The Nebraska Camp Meeting
By E. T. Russell
This meeting was held in Lincoln Park, Lincoln, Neb., September 3–14. Over two hundred tents were erected on the grounds, and about eight hundred of our people were present. There was also present a large corps of laborers, as a union conference committee meeting and a Union College board meeting were held at the same time. The laborers from abroad were as follows: A. G. Daniells, Dr. Kellogg, Dr. Paulson and his wife, W. W. Prescott, E. R. Palmer, S. H. Lane, J. M. Rees, C. McReynolds, G. F. Watson, A. O. Wilson, and C. W. Hardesty. Of those residing in the State might be mentioned: L. A. Hoopes, L. Johnson, W. A. George, and F. H. Westphal. Meetings were held in the German, the Scandinavian, and the English languages. The teachers’ institute, conducted by Professor Hoopes, was participated in by twenty teachers, and it proved both instructive and profitable. Elder Daniells daily presented the wants of the needy fields in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The earnest appeals touched many hearts; and when a call was made for young men and women to consecrate themselves for service, even though it might mean for them to leave home and all that is near and dear on earth, about one hundred and eighty-five responded. Dr. Paulson talked on the mission work in Chicago, and called attention to the great opportunities we have on every hand for soul saving. The report of the treasurers of the conference and tract society showed a good financial standing. The conference voted to donate $2,350 to help carry on the evangelistic work in Scandinavia, over $400 was pledged for the Skodsborg Sanatorium, and about $200 for the Frederikshavn Sanatorium. A call was made for money with which to purchase a printing press for Union College, and about $200 was donated. Quite a sum was also raised for their State fund, with which to purchase tents, etc. Professor Prescott held Bible studies each day, which were much appreciated. Two baptismal services were conducted, and twenty-two persons were baptized. The weather was fair during the entire meeting. Nearly the same officers were chosen as served last year. Quite a number gave their hearts to God. All things considered, this was an excellent meeting, and a hearty response was given to the call to service, no less than three hundred expressing their willingness to give their lives to the service of God wherever duty may indicate. This is truly a “sign of the times,” and to the believer in the third angel’s message it must indicate that we are in the time when the gospel must go with mighty power to all the world, and the work be cut short in righteousness.