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Who Should Attend Camp-Meeting?

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 29, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 30.

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Who Should Attend Camp-Meeting?

By A. SMITH

A. SMITH
The duty of appearing in general convocations each year was enjoined upon ancient Israel by the authority of God himself. The necessity for such convocations in Israel has not ceased. Of course the printed page now, in a large measure, takes the place of oral teaching; but there is a communion of saints necessary to a well-developed Christian character that is not sufficiently promoted by literature. A forty-years' successful test of the camp-meeting among Seventh-day Adventists is sufficient proof of its value as a means of grace.
But God has not given us this institution to be regarded by his people with indifference; he must rather be pleased to see them manifest a zeal to attend that will by faith surmount many difficulties.
The warm-hearted, zealous child of God should be there. Brother, sister, your help will be much needed on the camp-ground.
Parents, you have long pleaded that your children might be brought into the truth; go, and take them with you, thus making use of an important instrumentality ordained by God to save them. Let us invite neighbors, friends, backsliders, and others to go with us. When on the grounds, let two Bible aphorisms control our deportment,—“Use hospitality,” and “Be courteous.”
Does my business, my horses, my cattle, my crops, lack of money, state of health, etc., stand in the way? We must not allow Satan to hold the reins over us. After having used reasonable care to guard our property interests while we are away, let us draw from the storehouse of God's promises perfect protection of our interests. See Ps. 34:7; Job 1:10. Read, carefully, as a public lesson in the church, or family, “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, pages 31-34. Let us talk faith, courage, and self-sacrifice for the truth. Only a few more camp-meetings can be held before our work is done. Let us not miss such blessed opportunities.
Grandville, Mich.