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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 21, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 42.

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The Indiana Conference

By Morris Lukens

DURING the past summer tent efforts have been held in the following places: Indianapolis, South Bend, Bluffton, Dillsboro, Orland, Marengo, Milltown, Linton, Kendallville, and near Wolcottville. In addition to this work, we have had laborers in most of the large cities of the State. Success has attended the efforts of our laborers, and all report additions to the truth.
Two camp-meetings have been held in the conference this season: one at Bluffton, which was attended by about six hundred of our people, and the other at Linton, in the southern part of the State, where about two hundred fifty of our people were present. The definite message for this time was presented during the evening services at both camp-meetings, and at both places some began the observance of all the commandments of God. Especially was this true at Linton. After a number of discourses on the Sabbath question, the change of the Sabbath was presented; at the close of the sermon an appeal was made to the people, and fully twenty strangers arose. Several of this number began at that time to keep the fourth commandment.
The Wabash Valley Sanitarium, located in our conference, has enjoyed the most prosperous season of its existence. Not only has the institution been full to overflowing all summer, but we have had a class of patients that has been a help to the institution financially, so that, in addition to meeting the running expenses, about two thousand dollars of its indebtedness has been paid off.
Our conference school, Beechwood Academy, opened Wednesday, September 22, with the largest number of students it has ever had at the beginning of the school year. Seventeen church-schools have also been opened in the conference this year.
There were sold by the members of the Indiana Conference during the summer more than thirty-five thousand of our ten-cent magazines. Those who are canvassing for our books have also met with success.
We are now putting our efforts on the Missions number of the REVIEW, and the brethren and sisters of Indiana are responding nobly.
MORRIS LUKENS.