p. 15 | Nebraska by D. U. HALE.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 18, 1915

Nebraska

By D. U. HALE.

The summer campaign is about closing with us, although there are two tents still up, and a good attendance in each, with new believers being added to our numbers. At the workers’ meeting in May we planned seven tents for the spring. Elder W. H. Sherrig was to take charge of a tent company in Omaha; Elder O. O. Bernstein in Lincoln; Elder G. J. Seltzer in Fairbury; Elder E. L. Cook in Red Cloud; Elder L. B. Porter in Cortland; Elder C. J. Kunkel in Lincoln, in the German; and Elder Fred Johnson in Saronville, in the Swedish. Since the camp meeting, two of the tents have been repitched, and good results are being seen. It is cold and frosty some evenings, but there are stoves in the tents, and the people are still coming.

Some of these efforts have proved very successful. More than forty are keeping the Sabbath at Lincoln. Eighteen of these have been baptized, and about a dozen more will be baptized October 23. Also in Fairbury and Red Cloud there will be additions to the membership. At the camp meeting in August there were one hundred and sixty-four baptisms reported for the previous year. There were forty-one baptized at camp meeting, eighteen in Lincoln, and a dozen others will be baptized soon. Besides these, a number of others in different parts of the State are waiting for baptism.

Our lay members are also at work. One sister in Dunning, Nebr., began keeping the Sabbath through some Bible studies followed by reading. As soon as she was converted to the truth, she began missionary work. Last winter she called for a minister; Elder Cook responded, and baptized five. Now she is asking for a minister again, saying there are six or eight wishing baptism. Also in Grant and several other places some are waiting for baptism.

The book work in the conference is also doing well. The first nine months show sales amounting to $12,255, while for the same period last year the sales came to $8,926. This shows a gain of $3,329 for the nine months. We set our goal for the year at $15,000. We have three months to make the $2,800 remaining, and have several men in the field. We feel pretty sure of our goal.

Our institutions are doing well. The sanitarium at Hastings has been full to overflowing since early last spring. Our crowded condition demanded another building. We were very anxious to build last spring, but the money was not in hand, and we waited. It is a great temptation, when the need is so great and money easily borrowed, to go into debt; but we were advised to wait, and now we are glad we did, for now the money is here, the building is up, and there is no debt. The patronage of the sanitarium at College View has also been extra good. Besides the repair work done on the halls and rooms in regular use, seven others that had not been used were fitted up. By the time they were ready, all but one were taken. At one time there were fifty-five patients in the building.

The Lord has truly blessed the work in this conference the past year, and many are rejoicing in this truth as a result.

D. U. HALE.