p. 110 | Kentucky by S. OSBORN

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 19, 1872

Kentucky.

By S. OSBORN

At the close of the last report made by Bro. Hare, we moved about three miles from Lynn to Plumbfork school house for reasons named in that report. There we labored together, giving about twenty discourses with good interest, and, we think, good success. The finest people in the country are much interested, and it is all their conversation. They say they never saw so consistent a view of the Bible taken as we take. We visited among the people and conversed with them around their firesides respecting our faith. It is necessary in this country to take the people where they live.

On the 8th of last month, Bro. Hare left this place for his home in Iowa, and we have adjourned our meetings until the 16th inst. I accompanied him nearly to Franklin Furnace, near the Ohio river on the Ohio side, where we had a very urgent call for labor, and we gave five discourses mostly on the prophecies. I hear since that it created much excitement and interest there and they want to hear more.

I will here give an extract from a letter from there, which invited me there, as it is only an example of many such calls for help: “I want you to come over as soon as you get this. I want you to come prepared to preach us a few sermons, or more if you think best. Everybody is anxious to hear you. Come over to Macedonia and give us a few sermons. If you think you can come, I will tell it around, and I think I can get as many together as you can talk to handy. H. McNeal.”

It was very muddy while there, but good attendance and interest. Here, on the 13th, we parted, after laboring together for four weeks very pleasantly. I gave eight more discourses at Plumbfork, the last of which was on spiritual gifts. Some have come out on the Sabbath truth, and I think many more will embrace it. The people are slower to decide here than they are in the Western States. After they are convinced, they want time to study and make up their minds.

I have sold twenty dollars’ worth of books and given away some. Money being scarce, the poorer class cannot buy books. The ire of the preacher of the Disciple church is aroused to the highest pitch. He boasted and misrepresented our faith so much that I could not endure it any longer, and thought it a duty to defend the cause, in the strength of Israel’s God. The church here would not risk their preacher, but sent over into Ohio for one Bingham. Gave him twenty-five dollars, to use up Advent diabolism. The 9th inst. is the time set. May the Lord give victory on the side of truth. I spend this week preparing for the discussion. Pray for me. S. OSBORN.