The Vancouver (B. C.) Meeting by W. A. Spicer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 30, 1908

The Vancouver (B. C.) Meeting

By W. A. Spicer

The camp-meeting for British Columbia was held in Vancouver, beginning July 5. It was a very small, and a very simple meeting, continuing from Thursday night. But it was a blessed meeting. Evidently the Lord is ready to bless this little conference of believers in a small and needy province of the developing Northwest.

All the ministers in the province were present,—Elders W. J. Wilson, T. H. Watson, and P. P. Adams. Elder White, of the North Pacific Conference, was also present, and we all appreciated the strong help his counsel and experience gave us in the meetings.

The Sabbath seemed more than a day of special blessing. Hearts melted, and lives surrendered. There was a laying hold of the power of God in a very practical way. Personal difficulties that had filled the heart with anxiety for the work seemed to melt away, and we believe the message will go forward with power in this important field.

The financial problem confronting the conference was the erection of a building for the Manson School, near Port Hammond, Fraser River. In the little company gathered at the camp, about two thousand dollars was pledged, but quite largely on condition of the sale of property. The work on the school should go forward at once, as its present equipment is altogether inadequate for the students who ought to be under instruction. Here are some of the strong, active young people with faces turned toward the work, and the brethren were most anxious to get their school up. Elders Adams, Wilson, and Watson were appointed a committee to solicit funds, and it was hoped that unconditional pledges to warrant going forward with the building might be secured this summer.

This province is a vigorous and growing country, and our work should be pushed here. The conference has done some work among the Indians of the northern coasts, and means to do more. Some day soon they should have a permanent mission station in the Indian country already entered.

Vancouver is a beautifully situated city. Snow-capped mountains look down upon it, and its fine harbor and docks

make it the western gateway of the great Canadian Dominion. In twenty-two years it has grown from a few houses among the stumps to a city of eighty thousand. A strong work will yet be developed for this cause in British Columbia. The believers there are working for it, and we must help them to hasten the time. W. A. SPICER.