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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 28, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 39.

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Kansas Camp-Meeting

By E. T. RUSSELL

THE ninth session of the Kansas Conference was held at Hutchinson in connection with their State camp-meeting, August 24 to September 4. The camp was located on the county fair-grounds at the north limit of the city. Quite a large delegate representation was present, and about eight hundred of our people were encamped on the ground. The night meetings were devoted to the presentation of the principles of the message that has made us a separate and peculiar people.
The laborers present from outside the conference were Elders G. A. Irwin, K. C. Russell, H. Shultz, and Profs. C. C. Lewis and G. A. Grauer.
Elder Irwin called the attention of the people to Sister White's new book, the "Ministry of Healing," which has been donated by the author for the relief of sanitariums and the establishment of the medical work in new localities. The Kansas Conference will enter upon a vigorous campaign for the sale of the book, that the truth which it contains may be placed before the people, and also for the benefit of the Kansas Sanitarium. One day was devoted to the interest of sanitarium work, and health principles were ably presented by Dr. B. E. Fulmer, medical superintendent of the Kansas Sanitarium. A call was made for means with which to assist the sanitarium, and about five hundred dollars in cash and pledges was received.
Elder Shultz and Professor Grauer labored in the interest of the German work, and most excellent meetings were reported, and several conversions. A call was made by these brethren for means for foreign mission work, and about three hundred and fifty dollars was raised. They also sold a large amount of German literature.
James Cochran, manager of the Pacific Press Branch, Kansas City, Mo., had charge of the book tent, and several hundred dollars' worth of literature was sold on the ground.
The work for the young people was conducted by Elder L. F. Trubey, and the children's meetings by Sisters Hiatt and Humphrey.
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, I. A. Crane; Vice-President, H. F. Ketring; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Florence P. Rice; Educational Secretary, I. C. Sultz; Sabbath-school Secretary, Mrs. Dora Meyer; Traveling State Agent, F. L. Limmerick; Conference Committee, I. A. Crane, H. F. Ketring, J. G. Hanhardt, A. R. Ogden, I. F. Thorn, L. F. Trubey, and B. W. Brown.
L. N. Muck, editor of the Christian Record, our paper for the blind, was present one day, and presented the needs of the work for the blind, and about fifty dollars was subscribed for the same.
On the first Sabbath revival services were held, and about one hundred and twenty-five came forward in response to the call for consecration. On the following Friday and Sabbath, revival services were conducted by Elder K. C. Russell, and a goodly number responded to the invitation to give their hearts to the Lord.
Prof. C. C. Lewis, president of Union College, was present, and gave interesting talks on the subject of Christian education. Near the close of the meeting about sixty followed their Lord in baptism. As the result of the camp-meeting many souls obtained a new experience in the things of God, and a firmer hold on the message which we as a people hold so dear. May the benediction of God rest upon the work of that great conference in the future.
E. T. RUSSELL.