The Southern Field by C. O. Taylor

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 21, 1882

The Southern Field.

By C. O. Taylor

The experience of the last month has had its joys and sorrows. At the monthly meeting in Choctaw county all the church-members present decided to commence reading the Bible through. The meeting in Mississippi was well attended by those not of our faith. Some who came quite a distance expressed themselves well pleased, and said they should avail themselves of an opportunity to hear more.

The outside interest was very good in Washington county. The house was quite well filled. The prosperity of this church has become a source of envy to the great enemy of all good, and he is seeking to divide and break it up. He will certainly ruin some unless they move wisely. He has made a bolder attack on some in this county than I have ever before heard of in the experience of the people. They, being “aware of his devices,” stand firm. I notice one good feature among us,—the more are reading. The people here take more copies of the REVIEW, Signs, and Good Health than ever before. This is very necessary to a growth in the knowledge of the truth. We know that the ground becomes impoverished, if no fertilizers

are used to keep it in good condition, and after a time the crops become poor and scanty. So it is with the mind. If the store of facts and ideas is not replenished by reading, study, and observation, its action becomes vapid and dull.

C. O. Taylor.

P. S. My address from this time will be Silas, via Bladen Springs, Choctaw Co., Ala. *Signs of the Times, please notice. C. O. T.