p. 18 | Local Oregon Camp Meeting by T. G. BUNCH.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 30, 1915

Local Oregon Camp Meeting

By T. G. BUNCH.

THE local Coos County camp meeting of the Southern Oregon Conference was held in Bandon, beginning August 23, and continuing six days. Besides the pavilion and young people's tents, there were twenty family tents in a little grove overlooking the Coquille River bar and the Pacific Ocean.

The camp meeting was preceded by a short series of meetings, conducted by Elder C. L. Lingenfelter and the writer. The weather was ideal.

Elders C. W. Flaiz, N. W. Lawrence, F. S. Bunch, and C. A. Burman were present from the union conference, and their timely instruction was appreciated by all. Many pronounced it the best meeting ever attended.

An effort was made to follow the instruction given through the spirit of prophecy, to teach people how to work for others. Volunteers were called for, and the town was covered twice, literature on the signs of the times and on the Sabbath question being placed in every home, and the people invited to attend the services. As a result, there was not even standing room in the tent during the evening meetings. The book and tract sales during the camp meeting were nearly two hundred dollars.

The Lord came very near during the Sabbath services, and a number came forward for special help. Victories

were gained, backsliders reclaimed, and nearly all renewed their consecration.

It was refreshing to see the tent well filled with our people on the Sabbath. This section, set off from the remainder of the conference by the Coast Range of Mountains, has had a local camp meeting almost every year for over twenty years. Several present had attended most of these gatherings, and spoke very encouragingly of the progress of the message. For many this was their first camp meeting.

A year ago Bandon, a town of 3,500 inhabitants, had never heard the message, and but two or three isolated members witnessed for the truth. Now we have a good bungalow church, with a membership of forty-five and a Sabbath attendance of over sixty. Several others are keeping the Sabbath, and many more are deeply interested.

Sunday, the last day of the meeting, eight were buried with their Lord in baptism, near the mouth of the Coquille River.

Elder Lingenfelter will remain to follow up the interest in Bandon, and oversee the Harvest Ingathering campaign in the county. T. G. BUNCH.