Reynolds, Georgia by C. O. Taylor

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Nov 20, 1879

Reynolds, Georgia.

By C. O. Taylor

WE had a general meeting the third Sabbath in October. Brn. Wimbish and Killin were here from other counties. Three persons were baptized, one of whom was Bro. W. In receiving the faith held by S. D. Adventists, he feels that he has found a better way, more truth and light.

After the baptism we celebrated the ordinances for the first time in this part of the South. The Spirit of the Lord was with us. There is but little opposition to the ordinance of humility in the South, not nearly as much as in the North. The Primitive Baptists have kept the custom alive here, and before the people.

The few here are moving in the direction of temperance. All have signed the teetotal pledge. This is a great field for labor. The South has not given much attention to

temperance of any kind; ministers and people are very intemperate. Very many have yet to learn that there is any moral wrong in the use of opium, tea, coffee, tobacco, or even alcohol. I know a minister who uses them all, and his people think him a good minister of Jesus Christ. C. O. TAYLOR.