INDIANA CAMP-MEETING by S. H. Lane

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 8, 1901

INDIANA CAMP-MEETING.

By S. H. Lane

THIS meeting was held, according to appointment, at Greenfield, August 29 to September 8. It was held on the fair ground. The sod was excellent, and the shade not profuse, but sufficiently abundant for health and comfort. The meeting was excellent from beginning to end.

There were about six hundred campers. Three churches were added to the Conference, aggregating a membership of thirty-seven. The tithe for the past year was a little more than thirteen thousand dollars. The tract society has been prospered, and the Conference debt has been reduced.

The laborers present from the General Conference were Elders Daniells and Thurston, Professors Magan and Salisbury, Dr. S. P. S. Edwards and wife, and the writer. The preaching was of a practical nature, the evenings being devoted to setting forth the truth, in a clear manner, which is especially practicable for these times. The attendance from the city and surrounding country was excellent. At times all could not be seated in the large pavilion. Those in attendance seemed to be deeply interested, and a good impression was made.

Brother W. A. Young was recommended to labor in Ontario for one year, his expenses to be met by the Indiana Conference. The brethren and sisters in the State took hold last fall very commendably in the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” disposing of about three thousand copies, which has aided in the liquidation of the Battle Creek College debt. The Indiana laborers were present, and the Lord blessed. They left the meeting in harmony with one another, and with a determination to make the work a greater success in the future, by the blessing of God.

It was recommended that the Conference take steps by the first of January to establish a State school, building at some place in the State accessible to all. Several hundred dollars was raised to start the enterprise. It was recommended also that the sanitarium, so well established at Indianapolis, be purchased by the Conference, and some money was raised for the purpose.

The work in Indiana seems to be prospering, and we believe there are brighter days for it in the immediate future; indeed, we feel assured that such will be the case if every laborer sees eye to eye and works shoulder to shoulder. The State is a good field of labor; and is inhabited by a good class of people, warm hearted, and willing to sacrifice for the truth of God. Their hearts respond readily to the truth, and all that is necessary now to make the work a success is a full consecration to the Lord, and a determination to carry the truth constantly into new fields. Our brethren and sisters departed to their homes Monday morning, September 9, feeling that they had had a good old-fashioned camp-meeting. The Lord is upon the giving hand, and we trust His richest blessing will rest upon the good old State of Indiana. S. H. LANE.