The South Texas Camp Meeting by W. L. ADAMS

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 28, 1915

The South Texas Camp Meeting

By W. L. ADAMS

This camp meeting was held at Corpus Christi, Tex., which is on Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. As it was only a local camp meeting, the attendance was not large. The camp was located on a shell beach about a block from the bay, making it very pleasant for the campers, except for the heavy rains which fell for several days. One day nearly eight inches of rain fell, and about ten inches during the time of the meeting. The last few days, however, were pleasant, and we enjoyed the meetings.

Some interest was manifest among the citizens, a few of whom came regularly in spite of the inclement weather. A nice little company of young people were there at the beginning of the meeting, but some left for the school, which opened during the time of the camp meeting. Others remained till the close of the encampment. We had some very interesting meetings with the young people.

Although the camp meeting was small, twelve persons were baptized. Elder Watson, the president of the union conference, buried these in the waves of the bay on the last Sabbath of the meeting. The other workers from outside the conference were Brother A. F. Harrison and the writer.

The past year was in some respects the best in the history of the conference, the sale of literature and the number added to the membership reaching the highest records the conference has ever known. We are looking forward in this conference, believing that we have yet better days for the future. W. L. ADAMS.