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off in a vision of God’s glory and shown many things. I then went
to meeting, and with a solemn sense of the condition of our people I
made brief statements of the things which had been shown me. I have
since written out some of these in testimonies to individuals, appeals
to ministers, and in various other articles given in this book.
These were meetings of solemn power and of the deepest interest.
Several connected with our office of publication were convicted, and
converted to the truth, and bore clear, intelligent testimonies. Infidels
were convicted and took their stand under the banner of Prince Im-
manuel. This meeting was a decided victory. One hundred and twelve
were baptized before its close.
The week following the camp meeting my labors in speaking, pray-
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ing, and writing testimonies were more taxing than during the meeting.
Two or three meetings were held each day in behalf of our ministers.
These were of intense interest and of great importance. Those who
bear this message to the world should have a daily experience in the
things of God and be in every sense converted men, sanctified through
the truth which they present to others, representing in their lives Jesus
Christ. Then, and not till then, will they be successful in their work.
Most earnest efforts were made to draw nigh to God by confession,
humiliation, and prayer. Many said that they saw and felt the impor-
tance of their work as ministers of Christ as they had never seen and
felt it before. Some felt deeply the magnitude of the work and their
responsibility before God, but we longed to see a greater manifestation
of the Spirit of God. I knew that when the way was cleared the Spirit
of God would come in, as on the Day of Pentecost. But there were so
many at such a distance from God that they did not seem to know how
to exercise faith.
The appeals to ministers, found elsewhere in this number, more
fully express what God has shown me relative to their sad condition
and their high privileges.
Kansas Camp Meetings
Accompanied by my daughter Emma, we left Battle Creek, Oc-
tober 23, for the Kansas camp meeting. At Topeka, Kansas, we left
the cars and rode by private conveyance twelve miles to Richland, the
place of meeting. We found the settlement of tents in a grove. It being