The Vermont Camp-Meeting by K. C. RUSSELL

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 8, 1908

The Vermont Camp-Meeting

By K. C. RUSSELL

The Vermont camp-meeting was held at Waterbury, Vt., August 20-30. It was the second time the Vermont Conference had held its camp-meeting in this place. The weather was ideal, and the attendance was good, both of our own people and of those from the outside.

The first Sunday a very successful temperance rally was held, which not only interested our own people, but also served to advertise the meetings, and awaken an interest among the citizens of the place.

The plan for the ingathering campaign during Thanksgiving week was responded to heartily by all, and also the ten-cent-a-week plan. A lively interest

was taken in the question of religious liberty, and a goodly number of copies of the magazine Liberty were subscribed for use in the religious liberty campaign this fall in the local churches. The parents’, young people’s, and children’s meetings were of great value to these various classes. The principles of health reform were presented by Dr. C. F. Ball, of Vermont, and Miss Ethel Hartman, a nurse from the Melrose (Mass.) Sanitarium. Prof. B. F. Machlan, principal of South Lancaster Academy, gave most helpful and practical instruction along educational lines, which resulted in several young people arranging to attend South Lancaster Academy the coming year. The publishing work was represented by L. W. Graham, of the New York branch of the Review and Herald, and R. J. Bryant, general agent of the Atlantic Union Conference. Other workers from outside the conference in attendance were Elder H. F. Ketring, president of the Central New England Conference, and F. M. Dana, missionary secretary of the union conference.

A spirit of harmony prevailed in the business sessions of the conference, and we trust the same spirit will characterize the work throughout the conference during the coming year. Elder O. Montgomery, from the North Michigan Conference, was elected president. We believe that prosperity will attend the work of this conference, as a new life has taken possession of both workers and people.

It was a very great pleasure for the writer to be in attendance, as it was the first visit he had made to this field since acting as president a number of years ago.

K. C. RUSSELL.