Come Over And Help Us
For many years the church in Dayton, Tennessee has been somewhat weak, numerically and financially. In spite of this there has been a great desire in the hearts of the saints to share the gospel story with the colored population of this city. At a time when the church was not even capable of supporting a located preacher of their own, a great effort was launched to plant the cause among the colored.
In August, 1953, Eddie Brinkley was engaged for a lengthy tent meeting in which six souls were baptized. Over four hundred dollars was spent in this meeting. In July, 1954 another meeting was held with no visible results.
Individuals in the Dayton and Graysville congregations donated enough cash to purchase a lot for the future erection of a colored meeting house in a good location. Thus far no further work has been done in this respect due to the lack of our ability to furnish any further financial assistance at this time. We are now engaged in an enlarged program of evangelism ourselves and feel that if we could now receive some assistance in the colored work that the two efforts would serve to stimulate the cause in general.
We sincerely feel that this appeal is worthy of every consideration. The present need is a small modest place to meet for the colored saints. Some are very zealous to reach out to their colored neighbors but the lack of a meeting house is a severe handicap, especially so because of much prejudice instilled into the colored people by their denominational preachers.
Considering our financial and numerical weakness, a great deal has already been done but now we need help if this good work is to continue. The only male convert, Ed Hurd, is capable of developing into a good gospel preacher himself. And so to both white and colored churches we say "Come over and help us" further this good work among our colored friends. Please send contributions to: Hugh Wright, treasurer, Church of Christ, Dayton, Tennessee. Every contribution will be acknowledged. Brethren please give this prayerful consideration. Your money could not be put to better use.