The Nebraska Camp-Meeting by Ole A. Olsen

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 7, 1909

The Nebraska Camp-Meeting

By Ole A. Olsen

This meeting was held at Hastings, Sept. 2-12, 1909. Hastings is the State conference headquarters, and besides the conference offices, they have a sanitarium and an intermediate school located here. The location is quite central for the State.

There was a large attendance, though hardly as large as at some meetings in the past. There was much rain during the first part of the meeting. This no doubt hindered some from coming, and also proved somewhat unfavorable to the best interest of the meeting. For two days the meetings were crowded into the church, as the large pavilion was old and leaked badly.

Besides the English-speaking people, there was a good representation of Germans and Scandinavians, and regular meetings were held every day in all three languages. The laborers present from abroad were Prof. P. T. Magan, Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Selmon, Elders G. F. Haffner, H. Votaw, S. Mortenson, L. H. Christian, and the writer. The business of the conference passed very harmoniously. Elder A. T. Robinson was again elected president of the conference.

The various interests of the cause received special consideration. It is to be said of the Nebraska Conference that it has been very faithful in its support of the missions abroad. The statistics show that last year they contributed an average of fourteen cents a week for the entire membership. This was certainly very good, so that all that could be said on that matter was to encourage them to continue in well-doing. This we certainly hope they will do, and thus sustain their prestige.

During the meeting something more than six thousand dollars was raised in cash and pledges for the various lines

of missionary work abroad, and also for various home interests. During the later part of the meeting the weather was favorable, and this proved a great blessing. During Friday and Sabbath a special effort was put forth for the congregation, and many responded to a special effort to seek the Lord and attain an advanced experience. On First day nineteen souls followed their Lord in baptism. Thus closed another camp-meeting. May it tell for a decided and rapid forward move both in personal experience and in the advancement of the work in our earnest prayer.

O. A. Olsen,