Tennessee by C. A. Hansen; Workers

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 4, 1913

Tennessee

By C. A. Hansen; Workers

NASHVILLE.—We have had reason to rejoice as we have seen the hand of the Lord going before us to victory. We have had marked tokens of his providential openings here in our work the past year. Since my last report we have held two short series of tent-meetings, which were more than ordinarily well attended. Every Sunday night there were from four hundred to five hundred present to hear our great message.

People seemed stirred in their hearts at the thought of a soon-coming King, whom they claimed to love; yet when they were brought face to face with the real event, they found they were unprepared for it. It was the talk of the people that the meetings had been a real spiritual uplift, and it is certain that three thousand persons attended one or more of these meetings, and went home with a favorable impression of our work. Our year's work shows a result of forty-five new Sabbath-keepers, twenty of whom have been baptized. Seven others were baptized who were keeping the Sabbath when we began work, making twenty-seven in all that united with the church.

Besides these we have two cases that seem pathetic. A sister while in apparent good health decided the first part of the week that she would keep the next Sabbath. She had thought of doing so for years, and the meetings had brought it afresh to her mind. She made preparations for keeping the Sabbath, but when the Sabbath came, she was taken ill, and died three weeks later, never having had the privilege of attending the church service.

Another woman who had gone through a severe struggle, both within and without, finally told her family that she had turned "Adventist," and that very week her physician told her she must have an operation. She never recovered from it. Thus two of our jewels were laid to rest, in the morning of their experience with this message.

This fall we hope to enter the hardest section of this city with a strong tent-effort, and ask an interest in your prayers for success.

C. A. HANSEN AND WORKERS.