KENTUCKY by S. Osborn

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 9, 1878

KENTUCKY

By S. Osborn

AFTER our quarterly meeting at Elizabethtown I went to Bear Wallow, where I preached three times. I visited some, and tried to encourage the Sabbath-keepers there.

I then went to Glover’s Creek, where I commenced meetings, Sabbath, the 20th. I found the Sabbath-keepers here had given up pork, coffee, and tobacco, and were ready for organization. I continued my labors until the 25th inst. Organized a church of ten members, nine of whom I baptized. This church is to be known as the Glover’s Creek church. Some who are keeping the Sabbath were not ready to join yet, and there are others for whom we hope. With the exception of one family, they are quite poor and in debt for their land. Their S. B. only amounts to $12.12, but they are all willing to do something. Three of those I baptized were boys whose ages were 11, 12, and 14 years. I have never baptized any one I thought more worthy than these boys. May God bless them. The father of one of these boys was a rank infidel; but at the close of our meeting he said he did not know what he might do yet, but if the Bible was true, we had the truth, particularly on spiritual gifts and S. B.

On the night of the 23d there was the most terrible storm of wind ever known in this part of the State. There was some rain with the storm. The extent is not known yet, but several counties have been heard from. Much of the timber is blown down, torn up by the roots, or twisted off. As far as we have heard, but few have been killed. Some property has been lost, houses and barns have been unroofed, fruit trees blown down, and roads stopped up so as to be impassable.

I go from here to Bullitt county, where another church is waiting to be organized. I then design to go to Tennessee to start the tent. May God help the cause in this Conference this year, is my prayer.

S. OSBORN.

Knob Lick, Metcalfe Co., April 29.