THE SOUTH AS A FIELD OF LABOR.
By C. O. Taylor
It is one part of good religion to give credit to whom credit is due. I wish to say for the South that I find the people very kind and generous. There are some exceptions, of course. There are some narrow-minded, bigoted persons, who can see only self, but generally it is not so. A real Southerner, a Southern planter, is one of the most benevolent, generous-hearted persons one meets. You are welcome to his home, and there is nothing too good for you. They are stronger than Northerners in their affections, and also in their hate. The bad feeling toward the North that has lingered in the breasts of some, is fast dying out under the present administration. I look upon the South as one of the most interesting fields of labor in the message: not that so large a number, perhaps, will believe the truth, but those who do receive it will be firm. There are many honest, God-fearing men and women scattered all through the South, who will receive the truth when it is clearly presented. I find many who are wondering how it is that the Bible says the seventh day is the Sabbath, when nearly all are keeping the first day. The same is true with regard to other things not taught in the Bible, but believed by the churches. Tents, tracts, books, and men to carry forward the work, are wanted. It looks as though some would be raised up in the South to preach the message. The people will sometimes listen an hour and a half or two hours, and then say they could sit longer.