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sections of the field, even before the.
election, I am confident that his choice
will meet with the approval of the
field, and that he will have the sup-
port of all the conference workers
in the field.
Brother Smith, we welcome you to
the place to which your brethren have
called you in the circle of adminis-
trative workers. And may the Lord
of the harvest give you strength and
wisdom to give direction and leader-
ship to the work that will prove to be
the means of bringing Texas to the
position of a great, leading con-
ference. R. L. BENTON.
ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA
H. C. Hartwell, President
0. J. Bell, Secretary
1215 Marshall St., Little Rock
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With Qur Tent Efforts
OUR people will be interested to re-
ceive word in regard to our evan-
gelistic program now being conducted
in various eities throughout our con-
ference. At this writing five white
efforts are in progress, and three
celored.
NEW ORLEANS
From a personal letter from Sis-
ter Hartwell, we quote the following
interesting comment in regard to the
effort in New Orleans: “The meet-
ings here are well attended, and Mr.
Hartwell is just as busy as he can
be. Sabbath, he preached in two dif-
ferent churches and at the tent that
night. He speaks tonight again. The
movie reels have come, and they are
fitting in fine. The audience seems
to enjoy the stereopticon pictures as
much as the motion pictures. Brother
Bushnell has been sick, so it has been
a bit difficult about the music, and
having a lot of songs on the screen
has been a great help.
“They believe in having everyone
help down here. I run the stereop-
ticon and help greet the people before
meeting. Sister Neil and Sister Lar-
son sit on the platform and look very
pretty and professional in their nurses’
uniforms. Sister Bushnell plays the
piano and her husband leads the
music. The doctor (Dr. Yeatts) con-
ducts a question period before the
meeting, giving medical instruction at
that time. They have an hour a day
when the public can have free con-
us
THE RECORD
sultation and attention in the medi-
cal tent on the lot just in front of
the meeting tent. The attendance is
good and growing. The situation
looks very promising for New Orleans
to have a splendid effort this sum-
mer.”
FAYETTEVILLE
Elder Baker writes that the at-
tendance at his effort in Fayetteville
has been somewhat disappointing, but
some are very much interested and
have begun to keep the Sabbath.
FORT SMITH
The effort at Fort Smith has been
conducted by Brother and Sister Cash,
assisted by Brother and Sister W. D.
Pierce. Brother Cash writes: “Mem-
bers of two families have taken their
stand and have attended their first
Sabbath school. Last night the hus-
band of one of the women told me he
had already talked with his employer,
and was going to arrange it So that he
could have his Sabbath off shortly.
Another lady said that she had tossed
on her bed all night thinking of the
Sabbath question. We are studying
with her, and feel that she will come
out victor in the struggle. Several
others have been coming out quite
steadily, even though the Sabbath has
been thoroughly presented, and that
is a good sign. Our meetings are
holding up better than I thought since
the presentation of the Sabbath truth.
So, in all things we feel quite en-
couraged over the prospects.”
SHREVEPORT
Elder Paul E. Scoggins, assisted
by H. C. Lambeth, is in charge of the
effort in Shreveport. “Well, we are
hard at it. and are of the best of
courage,” writes Elder Scoggins. “Our
attendance is not at all what we want
or expected, but we will switch our
plans for the coming week and see
if we can build up our attendance
through the local radio work. We
are thinking of broadcasting a health
program each Monday, Wednesday
and Friday evening, and announcing
our Bible subjects at the close for
those same evenings. Thus far they
have been very fine in giving us free
announcements twice each week. We
see the same faces each evening, so
that even now we are building up an
interest from the start. Pray for
LAKE, CHARLES
The effort in Lake Charles is mov-
ing along nicely. Elder M. L. Wilson,
assisted by Charles R. Beeler, is in
charge, and the latest word from them
tells us that the attendance has been
between 250 and 300 each night.
Forty or fifty people have already
requested literature on the subjects
presented. In Lake Charles, as is
also true wherever our efforts are
being conducted, the local church is
loyally cooperating.
PINE BLUFF
Despite the efforts of the devil
and the mosquitoes, the meeting at
Pine Bluff, being conducted by F. J.
Bryant, assisted by J. H. Williams, is
moving along nicely. The mayor of
the city was out one night. This.
as our readers doubtless know, is an
effort for the colored people, but
Brother Bryant writes that quite a
number of white people have been at-
tending the meetings. Prospects look
encouraging for Pine Bluff.
BATON ROUGE
Elder J. G. Dasent is in charge of
our colored effort in Baton Rouge.
Despite recent heavy rains the attend-
ance has been good. Fifty persons
were present at the first Sabbath ser-
vice held under the tent, twenty of
whom were adults who have actually
begun the observance of the Sabbath.
At the close of the subject, “The
Change of the Sabbath,” fully a score
responded for the first time to the
appeal made to observe the true Sab-
bath. The prospects for a colored
church in Baton Rouge are very en-
couraging. Elder Dasent writes that
in addition to the large audience of
colored people who have been attend-
ing, many white people are coming,
and one white family is about to
accept the truth. “A Baptist minister
stood up last night in favor of the
truth,” he adds. “Some of the peo-
ple coming have been so interested
they have often walked six or seven
miles in order to attend the meet-
ings.”
ALEXANDRIA
Elder T. H. Coopwood writes that
between 250 and 500 people have been
crowding into the tent pitched in
Alexandria, and have manifested a
great interest in the subjects being
presented. We expect that a new
church will be raised up in that
fine city as a monument to the truth.
0. J. BELL.
“God has a heaven full of blessings
for those who will cooperate with
Him.” C. O. L., p. 145.