TEXAS by R. M. Kilgore

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, May 12, 1885

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 62, No. 19

TEXAS

By R. M. Kilgore

APRIL 12, the meetings in Delta county closed with a good interest, and several keeping the Sabbath. Future meetings were appointed, which were left in charge of one of the brethren. April 14, was at Arkada, Fannin Co. I have recently baptized three more willing souls at that place. April 18, 19, I met with the friends at Ferris, and organized a church of eight members. Twenty-two adults are keeping the Sabbath, and their Sabbath-school numbers thirty-one.

April 20 I met with the church at Dallas; ordained an elder, and left the brethren in union and harmony. On the receipt of important letters, we were compelled to take up the appointment for Decatur, and get ready for our journey to the North by the 26th. At Navasota, Texas, we found the waters high, and wash-outs prevented our train from advancing. Here we were delayed from Tuesday till the following Saturday. While waiting, the citizens, learning that we were among the passengers, invited me to speak to them in the Opera hall. I spoke four times, twice on the advent, and twice on the Sabbath question, to large and appreciative audiences. This closes our labor in Texas, we having been here just eight years and two days. Letters addressed to us at Battle Creek, Mich., will be received most easily for the present.

R. M. KILGORE.