Mississippi by C. F. McVAUGH

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 1, 1908

Mississippi

By C. F. McVAUGH

The camp-meeting at Amory was a season of refreshing to the people, and an uplift to the work of the third angel's message. While the number of Sabbath-keepers assembled was not large, the attendance on the Sabbath, including children, being a little over seventy, still the presence of the Lord and of holy angels made the meeting a blessed success from the very first. Young people surrendered to the Lord, and the last day of the meeting nine were baptized.

The spirit of consecration and sacrifice rested upon all, and in cash and pledges they raised $255 for tent work in the conference, besides liberal donations and pledges to the canvassers' fund and the work in foreign fields. The ten-cent-a-week plan was indorsed, and hearty co-operation promised in it, and in the Thanksgiving week ingathering for missions.

The outside attendance was most encouraging. At the evening services the seats were filled nearly every time, and the townspeople, including the business and professional men, listened eagerly and attentively to the truths presented. It was said that on Sunday there was the largest gathering for religious service ever seen in Amory, fully one hundred being unable to find seats under the canvas. The services will be continued, and it is hoped that some will decide to keep the commandments of the Lord as a result. Besides the conference laborers, there were present from outside the State, Dr. W. A. George, Prof. M. B. VanKirk, Elder W. R. Burrow, A. F. Harrison, and the writer.

C. F. McVAUGH.