TENNESSEE by B. Hagle

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 12, 1901

TENNESSEE

By B. Hagle

We closed our work at Goshen, Tenn., after a three weeks’ meeting. The attendance was good. Some seemed to think it did not make much difference to what church they belonged; still others were not much moved, but about fifteen promised to keep the Sabbath. After visiting these, and bringing out every point of our faith, some thought they could not go any farther at present. One family was willing to accept the whole message, and have united with the church in Murfreesboro. We feel that the work is not lost, for that one family can be a light in that place, and perhaps others will accept the truth after a time.

We expect to begin a series of meetings in Murfreesboro. The city council has given us a large hall in the courthouse, free of charge, in which to hold meetings. A number seem anxious to listen to the word. I am visiting the people; they are friendly, and talk freely about the truth.

I think the people here in the South are beginning to look at the truth with more favor than in the past. Some lights have been established, especially the publishing house in Nashville. We already begin to feel its influence in this place. In nearly every place to which I go, I find some one who has been to our sanitarium in Battle Creek, and the impressions received there are a help in our work. I can truly praise God for our institutions.

Brethren and sisters, do not be afraid to put your means into these institutions, and especially in these needy fields. Now is the time to work for God. I can see His hand in our coming to this field; and if hundreds more would come here, they would find many opportunities to do good. Good land can be bought here cheap; I know of farms of one hundred acres that can be bought for five or six hundred dollars, and if properly worked, will yield from twenty to twenty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. Corn is a good crop, and brings as much again per bushel as in the North. Some of these farms have forty or fifty acres of cleared land, and plenty of good timber for wood and saw timber. Any one wishing further information may write me, sending stamps for reply. I know of these places, for I have been on them, and have seen the crops growing. If some would come here with the missionary spirit, God would bless them, and they would be a help in getting the truth on a more solid foundation.

The people here are friendly; and when you get acquainted with their ways, you will like them as well as the people of the North. I like to live here, and God has given me health and strength to work every day since I came here. B. HAGLE.