The General Meeting at Albany, N. Y.
By D. H. KRESS
WE have just closed a general meeting for our people living in the vicinity of Albany. The attendance was very good. From the beginning of the meetings, great blessings attended the ministry of the word. This meeting was certainly a foretaste of the great Pentecostal blessing that we are all looking forward to with expectancy and soul longing. We had with us some of our Syrian brethren from North Creek. Some of these have but recently embraced the truth. The Spirit of God rested upon them. It is marvelous how much God can teach men in a short time if they are wholly consecrated to him. To hear them speak, one would think they had been in the truth for years, and yet they are but babes in Christ. New springs and living streams are gushing forth in places least expected. Husbands who have held themselves aloof are now uniting with their wives in the acceptance of the message, and liberty is being proclaimed to captives. The results of this meeting will be far-reaching, for all felt a return of their first love, which will be accompanied by their first works, when men and women, filled with love and sympathy, will again go to their neighbors and friends, with literature in their hands, to tell them they have found the pearl of great price. The sum of $2,519 was pledged for foreign missions. About $400 in cash was raised, and in addition our Syrian brethren raised about $500 among themselves, to carry the truth in pamphlet form to their brethren. One brother desires to place in the work a $6,000 property. Some brought jewelry which had been carried for display. No urging was needed. We are living in the day of God's power, and his people are willing. Over two thousand copies of the new book, “The World's Crisis,” were taken by those present. This is but the beginning of a great movement which will ultimately take in every Seventh-day Adventist. This book is to be placed in every home. This work of seed sowing will speedily be followed by the reapers, and results will be witnessed similar to those seen on Pentecost, when thousands were converted in a day, and those possessing houses and lands sold them “and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished.” Soon, very soon, there will be a fulfillment of these words. The speakers present were Elder K. C. Russell, president of the conference; Elder F. W. Stray, president of the Northern New England Conference; Elder R. J. Bryant, of the Greater New York Conference; and the writer.