p. 16 | Wyoming Camp-Meeting by W. F. Kennedy

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 27, 1911

Wyoming Camp-Meeting

By W. F. Kennedy

This meeting was held at Crawford, Neb., June 8-18. About two hundred were present, representing all the churches in the conference. The key-note of the meeting was, “Our great need as individuals and churches of a closer walk with God.” From the very beginning there was a ready response on the part of the people to the appeal of the ministry for a higher standard of personal experience in the love of Christ. It was demonstrated that nearly every person in the camp was there to seek God. The camp being pitched in a grove afforded good opportunity to seek the Lord. Every day individuals and bands were seen praying for victory over sin, and for the success of the meeting. Camp-meetings are never a failure where the people come together seeking God for victory for the entire camp.

The first two or three days the wind blew hard and continuously, to the discomfort of the campers. We finally had a good rain, which gladdened all hearts, as the crops were drying up for lack of rain in that section.

There was a spirit of harmony in all the business sessions of the conference. Elder E. A. Curtis was unanimously re-elected president.

The past year showed a marked increase in tithes and offerings. We did not enjoy the privilege of having any of our General Conference brethren with us, on account of their attending the General Conference Council in Europe. However, Elder A. T. Robinson and Prof. F. Griggs were with us the first part of the meeting, and rendered valuable help. Their instruction and counsel were appreciated by all. Elder Meade Mac Guire, secretary of the Young People’s department of the union, and C. G. Bellah, canvassing agent for the union, and the writer were also present. Elder J. W. Christian, president of the Nebraska Conference, and Dr. H. A. Green, medical superintendent of the Boulder (Colo.) Sanitarium, were present part of the time. The instruction given from time to time by both the visiting and the local brethren was timely. Day by day the message lifted the people higher and higher in Christian experience.

Three revival services were held. In most cases those in attendance were converted, and yet at each revival meeting there was a deep moving of the Spirit of God. With few exceptions the campers reconsecrated their lives to him. Hearts were made tender, and many victories were gained. Loved ones were prayed for. It was a time of weeping between the porch and the altar by both ministers and people. Four persons were baptized.

At the close of the meeting all present expressed themselves as well repaid for having made the effort to attend.

W. F. KENNEDY.