p. 16 | What Ailed It? by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 1, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 31.

What Ailed It?

By Editor

In a little State paper, which is always welcome here, we read the following in an appeal to canvassers:—

“I am very sorry that the camp-meeting, the drought, and the smallpox scare so completely paralyzed our canvassing work. But as all these troubles are in the past and nobody hurt much, I hope all our canvassers will brace up, pray for an increase of faith, and go ahead.”

Now we are glad to hear that neither the drought in that State nor the smallpox scare had much effect. But what ailed the camp-meeting? It ought to have had such effect upon all truly Christian booksellers that it not only would not be classed among “troubles,” but would have been a mighty help to every canvasser there. What ailed it? Or, should we ask, What ailed the writer? or, What ailed the canvassers? Anyway a camp-meeting ought never to be classed with “troubles;” it ought to be a blessed helper in meeting them all; a season of spiritual bracing; a time of storing spiritual energy anxious for operation. What was the matter?