Ontario Conference by G. B. THOMPSON

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jul 23, 1914

Ontario Conference

By G. B. THOMPSON

THE annual camp meeting and conference session of the Ontario Conference were held on the academy grounds at Oshawa. Some were furnished entertainment in the school buildings, others in tents. New arrivals continued to come until at the close of the meeting the attendance was very good. The business of the conference was transacted with the utmost unity, and a deep interest was manifested on the part of all in the plans considered for the advancement of the work. Elder M. C. Kirkendall was unanimously reelected president of the conference. T. D. Gibson, the union conference treasurer, was chosen treasurer.

I do not remember of ever attending a more encouraging meeting in many ways. Great interest was manifested in missionary work. The home missionary work is indeed a live issue in the conference, and all entered enthusiastically into all the plans laid for this work. This line of work has been going forward in the churches with excellent results. All the ministers and other workers are laboring hard to advance the message. Although the corps of workers is not large, about seventy-five were added to the membership during the past year. Three tents will be in the field this summer. The colporteur work is on the increase, and the outlook for the future is very encouraging.

By hard work and sacrifice a good academy has been established at Oshawa. The enrollment last year was about fifty. The splendid results of the school are already being seen among the young people. Several have gone into the work from the school, and others will follow. Prof. W. J. Blake, who has done most efficient work for several years in the school, finding it necessary to take a rest to build up his health, Prof. T. D. Rowe was chosen principal. Although there is some debt upon the academy, we feel sure the believers in Canada will faithfully stand by the school, and as a result will see the work strengthened and many of their youth saved.

Those in attendance at this meeting from outside of the union and local conferences were Brother W. W. Eastman

and the writer. Ten years ago I left them Ontario to connect with the general work. Personally, it was a great pleasure to attend this meeting and renew former associations, and also to meet many who have recently accepted the truth. We believe that Ontario is a fruitful field for the message, and that a strong conference will be developed in this territory. G. B. THOMPSON.