Sonora, at the close of which five dollars had been raised to defray the expenses of future meetings. I have now delivered seven discourses in that place to quite large and deeply interested congregations. On some occasions there were as many as four preachers present, one of whom had come thirty miles to fill an appointment at the Baptist house, but had suspended one of his meetings to hear us. He urged us strongly to give a course of lectures in this place. All we could say was, We would like very much to go, but our hands are more than full in this section.

There is one thing that is very much against us at Sonora, and that will compel us to close our effort there this evening. The man who owns the house asks one dollar a night for the use of it, and duns the people about every other night for money, refusing us the privilege of taking the matter in our own hands and speaking when other meetings are being held in the place to ease the people, and claiming the right of closing the meetings at any time, and throwing slurs at the close of our discourses. Many are getting disgusted at his course, and see that the “high-toned plan” on which he wanted to have the lectures carried on was to put money in his own pocket. This, of course, makes the sale of our works very slow. The Advent doctrine has been pretty well cleared up, and prejudice has been removed. We know of no other way to reach the people but to finish up our work there with a brief effort with the tent next spring.

Last Wednesday we went to Bro. Brown’s old neighborhood by way of Elizabethtown, and gave an introductory lecture in the evening in the Locust Grove school-house, which was well filled. Bro. Brown’s brother who lives in this district has recently embraced the Sabbath as the result of Bro. and sister Brown’s effort. Got one subscriber for the REVIEW.

I resume my lectures in this place this week. On this trip I formed some pleasant acquaintances in Elizabethtown, and was offered the town house to hold lectures in. I reserve this place for a tent effort, or for a time when I can have more help. The work there would be too heavy for any one man.

I have spent my Sabbaths and Sundays at Dr. Comb’s, giving, on an average, from three to five lectures a day to the family and to neighbors. The doctor’s daughter has decided to obey the truth. Others are investigating. There are but few school-houses in this country, and we need a tent here, if anywhere. D. T. BOURDEAU.

Nolin, Ky., Jan. 22, 1872.