North Dakota Camp Meeting
By FREDERICK GRIGGS
THE North Dakota camp meeting was held at Jamestown, June 22-29. The camp was located in a very pretty park, about six blocks from the center of the city. The citizens were very kind, and helped in many ways to make the gathering a pleasant one. The conference has moved its headquarters from Fargo to Jamestown the past year. The city has given a lot, well located, for the erection of a church and office building. It also gave five hundred dollars in cash toward the building. The majority of the brethren of this conference are German, and they occupied the large new tent, while the English brethren held services in one of the smaller tents. The conference has purchased another new tent also, which is capable of seating about four hundred persons. The young people held their meetings in this. Many of the family tents were new. All of the tents were pitched in an orderly way, so that the camp presented a very neat appearance. From the opening meeting, an earnest spirit of seeking the Lord prevailed. The people received the straight message of truth gladly. Each day witnessed a growth in interest and spiritual power, and on Sabbath scores consecrated themselves to God. As a result of these meetings, over fifty were baptized on Sunday, the last day of the meeting. The work of the home missionary campaign elicited much interest. There were practical evidences at this meeting of what may be accomplished in this line of endeavor. One church admitted to the conference had been raised up by the efforts of one of our sisters, without the aid of a preacher. A Scandinavian brother, a layman, brought with him to the meeting six new Sabbath-keepers, who had accepted the truth through his efforts. Another brother, a very busy man, brought with him four new converts to this message, as a result of the home work of himself and his wife. These were inspiring lessons for the conference, and should be an inspiration to our people everywhere. They are evidences that this united soul-winning movement upon which we have entered will bring to a speedy and triumphant finish this glorious message of salvation. On Sunday, the last day of the meeting, over ten thousand dollars was raised for foreign missions and home work. The Sabbath school offering of the day previous was nearly eight hundred dollars. Elder S. E. Jackson was again chosen president of the conference, and but few changes were made in department officers. Elders J. H. Schilling and S. Mortenson and the writer were the laborers from outside the union conference. Altogether, the meeting was a great blessing to the conference, and the work of the coming year is being entered upon with a good degree of courage.