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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 17, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 4.

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TEXAS

By R. M. Kilgore

Savoy, Tent No. 1, July 7.—Since our last report, the interest has not abated in the least. Others are deciding for the truth. About a hundred were present at our Sabbath-school, and many took part in it. This was the first Sabbath-school ever held in the county; yet there are many Sunday-schools.
Yesterday we were treated with the same dish of hash that we were favored with at Denison, by Elder Keone (“Zim Zam”), on the Sunday question. It is still in manuscript. I review him again Wednesday night.
Last night, before the crowd, we were compelled to accept of measures for a debate with Elder Horne (Campbellite), from McKinney, who had been imported for that purpose. Four questions were agreed upon, as follows: 1. The Sabbath; 2. He utterly refused to support the Christian Sabbath,—did not believe in any Sabbath, but accepted this: Do the Scriptures teach that the first day of the week is the Lord’s day, and should be observed as a sacred or holy day? (A distinction without a difference!) 3. Immortality; and 4. The end of the wicked. The discussion does not begin until next week.
The whole country is aroused, and many are waiting to hear both sides. The people here, as at other points where I have been, are ardent, warm-hearted, and hospitable, and with eager ears they patiently listen to the word spoken. Among them I find as many who are ready to obey the truth and stem the tide of opposition as are found at like points farther north. The Southern soldiers fought bravely for what they thought was right, and they will, when enlisted, fight as nobly for the blood-stained banner of Prince Immanuel. Where sectional feeling or bitter opposition exists on either side, it is found rankling not in the breast of him who faced the cannon, and was deafened by its roar, or was shot to pieces with the deadly minie; but in him who was instrumental in stirring up the strife, urging others to the front, but who never scented burnt powder himself. R. M. KILGORE.