The Missouri Camp-Meeting,
This meeting was held from September 4 to 10. Brother Stone reports that nearly every church in the State was represented. Some drove their teams over one hundred and fifty miles, and several of the brethren walked from seventy to a hundred and twenty-five miles. Scarcity of money and anxiety to attend the meeting prompted such efforts. In the course of the meeting the interests of the Sabbath-school were considered. A State Association was formed, and a delegate chosen to represent the Association at the General Conference. Special attention was given to the missionary work. Elder Haskell’s discourses were not only calculated to give valuable practical ideas of how the work should be done, but were especially intended to convert the heart to the work. Reports showed that under the labors and management of Elder Butler this work has attained a very encouraging degree of prosperity. Brother S. writes that from the beginning of the meeting, a spirit of union and harmony prevailed, and on Sabbath afternoon there was a general breaking down before the Lord. Eighty come forward for prayers. Many of them confessed in tears their sins and expressed a desire to enlist in the service of God. About forty had embraced the Sabbath at Sedalia the past summer. Many of these were among those seeking the Lord during this meeting. Eighteen were baptized. All were united in pronouncing this the best camp-meeting ever held in Missouri.