Results of Camp Meeting
Work
A
great work is to be accomplished by our camp meetings. The Lord has specially
honored these gatherings, which He has called “holy convocations.” To these
meetings come thousands of people, many merely from curiosity to see and hear
some new thing. But as they hear the message of truth and come in contact with
those who believe it, many are impressed. They see that this people are not
what they have been represented. Prejudice, opposition, and indifference are
swept away, and with candid interest they listen to the word spoken. The Lord
has His representatives in all the churches. These persons have not had the
special testing truths for these last days presented to them under
circumstances that brought conviction to heart and mind; therefore they have
not, by rejecting light, severed their connection with God. Many there are who
have faithfully walked in the light that has shone upon their pathway. They
hunger to know more of the ways and works of God. All over the world men and
women are looking wistfully
to
heaven. Prayers and tears and inquiries go up from souls longing for light, for
grace, for the Holy Spirit. Many are on the very verge of the kingdom, waiting
only to be gathered in.
As
the lessons of Christ, the truths of the Bible in their simplicity, are placed
before these souls, they recognize the light and rejoice in it. Their perplexities
vanish before the light of truth as dew before the morning sun. Their
conceptions of Bible truth are expanded, and the revelation of God in Christ
comes to them, showing them the depth, breadth, and height of divine, spiritual
mystery that they did not before discern, that cannot be explained, but only
exemplified in Christlike character. Many who are not connected with any
church, and who appear wholly unmindful of the claims of God, are not at heart
as indifferent as they seem. Even the most irreligious have their hours of
conviction, when there comes to them a longing for something they have not. In
every town and city there are large numbers who do not attend any place of
worship. Many of these are attracted to the camp meeting. Many come who are
slaves of sin, the helpless victims of evil habits. Many are convicted and
converted. As they by faith grasp the promise of God for the forgiveness of
their sins, the bondage of habit is broken. Forsaking their sinful indulgences,
they become freemen in Christ Jesus, and rejoice in the liberty of the sons of
God. This is the work to
be
done in all our camp meetings. Through this means thousands will be won to
Christ.
Written by
Testimonies
for the Church
Volume Six
Ellen G. White
1901
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