p. 17 | MRS. B. G. WILKINSON by Mrs. B. G. Wilkinson

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 5, 1902

MRS. B. G. WILKINSON

By Mrs. B. G. Wilkinson

Switzerland

BASEL.—The camp meeting, which was held at Geneva, is just over. While to outward appearances we are alone, we know that God is with us, and that he will continue to lead. His Spirit was manifested at the camp meeting, and we were most thankful for it.

This is indeed a needy field, and yet a very pleasant one. The people are cordial and cultured, and eager for truth. The sacrifices which are made by some of them are touching. One girl told me how she walked nine miles, then took the train for camp meeting, while heretofore she had walked all the way because she had not the money to pay car fare.

The meeting was held near the beautiful lake of Geneva. We could see Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, although it was fifty miles distant. Through the city runs the Rhone, the clearest and bluest river that I ever saw.

The greatest orator in France attended our camp meeting, and listened attentively. He told us afterward that he had the oratory, but that we had the genuine substance. The librarian from the Vatican at Rome attended some of the services, and said that although he was from the Vatican, he was still a seeker for truth. These instances serve to show how the people look at our work. There is a necessity for plenty of workers, that we may at once enter the doors that are now open.