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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 23, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 43.

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KANSAS CAMP-MEETING.

By R. M. Kilgore

When I arrived, the meeting was well begun, with a good representation of our people in attendance. Emporia is a large city, but on account of the distance of the camp, and the incessant rains, but few not of our faith attended. The water and mud made it necessary to move the large tent and several small ones to a higher point of land. These circumstances caused many of the campers, and some of the laborers, to abandon the field. The meetings were greatly interrupted, and the camp was threatened with dissolution. But the mists cleared away, and the last two days of the meeting brought with them blessings, both temporal and spiritual.
The Lord gave freedom to his servants in the preaching of the word. Souls were converted, and several persons were baptized. During the meeting Elder J. W. Westphal conducted a series of lessons on the church and its character and work; Elder G. G. Rupert gave consecutive lectures on prophecies bearing especially on the present and the immediate future. Both of these elicited much interest on the part of all who engaged in the studies. Elder Shultz and Professor Böttcher labored for the Germans, with good results; and Elder Covert and Sister Emerson labored in the interests of the youth and children. Elders C. Mc Reynolds and J. E. Jayne and Dr. Loper did all they could. Prof. P. T. Magan was present, but was not able to speak.
The conditions were such that too little could be done toward raising funds for the objects usually presented; but Kansas is not behind in missionary effort, and her contributions for both home and foreign fields are always good, under favorable circumstances.
The Conference will hold its business session in December next. On my way from Emporia, I stopped at Black Rock, Ark., where Elder Field and Brother Griffin were holding a local camp-meeting. I spoke four times. But few of our people were in camp. Those who were present received the word and enjoyed the studies. The tent was well filled with those not of our faith, who gave good attention every night. As my stay was necessarily brief, the results must be reported later. R. M. KILGORE.