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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 24, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 5.

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TEXAS

By A. W. Jenson

Norman Hill, Tent No. 3, July 7.—Here is a settlement of three hundred Norwegian families. I have been here for three weeks, speaking exclusively in the Norwegian language. The prejudice existing in the community surpasses anything I have seen before, especially among the members of the Lutheran church. Our hearers are principally infidels and worldlings, of whom there are a great many here, because they cannot digest the dry theological theory with which the priest always serves them. Upon these the plain and practical truths of the word of God seem to have a wonderful influence. One has given his heart to God, and we hope that others will soon follow. We introduce the Sabbath question to-night. Bro. Swaden, a young Swede is with me, and takes care of the tent, leaving me more time to visit, and in this way try to remove prejudice. We ask the prayers of our brethren and sisters.
A. W. Jenson.