Chapter 55—Presented as Old Truth in New
Framework
[
Report of camp meeting at Ottawa, Kansas, printed in
The Review
and Herald, July 23, 1889
.]
At the Kansas meeting my prayer to God was, that the power of the
enemy might be broken, and that the people who had been in darkness
might open their hearts and minds to the message that God should
send them, that they might see the truth, new to many minds, as old
truth in new framework. The understanding of the people of God has
been blinded, for Satan has misrepresented the character of God. Our
good and gracious Lord has been presented before the people clothed
in the attributes of Satan, and men and women who have been seeking
for truth, have so long regarded God in a false light that it is difficult
to dispel the cloud that obscures His glory from their view. Many have
been living in an atmosphere of doubt, and it seems almost impossible
for them to lay hold on the hope set before them in the gospel of
Christ....
On Sabbath, truths were presented that were new to the majority
of the congregation. Things new and old were brought forth from the
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treasure house of God’s Word. Truths were revealed which the people
were scarcely able to comprehend and appropriate. Light flashed from
the oracles of God in relation to the law and the gospel, in relation to
the fact that Christ is our righteousness, which seemed to souls who
were hungry for truth, as light too precious to be received.
But the labors of the Sabbath were not in vain. On Sunday morn-
ing there was decided evidence that the Spirit of God was working
great changes in the moral and spiritual condition of those assembled.
There was a surrendering of the mind and heart to God, and precious
testimonies were borne by those who had long been in darkness. One
brother spoke of the struggle that he had experienced before he could
receive the good news that Christ is our righteousness. The conflict
was severe, but the Lord was at work with him, and his mind was
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