- Foreword
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- Compilation Procedural Style
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- 1—No Colonizing
- 2—The Lord Led
- 3—Let Not Means Be Diverted
- 4—Self-Supporting
- 5—Men Who Will Catch the Notes
- 6—Hanging in the Balance
- 7—My Soul Is Stirred
- 8—Rise Up
- 9—Much Improved
- 10—Make the School a Success
- 11—Bricks Cannot Be Made Without Straw
- 12—Poverty-stricken Condition
- 13—The Work Must Go Forward
- 14—In the Providence of God
- 15—Self-Denial Boxes
- 16—A Large Work Done
- 17—Must Have Help
- 18—A Special Work
- 19—Greatly in Need of Help
- 20—God Has Not Left Them
- 21—Tell About the Huntsville School
- 22—I Am Glad I Can Do This Much
- 23—Do Our Very Best
- 24—An Object Lesson
- 25—A Great Work To Be Accomplished
- 26—Do Not Lose Interest
- 27—A Very Different Showing
- 28—A Deep Interest
- 29—An Appeal
- 30—A Long Delay
- 31—Huntsville School Must Be Finished
- 32—A Much Broader Work
- 33—Redeem the Time
- 34—A Blessed Place
- 35—A Place of Special Interest
- 36—A Special and Important Work
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- 1—The Work in Graysville and Huntsville
- 2—Our Duty Toward the Huntsville School
- 3—An Opportunity to Help a Needy Cause
- 4—Will You Help?
- 5—The Work Among the Colored People
- 6—The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Giver
- 7—A Message to Teachers
- 8—Medical Missionary Work Among the Colored People of the South
- 9—Left for Years
- 10—The Huntsville School
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- 1—All It Should Be
- 2—Spared for Huntsville
- 3—Yet Be a Success
- 4—We Shall Go to Huntsville
- 5—Love and Mercy
- 6—A Man Is Needed
- 7—Change for the Better
- 8—The Advancement of the Huntsville School
- 9—Dear Friend
- 10—Blossom as a Rose
- 11—Do All I Can
- 12—Back a Year
- 13—A Precious Treasure
- 14—A Holy Influence
- 15—The Right Thing Is Being Done
- 16—Blend Together
- 17—A Deep Interest in the Huntsville School
- 18—Especial Help
- 19—The Big Fund
- 20—Pleased Indeed
- 21—Establish Their Work
- 22—You Have Done Well
- 23—We Have Just Arrived in Huntsville
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Key Terms
Colored people: This was the popular designation for African-Americans in the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth century. In context, the term Colored people was not necessarily derogatory or demeaning.PCO ii.1
Farm: This frequently used term refers to the Oakwood training school and to the Oakwood property.PCO ii.2
Huntsville School: Before the name Oakwood was adopted, the school was popularly referred to as the Huntsville School.PCO ii.3
Southern cause: This term refers to the Seventh-day Adventist denominational effort to evangelize and educate the recently freed slaves in the southern part of the United States. This cause was championed by Ellen White, her son James Edson, selected workers in the Southern field and broader church, black workers and leaders like Charles Kinney.PCO ii.4