p. 425 | C. A. HANSEN by C. A. Hansen

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 1, 1913

C. A. HANSEN

By C. A. Hansen

NASHVILLE.—Our work here, while very encouraging in some respects, has been a battle with the powers of darkness. We began with a full corps of workers last fall and for a time made good progress, when suddenly one worker was taken to the hospital and only recently has been able to work again. Then another faithful worker was taken with typhoid fever, and will not be able to enter the work again this year. Thus we were left with but one young worker to handle nearly one hundred interested persons, which in this place can not be done successfully, but God has worked for us.

We have baptized ten adults and there are twenty-three new Sabbath-keepers, some of whom will require a great deal of labor. Some very successful work has been done here by lay members under the direction of the pastor. We shall encourage this line of work all we possibly can. The people of Nashville have one besetting sin—that of staying away from church. I have visited whole blocks at church time and found that only one person was absent from home on account of attending church; yet in spite of this tendency we are glad to report that we have had a good attendance all through the year, both on Sabbaths and at the Sunday evening service.

We are of good cheer, believing that we are called to gather many bright gems to shine in the Master's kingdom.