p. 508 | KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 6, 1901

KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA.

By J. V. Willson; Mrs. J. V. Willson

The work connected with the Diamond Fields Benevolent Home has been prosperous since the siege. We have labored under peculiar difficulties, owing to the country being in a state of war, and everything under martial law, prices high, and supplies hard to get.

The home was under serious financial difficulties, which threatened at one time to close it up, but the South African Conference assumed the liabilities, and that relieved us.

The walls to our bath-rooms, being made of brick only sun dried, became softened by heavy rains, and began to fall; so we had to rebuild with liberal donations, and sustained us in the enterprise. The wealthy and influential class of people in the city are becoming interested in our work as never before.

Sister Amelia Webster is here, and is having good success in selling health literature, holding Bible readings, and visiting and treating the sick.

Kimberley is already beginning to experience a tide of prosperity, and we are getting our bath-rooms ready to take advantage of the circumstances. We rejoice in having a part in gathering in the harvest of souls, and hope our work here will now be established on a solid basis. J. V. WILLSON, June 23, 1901. MRS. J. V. WILLSON.