This meeting was held, according to appointment, at Wichita, Kan., August 23 to September 4. The camp was located in a small, well-shaded park, easy of access from the city. About one thousand of our people were encamped on the ground. A very friendly feeling prevailed on the part of the citizens, and the attendance at the meeting was good throughout.
On Tuesday, August 30, the corner-stone was laid for the new sanitarium building now in process of erection, two miles west of the city. The building is located on a beautiful site on a twenty-acre plot of ground. It will be erected at a cost of about twenty thousand dollars. At the laying of the corner-stone services, addresses were made by Ex-Governor Stanley, of Kansas, James Allison, and J. N. Knapp, chairman of the Sanitarium Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, the meeting being presided over by Mr. C. L. Davidson, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Elders E. T. Russell, C. McReynolds, Dr. B. E. Fullmer, and others, gave short addresses, presenting the fundamental principles upon which our sanitarium work rests. One very interesting feature of the addresses of the citizens was their belief that this people was especially called of God to conduct sanitarium work in advance of any other people. A brief quotation from Mr. Knapp’s address will illustrate the spirit of the talks given upon the occasion:—
“There must be a reason always for a forward move, and I suppose that the Great Master of the universe puts it into the hearts of men to do some things. Dr. Kellogg told me once that twenty thousand people are dying every year in the State of Kansas, and that one half of them might be saved if they only understood the principles of health. . . . We started a small institution on Market Street, and a United States senator who had broken down in health in the campaign, visited that place, and regained his health. He was very anxious that an institution be built here, and promised to support it; and when such men as James Allison, C. L. Davidson, and Mr. Burns, and the Kansas National Bank headed the list with two hundred dollars each, I said, ‘It is done.’ The proposition of Dr. Kellogg and Elder McReynolds was that if we would raise $10,000, they would raise the rest, and go on until we had a well-equipped sanitarium here. I already have $5,300, and want $4,700 more; and we are going to get it.” He then spoke very feelingly of how his wife’s life was saved by treatment in the Boulder Sanitarium when she was lying at the point of death, and closed his remarks with the following statement of the religious character of the work of our sanitariums:—
“Every morning the first thing we would hear in Boulder, when we would rise from our slumbers, would be the songs of Zion and the prayer going up for the blessings of the day, that the sick in the rooms of the institution might be brought back to health; and the great God listened and heard those prayers. And then, just before the eight o’clock breakfast, the patients would assemble, and Chaplain Wilcox would lead them in worship, reading a suitable portion of scripture, and joining in prayer for their restoration to health. I say, God heard and answered their prayers. I saw people that had been carried in there on cots go home after a brief stay, having been brought back to perfect health.”
A large number of citizens from the city attended this service, and a very favorable impression was made of the sanitarium work. During the past year the Kansas Conference had raised $4,100 for the sanitarium building fund, and $2,784 more was contributed during the camp-meeting, besides $3,000 in the tract society, which was placed to the credit of the sanitarium building fund. It is the determined purpose of the conference that this enterprise shall be so conducted that the sanitarium shall be completed and equipped free from debt.
The following contributions in cash and pledges were received: for the work in Africa, $106; South America, $219; colored work in the South, $621; Sabbath-school donations for the foreign mission work, $125, during the camp-meeting; tithes received during the year, $23,800; moneys from other sources, $15,000.
Six churches were received into the conference, with a membership of one hundred and nine, and the records show an increase in membership by additions to the churches during the year of one hundred and nineteen members. Fifty-one were baptized during the meeting. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows:—
President, C. McReynolds; Vice-President, I. A. Crane; Secretary and Treasurer, Florence P. Rice; Business Agent, N. B. Emerson; Educational Secretary, L. C. Sultz; Sabbath-school Secretary, Mrs. Dora Meyer; Field Secretary, C. F. Parmele; State Missionary, C. W. Hardesty.
Executive Committee: C. McReynolds, I. A. Crane, L. F. Trubey, Wm. M. Stone, J. G. Hanhardt, H. S. Osterloh, and I. F. Thorn.
A thousand dollars’ worth of books was sold on the camp-ground. The canvassing work received much careful study and earnest labor during the meeting, and if properly followed up, a number of canvassers will enter the field17as the result. The conference voted to place two of its laborers at the disposal of the General Conference, to be paid from the tithes of the Kansas Conference.
The laborers from abroad were Elders E. T. Russell, R. A. Underwood, I. H. Evans, H. Shultz, W. H. Anderson, Smith Sharp, L. W. Terry, J. Riffel, J. J. Graf, John Lipke, and R. C. Porter. Profs. C. C. Lewis, M. E. Kern, and A. Kunze, and Vera Thompson, labored especially for the young people and in the interests of the educational work. H. H. Hall, James Cochran, and J. Bryant, worked in the interests of the canvassing work, the sale of our publications, and the general missionary interests.
The parting meeting, Monday morning, was a very refreshing occasion. The brethren and sisters returned to their homes determined to devote themselves more unreservedly to the work than ever in the past. We believe the outlook is very encouraging for the work in Kansas the coming year.
R. C. PORTER.
Pacific Coast Camp-Meetings
By W. B. White
It has been my privilege the past summer to attend most of the State conferences and camp-meetings in the Pacific Union Conference, some of which have been mentioned in previous issues of the REVIEW.
After the camp-meeting at Townsend, Mont., I attended the State conference at Provo, Utah. This was one of the largest camp-meetings, and possibly the best ever held in Utah. The camp was pitched in an old apple orchard, quite near the center of the city, and over one hundred brethren and sisters either camped on the grounds or had rooms near by. From the first, the Holy Spirit witnessed to the Word spoken, which seemed to reach the hearts of the people. A goodly number came in from the city, and the forty-foot tent was quite well filled each evening.
The meeting deepened in interest, and Friday afternoon the Spirit's power was seen in a marked manner. A number took their stand for the truth for the first time, and many who were not clear in their experience, and some who had gone into discouragement, turned to the Lord with all their hearts. It was a powerful meeting, lasting three hours.
At the early meeting, Sabbath morning, the same good work was continued, and others yielded to God. This meeting also continued three hours, and only the Sabbath school was held Sabbath forenoon. During my eighteen years of camp-meeting work, I never before saw revival services so early in the meeting as to shut out the Sabbath forenoon preaching service.
Sunday, in the presence of a large audience, fourteen souls were buried in baptism by Elder A. G. Christiansen. All the conference business was transacted in a spirit of love and unity, which made the business sessions seasons of real profit and enjoyment. Elder W. A. Alway, not wishing to serve the conference longer as president, Brother Alfred Whitehead was elected to this position by the unanimous voice of the conference. On Tuesday afternoon Brother Whitehead, who had faithfully served the cause in Utah a number of years as a licentiate, was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry. We believe that Elder Whitehead is the first man among Seventh-day Adventists ever ordained to the gospel ministry from the dominant church of Utah. Elder C. D. M. Williams, who has recently entered this field from the Arizona Conference, was elected conference secretary and treasurer.
During the past year the cause in Utah has made excellent progress. A goodly number have embraced the truth, and a substantial church building has been erected in Salt Lake City. Three tents have been in the field this summer, and the brethren are looking forward to the coming year with bright hopes. The field is a difficult one, but with faith in God our little band of workers go forth with courage to the battle. May God bless the work and workers in the Utah field, and give them many sheaves in the kingdom.
Leaving this meeting, I next attended the Coos County camp-meeting in southwestern Oregon. This is a section of the Western Oregon Conference, lying in the extreme southwestern part of the State on the Pacific Ocean, and is so isolated from the rest of the conference that it seems necessary each year to have a camp-meeting in that section. Leaving the railroad at Roseburg, we took the stage for sixty-three miles over the Coast Range to Myrtle Point, where the meeting was to be held. It was a never-to-be-forgotten ride made in one day, with three changes of four horses each. The road was very rough, much of the way being corduroy, and such a shaking up the writer never received before. The camp-ground was a lovely spot, in a grove of myrtle and fir; and the meeting was a little larger than the Utah meeting. Here for ten days we enjoyed sweet communion with God. There were excellent opportunities for secret prayer, and many in the camp improved the occasion.
The attendance, from the city was large, occasioned, we think, by work done from house to house by Elder W. L. Black and his wife, who had for some time been working in the city and surrounding country, and by a debate between Elder Frank Bunch and a minister of the Dunkard Church, just before the camp-meeting. It is not often that much can be said in favor of debates, but this seemed to be an exception, as a cool, Christian spirit was maintained by Elder Bunch all the way through, which told in favor of the truth.
Some excellent revival services were held during the camp-meeting, and many turned to the Lord for a deeper consecration, some taking their stand for the first time. The work in Washington was remembered, and about forty dollars was pledged. Being obliged to leave the meeting the last Sunday morning, I am not informed as to how many were baptized. This was a sweet, quiet meeting, blessed by God to the good of the work in southwestern Oregon. May God bless that dear people, and ever keep them faithful. The leading themes dwelt upon in these camp-meetings have been the nearness of the end, and the necessity of an entire consecration of the whole man for service in this closing work. These truths found a large place in the hearts of the people, and God blessed in their presentation.
From this camp-meeting the writer went to Los Angeles to attend the annual camp-meeting in that city of the Southern California Conference, but this will be reported later.
W. B. WHITE.
The Omaha (Neb.) Camp-Meeting
By A. T. Robinson
The Nebraska camp-meeting is now an event of the past. It was the largest gathering of its kind ever held in the State, and has been pronounced by many who were present as the best camp-meeting they ever attended.
Through the messages borne by the laborers from other fields, we obtained fresh glimpses of how the great world-wide message is speeding forward in all parts of the world. Liberal responses were made on the part of the people as the needs of different fields were presented. The work beyond our own borders struck a responsive chord in many hearts, and the testimony of hundreds showed that “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”
In the public discourses, the great, leading doctrines which make us a distinct and separate people, with a definite message for this generation, were forcibly set forth, and listened to by very large audiences. The last Sabbath and Sunday of the meeting, Sister White was present, and bore her testimony with old-time earnestness and power.
Public services were held each day for the German- and Scandinavian-speaking people, also for the young people and the children. The deep moving of God’s Spirit was manifest among all classes, and many persons entered into new covenant relations with God. Three baptismal services were conducted, in which forty-four persons followed the example of their Lord in the sacred ordinance.
The business of the conference passed off with perfect harmony. Matters of business, brought before the conference by resolutions or otherwise, were freely discussed, and when the time came for action, there was perfect unanimity on the part of the delegates.
The Omaha daily papers gave us very friendly notices, and quite comprehensive reports of the meetings. Special courtesies were extended to us by the street railway company, the city council, and the business men of Omaha. With the exception of a shower one night, the weather during the entire time of the meeting was perfect.
Resolutions
Among the important resolutions and recommendations passed by the conference are the following:—
“1. Resolved, That we, as a conference assembled, express our deep gratitude to our Heavenly Father for his manifold mercies and blessings manifested to us in so many ways during the past conference year.
“2. Resolved, That the Nebraska Conference offer to the Mission Board from two to five laborers to work in needy fields, like Brazil, Chili, Argentina, Africa, or other parts of the great18field waiting for the last message of mercy.
“3. Resolved, That this conference pay quarterly for three years to the Mission Board a sum covering the salary of such workers during such portion of the time as they may continue in the work.
“4. Resolved, That we approve of the action taken by the Nebraska delegates to the last session of the Central Union Conference in recommending the Nebraska Tract Society to transfer its book and periodical business to the Pacific Press.
“5. Resolved, That we favor an arrangement by which the Nebraska Conference shall deal directly with one of the Pacific Press main distributing centers.
“6. Resolved, That this conference, through its executive committee, do all in its power to encourage and keep in the field a strong corps of canvassers.
“7. Resolved, That we approve of, and seek in every consistent way to carry out, the recommendation of the General Conference Publishing Committee; namely, that a great missionary campaign be entered into during the months of November and December.
“Whereas, The fund created the past year as provided for in resolution 5 of last year’s conference proceedings for the assistance of the church-school work, has proved a decided help; therefore,—
“8. Resolved, That we continue the same plan for the coming year.
“Whereas, There is need of concerted action in the establishment of church-school work, such as appointing church-school boards, providing schoolrooms, raising funds, etc., therefore,—
“9. We recommend, That this question receive due attention in our churches not later than the July quarterly meeting.
“10. Resolved, That we express our appreciation of the Nebraska Reporter, and earnestly solicit the assistance of our brethren in the circulation of the same.
“Whereas, It is the well-defined policy of the General Conference to early place mission fields on their own resources, both financially and in management; and,—
“Whereas, The western and northwestern portions of the Nebraska Conference are separated from the eastern portion by a wide stretch of country known as the Sand Hills country; and,—
“Whereas, This portion of the conference has a constituency of several hundred members, and a payment of tithe of over $3,000; and,—
“Whereas, Representative brethren and laborers from this field are calling for a little closer management; therefore,—
“11. Resolved, That we request the Central Union Conference to favorably consider the advisability of setting apart as a mission field, with the view of an early conference organization, under the direction of the Central Union Conference, the territory of the Nebraska Conference covered by the State of Wyoming, the counties of Sioux, Dawes, Boxbutte, Sheridan, Deuel, Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner, and Scotts Bluff, in Nebraska; and the counties of Fall River, Custer, Pennington, Lawrence, and Meade, in South Dakota.
“Whereas, There are a goodly number of young men who have spent years in Union College, and who give promise, if encouraged to do so, of developing into strong, active workers in the ministry; and,—
“Whereas, The Nebraska Conference has a large number of workers on its pay-roll, some of whom can not be expected to become efficient public speakers; therefore be it—
“12. Resolved, That this conference urge its incoming executive committee to carefully study this situation, and as far as may seem necessary, to arrange for some who have been laboring as conference employees to enter the canvassing or some other line of self-supporting work, and thus open the way to encourage suitable young men to enter the work, with a view of developing into strong laborers.
“13. We recommend, That article 5, section 1, of the constitution be changed so as to read, The officers of this conference shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, missionary agent, superintendent, and secretary of Educational Department (consisting of Sabbath-school, church-school, and young people’s work), and an executive committee of seven, the president and any three members of whom may constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided they are unanimous.
“14. Resolved, That a vote of thanks be extended by this conference to the Rogers Real Estate Company for the use of the grounds that have been placed at our disposal for this great camp-meeting.
“15. Resolved, That we express our heartfelt appreciation to the press of Omaha, the city council, the street railway company, and the business men of the city, for the uniform courtesy extended to the management of this meeting.”
A. T. ROBINSON.
Maritime Conference
By Wm. Guthrie
This conference is composed of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, and has a population of 880,842. It is in its third year, and although there are many things of interest connected with its history, we must content ourselves with a consideration of its present conditions.
This near-by field, with its eight hundred and eighty thousand souls waiting to hear the message for this time, has had but three ministers giving all their time to its people, during the past year. And these have labored at great disadvantage. But notwithstanding all this, some results have been seen from the very feeble efforts put forth. One church has been built, and eleven members have been added to the membership, and some have been added at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The people are waiting for the message, but where are the reapers to harvest the golden grain?
As we look at the few laborers that we now have, we are forced to inquire, What has become of the noble youth that have gone out from the shelter of our Sabbath-keeping homes all over the land? The answer is one that causes us sadness. While some have gone to the States to receive their education, and have entered the work there, and thus been lost only to their home field, there are a great many who, being unable to go abroad to school, have drifted to and fro till they have adopted worldly ways, and been lost to the cause altogether.
It is for this class that we specially mourn to-day, and we earnestly pray that our Master may help us to prepare ways and means to save the present family of young people, and prepare them for usefulness in the Master’s cause.
With this object in view, we have endeavored to open a school where, at the lowest possible cost to each student, we can prepare them to work for their fellow men. We feel that the home talent should be encouraged to take up the work, and labor for the spread of the truth among their own people. At this time there are but two Canadian ministers east of Manitoba who are devoting their whole time to the spread of the message for this time. This is not as it should be, and we trust it will not long remain so.
When our field can be supplied with consecrated young men and women who are Canadians in fact, it will not only result in the saving of our young people, but they will be better able to labor in Canada than are our brethren from over the line.
God calls for native laborers to consecrate themselves to his work, that this generation in Canada may hear the message from the lips of their own countrymen, and it is our duty to so labor, in God’s appointed way, that his call may be speedily answered.
This can not be accomplished until we can train our youth at home. We are so firmly convinced of this fact that we are laboring with all our energy to prepare for this work. The General Conference has also recognized this fact, and has most gladly come to our succor in our time of need, and has promised to aid us in raising two thousand dollars to erect a small school building where we can accommodate from twenty to thirty young people while training them for service for the Master. Five hundred dollars of this sum this conference attempts to raise within its own borders. And although its members are few, and poor in this world’s goods, we feel confident that, like true soldiers, they will press the battle to the gates. The General Conference recommends that the other fifteen hundred dollars be raised in the States of Iowa and Missouri; and Elder Wm. Guthrie has been sent there in the interests of this work.
May God move upon the hearts of his people to assist their needy brethren in Canada. A special call is also made to our Canadian brethren who reside in the States to send in their offerings to help in this noble work.
All contributions should be sent to the treasurer, Miss Gertrude Williams, Farmington, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia.
With our school building up, and our farm set partly in small fruit, we hope to give some work to worthy students who can not pay all their way, so that none will be shut out of the school.
At this writing our school is in session, with sixteen in attendance, but our room is so very limited that we can not do justice to our children. But we are praising God for the bright hope that we have of better things in the near future, when we shall have a place19where our dear children may learn to work for Christ.
I never labored for people who were more grateful for the light, or more faithful when won to the truth. They have trials of which our people in the States know nothing, and difficulties to surmount which only God can conquer, but, through his grace, those who love his truth are more than conquerors.
Brethren, I want to be at the battle’s front, and see souls gathered for the Master. Will you help me by your prayers?
WM. GUTHRIE.
Mississippi (Colored) Camp-Meeting
By W. H. Sebastian; M. C. Strachan
THE third annual colored camp-meeting of Mississippi was held at Columbus, August 26 to September 5. This meeting was not so well attended as were the previous camp-meetings among our people in this State, chiefly because of the location of the camp. It was in the northeast corner of our conference, and the expense of traveling was more than many could bear. Nevertheless, a few of the colored companies were represented, and the work at Columbus was strengthened, and the believers were encouraged to “go forward” as never before in the proclamation of the last warning message to a wicked and perverse generation.
This is the second camp-meeting in our State that was operated throughout by colored workers, and they have profited much by the experience. Sister White has said: “Properly conducted, the camp-meeting is a school where pastors, elders, and deacons can learn to do more perfect work for the Master. It should be a school where believers can receive an education that will help them to help others. And by engaging in work at the camp-meeting all may learn how to work successfully in their churches at home.”
This truth was verified at the Columbus meeting, where all bore a part in the work. The colored laborers were given the responsibility of the entire meeting. They planned the course of lectures given. The commandments, the prophecies, and the signs of the times were dwelt upon. The truths presented surely stirred the minds of the listeners.
Many questions were asked by preachers and other interested ones in the audience, and answers were given to the entire satisfaction of all present. Many hearts were convinced of the truth, and openly declared that our position was right. Others were left in the valley of decision. Brother Thomas Murphy, who is laboring at that place, will conduct a series of studies with eight or ten of these, with the hope that, when they see the importance of obedience, they will take a firm stand for the truth, and join the company of ten who now hold forth the banner of truth at Columbus.
The brethren and sisters at the camp-meeting visited the homes of the people daily, and sold a few books and papers, and distributed many tracts. This gave the people who visited our meeting the privilege of having a personal conversation with those of our faith. Hearts were open and free to tell their convictions, and many precious seasons of prayer were held in the homes of the interested ones.
Near the close of our meeting, one brother who had previously taken a stand for the truth, went forward in the ordinance of baptism. All the ordinances of the Lord’s house were celebrated, and this made a deep impression on the minds of the people. Many not of our faith declared that in all their Christian experience they had never had a greater sense of the presence of God.
We gradually won our way into the hearts of the outside people, and many contributed both groceries and money toward the comfort of our visiting brethren and sisters. As we sang the closing song, “God be with you till we meet again,” many were moved to tears, and the people seemed to be very much pained to see our meeting close. Some begged us to stay longer.
From the very beginning of our meeting, the interest increased, and many failed to find a seat under our forty-foot tent during the hour of services. There were always a few visitors at our early morning prayer-meeting. The collections covered the expense of the meeting. The president of our conference, H. G. Thurston, and the principal of the Huntsville Training School, F. R. Rogers, had the pleasure of visiting our meeting before its close. Brother Thurston said that he never heard better singing in all his camp-meeting experiences.
W. H. SEBASTIAN,
M. C. STRACHAN.
Who Will Respond?
By D. A. Ball
To Brethren and Sisters in New York:
Knowing that it is impossible for me to enter all your homes to converse with you, I will do the next best thing, which is to speak to you through the columns of the REVIEW. God has moved on the heart of his servant to write and donate to the cause of education one of the best books that has come from the press, and the truths that it contains are especially applicable at this time. I refer to “Christ’s Object Lessons,” which contains a complete exposition of all the parables that the Master gave, beginning with the one of the sower, which contains a key to unlock all his teachings; for he said, “Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?” That parable, which is so nicely explained, is worth the price of the book; in fact, truth can not be estimated in dollars and cents.
Our quota in New York was ten thousand, of which six thousand have been sold. Now all the laborers in the conference will put in two months, beginning October 15, and we want the co-operation of every member in the conference, to close up this work, and to be ready for something else as it comes along; for there will be no time for idleness in this world, nor in the world to come. Who will respond to this rally, and help close up the work? Will you?
D. A. BALL.
“The Poor Canvasser”
By E. Russell Potter
A SHORT time ago an article that I heartily indorse, appeared in this paper from Brother Blosser, concerning the sending in of regular reports.
We, as canvassers, are not faithful in following the instruction to “let the canvasser tell of the joy and blessing he has received in his ministry as an evangelist,” and, because the people hear most of their trials, we frequently hear the expression, “the poor canvasser,” as though he, more than others, had a hard and trying time. While he does have many discouragements, he also has many special blessings; and often one precious experience outweighs a great number of trying experiences.
A few days ago I called at a place, introducing myself as being “engaged in missionary work, handling gospel readings, and works on health principles.” As I read some of the precious thoughts from “Christ’s Object Lessons,” the family enjoyed it very much until I incidentally mentioned that the true Christian counts it a privilege to obey the law of God. “O, we are not under the law, but under grace,” replied the lady, to which I answered, “That is a precious thought indeed; for, if we were not under grace, we could not keep that holy law. You are not under the law of the land because you obey it, and as long as you obey, you are under the freedom it allows.” “I never thought of that before,” said the man.
On having their attention called to the health publications, they ordered a copy of “Home Hand-Book,” and when I was leaving they invited me to remain with them over night or over Sunday any time, saying, “Anything we can do for you will be done heartily.”
After a good talk with a Presbyterian minister, and selling him a book, he said, “I am not an Adventist, but I find their books are not doing harm, but a great deal of good.”
“There are many who, because of prejudice, will never know the truth unless it is brought to their homes. The canvasser may find these souls and minister to them.”
While canvassing a young man and his wife a few days ago, reading some of the thoughts from “Christ’s Object20Lessons” concerning the Christian life, they frankly told me they had once known the peace of God, but they had become cold and indifferent.
I then read from “Power for Witnessing,” the chapter concerning the author’s own experience in receiving forgiveness after backsliding. This they appreciated very much, and purchased nearly five dollars’ worth of books.
“We need to realize the importance of the canvassing work as one great means of finding those who are in peril and bringing them to Christ. They [canvassers] should be free to speak or to pray with those who are awakened.” “When he discovers those who are searching for truth, he can hold Bible readings with them.”
Recently, at one place I found two young men who were anxious to walk in the light, and after a Bible study with them we had prayer together in which the Spirit of God came near indeed. One young man ordered two books, and said, as I was leaving, “I feel that God impressed me to order those books.”
Personally I feel the truthfulness of the following: “Canvassers need to be daily converted to God, that their words may be a savor of life unto life that they may exert a saving influence. Those who work for God meet with discouragement, but the promise is always theirs, ‘Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.’ God will give a most wonderful experience to those who will say, ‘I believe thy promise; I will not fail nor become discouraged.’”
E. RUSSELL POTTER.
The Camp-Meeting at Columbus, Mississippi
By Thomas Murphy
THE camp-meeting at Columbus, which was held from August 26 to September 5, was a grand success. When the invitation was given for those to stand who believe that Saturday is the Sabbath of the Lord, a goodly number rose to their feet; but they were not ready to step out from the world and obey the Lord. This made us very sad, but we knew we had discharged our duty. The third angel’s message had been preached with power and simplicity, and the results were left with God, who knoweth the deep secrets of every man’s heart.
We believe that some of those who attended this meeting will yet take their stand for the Lord. The tent was crowded every night and the best order was maintained.
Our visiting brethren and sisters from Vicksburg, Jackson, and Yazoo City, had a time of spiritual refreshing. Some remarked that it was the best meeting they had ever attended.
During the meeting, one brother who recently accepted the truth, received the ordinance of baptism. We have confidence that we shall yet see fruits of our labor here.