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PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 22, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 43.

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PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH.

By O. C. Godsmark; Mrs. O. C. Godsmark

Since our last report, the work here has been steadily advancing. A general spirit of consecration, hope, and courage has been coming in, which always results in progress.
We have now secured the lease of a brick church-building with stone foundation, thirty by sixty-five feet, having two Sabbath-school rooms, besides an entry and a good-sized chapel. The house, being substantially built and centrally located near the principal car lines of the city, is a very desirable property. We are rapidly making the necessary repairs, and hope soon to have it in readiness for a regular course of meetings. Our people are gladly sacrificing to the fullest extent to make it a suitable place in which to present the precious truths for these times.
We believe the Lord would be pleased to have us own this property, and so establish the message in this part of the needy South upon a substantial basis. While we have done all that we can to secure this place, yet we lack six hundred dollars of placing the business in such a shape as to make it possible for us to go on and pay for it as best we can. This amount would place it beyond danger of loss, and secure to the Lord's cause a suitable place in which to present this message of warning to the city of Louisville.
Offers of help have already come in from some of the friends of the Southern work living in the North, and we believe there are many whose hearts the Lord has stirred with the appeals from His servant for this long-neglected field, who will send us of their means, be the amount ever so small, to assist in the work here. Any amount for this purpose, sent to the writer, will be applied as requested.
Mrs. Godsmark is meeting with most encouraging success in her Bible work. The people are anxious to hear the truth, and we can use almost any amount of our publications, either English or German. Don't let the REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Good Health, or any of our periodicals lie around and go to waste. No matter how old, they contain the very truths for which the people all around us are starving. Let a company collect all their papers and barrel or box them up together and send them along, being sure to prepay the freight or express, and we will see that they reach the people.
Elder and Sister Barry, from Nashville, are here in the city looking after the interests of the cause among the colored members, and are doing a most excellent work. We are thankful for their services, and know the Lord is blessing their efforts.
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The work is onward, and we are of good courage. Come and assist us with your means and publications to establish a strong church here that shall be a light to this portion of our Master's vineyard. As soon as we can get things in a more settled condition, we expect to get out and try to build up the few scattering companies in this part of the State, and so bring the work up generally in this long-neglected field.
DR. AND MRS. O. C. GODSMARK.
2005 Magazine St., Louisville, Ky.