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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 20, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 29.

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North Dakota Camp-Meeting

By G. W. Caviness

This meeting was held at Harvey, N. D., June 20-27, with a large attendance of believers in the camp. One noticeable feature of the meeting was the number of languages in which the services were conducted. In the largest tent, where about half the campers attended, the services were in German. About a quarter of the camp met in the English tent, and the remaining quarter carried on the service of God in the Russian and Scandinavian languages.
The meetings were characterized by the presence and power of the Spirit of God, and many sought and obtained a good experience. A large number of young people were in attendance, and a good work was done among them. Sabbath was an especially good day, and the deep movings of the Holy Spirit were felt throughout the camp. For the first time a number dedicated their lives to the service of the Lord.
On Sunday sixty-one candidates followed their Saviour in baptism. The shore of the pond where the ordinance was celebrated, and the hills on either side, were covered with a large company from the camp, and many who came from the village to witness the scene. Two ministers officiated in the solemn rite, speaking in English or German as the case required. A number of others decided to be baptized at their home churches. This was the case with nearly all the Russian candidates.
The meetings of the conference passed off harmoniously. The sessions were opened by prayer in two or three languages, and the minutes read in English and translated into German and Russian. Elder C. J. Buhalts was reelected president of the conference, and as far as the writer is aware, all the other officers of the past year were reelected.
One young man, Brother Martin Olsen, was ordained to the gospel ministry, Elder H. Shultz offering the prayer and the writer giving the charge.
The Lord has blessed the work in this conference the past year. A goodly number of Russians have accepted the truth, and are rejoicing in it. The singing and chanting of the Russian choir was a pleasing feature of some of the services.
May the blessing of God continue to rest upon the North Dakota Conference, may the message of heaven for these last days spread rapidly among the tongues represented in that field, and may we soon sing the song of triumph on the heavenly shore, in the tongue that all the redeemed will understand.
G. W. CAVINESS.