THE HILDEBRAN (N. C.) SCHOOL by D. T. Shireman; Amelia Shireman

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 31, 1901

THE HILDEBRAN (N. C.) SCHOOL.

By D. T. Shireman; Amelia Shireman

We wish to make a statement through the columns of the REVIEW in reference to the Hildebran school. Judging from the number of letters received from old friends in various parts of the country, a few words on this subject will be read with interest by many.

We have sought the Lord at every step in establishing this school, and feel that He has guided us in it all. Those who have united with us from time to time have been ready to make any sacrifice, and by hard labor and self-denial to assist in building up the school.

Those who have furnished us money and clothing to help the needy and to strengthen the work, are held in grateful remembrance. The encouraging letters written to us during those years of toil and care, are graven on the tablets of our memory, never to be forgotten until effaced, it may be, by the glories that shall be revealed in all God's children. Especially, we shall ever remember Brother J. E. White's coming to our relief when we were passing through deep trials.

The time has now come for us to lay down the burden we have so long carried in this school work, allowing it to rest upon younger shoulders. Age is stealing upon us, and our means are far too limited to do what ought to be done for this school. We have therefore placed the Hildebran school in the hands of the Southern Missionary Society, whose officers have had large experience in establishing and operating mission schools.

We hope and pray that whoever connects with this school in the future will lean on the same Arm that has sustained this work in the past.

There is a small farm of eighty-five acres connected with this school. There is on this farm a young orchard, some small fruit, and about thirty-five acres sown to grain. We need from ten to twelve hundred dollars for necessary improvements, farm buildings, farm implements, etc. The Southern Missionary Society is doing all that it can to make both the school and the farm what they ought to be, but it has not means to put the farm in shape to bring the returns that it should. The way is open therefore for those who desire to do so to assist in providing the necessary means for this work. Donations may be sent to Brother B. A. Rogers, secretary and business manager of the school, Hildebran, N. C.

We shall be glad to hear from old friends as well as from new ones. Write us for any desired information concerning the school.

D. T. SHIREMAN, AMELIA SHIREMAN.