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Called By God I do not think that any will deny that we are doing the work of two ordained ministers. Certainly we bring the people fully into the truth and can do everything except that which man sees fit not to privilege—the right to organize churches… . We have secured the following churches: Gorham, Fredonia, Gas Springs, Wallace, Canandaigua and Avon, and opened the work in Hornellsville in 1896… . In one year alone besides all other offerings and donations we sent $600 at one time for home and foreign work… . Mrs. Wightman’s labors are recognized as worth $9 per week as a licentiate, and the work itself equivalent to that of an ordained minister… . I am certain you will do right in the matter. For you appreciate what is being done—God bless you. Your brother John S. Wightman 3.7 Selections from an article in the Nebraska State Journal, March 1, 1909, p. 3. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY MEETING —————— Large Crowd Heard Speakers at the Auditorium —————— TALK ON SUNDAY BASEBALL —————— Mrs. Lulu Wightman of Kansas City and E. T. Russell Talk at Length on Religious Freedom —————— A crowd which tested the capacity of the auditorium gathered to hear prominent speakers from the ranks of the religious liberty organizations of the country last night at which time Mrs. Lulu Wightman of Kansas City, public advocate for religious liberty and E. T. Russell, president of the Central States Religious Liberty Association, spoke on matters relating to religious liberty… . Mrs. Wightman dealt with the principles of government which characterized the United States. She referred in particular to the many instances where the courts had reversed the decrees which the church had set for the government of certain Sunday entertainments… . She said that the church should spend more time in teaching right doing and not spend its entire time in the simple observances of Sunday… . Document Concerning the Life and Work of Anna Knight (chapter 4) 4.1 Quotation from her book, Mississippi Girl, p. 223. Since 1911 I have kept an itemized record of the work that I have done. I had to make monthly reports to the conference; therefore, I formed the habit of keeping a daily record. Thinking it might add interest in reporting, I am giving a summary of 148

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