Home Preparation for Campmeeting While preparing for the meeting, each individual should closely and critically examine his own heart before God. If there have been unpleasant feelings, discord, or strife in families, it should be one of the first acts of preparation to confess these faults one to another and pray with and for one another. Humble yourselves before God, and make an earnest effort to empty the soul temple of all rubbish,--all envyings, all jealousies, all suspicions, all faultfindings. "Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."

Når hver enkelt forbereder sig til mødet, bør de ransage sit hjerte nøje og kritisk for Gud. Hvis der har været ubehagelige følelser, disharmoni, eller strid i familierne, bør det være en af de første ting at bekende disse fejl for hinanden. Ydmyge sig selv for Gud, og gøre det alvorligste for at tømme sjæletemplet for al skramme, - al misundelse, al jalusi, alle onde tanker og al kværulanteri. ”Tvæt hænderne, I syndere! og rens hjerterne, I tvesindede! Klag jeres nød og sørg og græd; jeres latter skal vendes til sorg og jeres glæde til bedrøvelse! Ydmyg jer for Herren, så skal han ophøje jer.”