Kansas and Missouri Camp-Meeting.
Our annual gathering for 1875 is now in the past. In point of numbers, interest, and good results, this far surpassed any preceding meeting; although almost every circumstance appeared to be against us. The time of our appointment was twice changed. Then the time of the final notice was so very short that many found it necessary to start as soon as they knew where to go. Besides it was in the very busy season of haying and seeding. But this is not all, for having arrived on the camp-ground we learned that our beloved brother and sister White were not to be with us. Disappointment was depicted on every face. So deeply did the brethren and sisters feel over the matter, that for the first day it appeared that the meeting would be a failure. Bro. Canright, however, began to work like a hero; but the darkness seemed to crowd upon him, and no marvel, when it was reflected from three hundred cloudy countenances. On the second day the brethren began to realize the situation, and to look to the Lord for light and courage. Soon the cloud lifted and God's glorious light shone into our hearts. The disappointment was gone. The meetings grew in interest to the very close. The preaching was close and practical, the Spirit of the Lord was present to carry it to the hearts of the people, and the fruits were manifest in our social meetings. One feature I must mention, and that is, the spirit of confession, tenderness, and love between parents and their children, which seemed little short of the fulfillment of the prediction of Mal. 4:5, 6. Sabbath especially was a good day with us. In the afternoon a call was made for those who desired to seek the Lord with full purpose of heart, also for backsliders who wished to return to their God, to come forward for the prayers of his people, and seventy-five willing souls responded by immediately taking the front seats. A good number of them were youths, ranging in age from twelve to twenty years. May the good Lord help them to ever keep their faces Zionward. The following notice is from the Western Enterprise, published at Mound City, Kan.:— "THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. "The Missouri and Kansas Camp-meeting of this denomination has just closed. It was in point of numbers and interest a great success. There were twenty tents on the encampment, twenty-eight family wagons, and three hundred members. Ten elders, led by Eld. D. M. Canright of Battle Creek, Mich., conducted the exercises. Eld. C. is a very earnest and forcible speaker. Seventy-five persons came forward for prayers, and fourteen were baptized. We could not help noticing the intelligent and intellectual character of the entire congregation, male and female. "This denomination is rapidly increasing in numbers. Four years ago they had no church organizations in these States and but one or two elders; now they have over six hundred souls, and have thirty or thirty-five churches. Elder Cook of Mound City was ordained the last evening of the meeting."