TEXAS

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 6, 1878

Terrell.

Since our last report, Parson Daniels (Baptist) has given seven discourses against us. We dismissed three meetings in order to let our audience hear the other side, leaving an appointment for Sunday P. M., at which time our large congregation voted for us to go on with our meeting, stating that they had heard enough of the other side. We gave two discourses in review of his assertions on the Sabbath question. Our friends are all stronger than before. We lost none, but gained some. To God be all the praise.

We are not able to tell how many are keeping the Sabbath. Our Sabbath-meetings are excellent. The truth is settling deeper into the hearts of many. We learn of new ones every day. We are laboring incessantly visiting from house to house; and we see no stopping place yet. We are gathering names from different parts of the State, and sending out our periodicals. Times are hard, and there is but little money afloat. Have sold but few books; but the people are reading their Bibles, and listen attentively to the word spoken.

About the last of July or the first of August we contemplate having a grand rally of all the friends of the cause at the close of our next tent setting. We hope all the brethren and sisters in the State will make arrangements to attend. We want to become better acquainted with the general workings of the cause, and better acquainted with one another, so that we can labor more effectually for God and his blessed truth.

R. M. Kilgore. L. Caldwell.

Cleburne, May 19.

Sabbath, May 18, we were with the brethren at Cleburne. It was a rainy day, yet a goodly number of the brethren were out, some coming seven miles. The Lord met with us. We found the brethren united, and firm in the truth. We visited nearly every family, and prayed with them, and left them much encouraged.

A. H. King. A. B. Rust.