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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 12, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 50.

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West Pennsylvania Camp-Meeting

By B. G. Wilkinson

THE West Pennsylvania camp-meeting was held Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912, at Washington, Pa. The brethren had secured a very beautiful grove easily reached by the car lines of the city. Heavy rain-storms delayed, in some measure, getting the camp in order, but eventually everything was well arranged, and passed off with the usual spiritual blessings of the Lord. New and vigorous plans for the coming year were laid by the workers of the conference.
The annual business session of the conference was not held in connection with the camp-meeting, as had been done in years previous. The meetings were entirely given over to the consideration of spiritual interests, so that there will not be anything now to report with reference to business, as the business session of the conference will be held in midwinter of the coming year. Nevertheless, many items of considerable importance were presented, to which the people gave an earnest response. The fifteen-cent-a-week plan and the need of the mission fields were brought before the brethren and sisters, who responded to this in a very encouraging fashion.
Also some union financial matters, such as raising money for the advancement of educational work, met with a hearty reception and very substantial donations on the part of the people.
The attendance at the camp-meeting was about as usual. As it was held in the southern part of the State, there was not the usual attendance from the north. There was a good attendance on the part of the city people to the evening meetings, during which the word of God was preached with power and deep interest.
There are bright days ahead for the West Pennsylvania Conference, and even now things are looking more hopeful. This field has in some measure been giving of its best laborers to other fields, and consequently has not paid much attention to its internal development, as have some other conferences in the union. The committee, however, is taking the matter earnestly in hand, and all branches of work throughout the conference are building up anew.
B. G. WILKINSON.