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

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 41.

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North Michigan Conference and Camp-Meeting

By S. E. Wight

THE annual conference and camp-meeting were held at Bay View, near Petoskey, August 27 to September 6. The conference was well represented at its first session on Friday morning, August 28. There were sixty-nine family tents pitched and occupied.
While forest fires were raging all around, the campers were favored with two good showers, which freshened the earth and cleared the atmosphere. It was one of the best meetings ever held in North Michigan, and souls were seen to turn to God from the first to the last. Some who for years had been subjects of prayer yielded themselves to the winning power of God's love, and are now happy in the third angel's message. Thirty-nine were baptized.
A temperance program was given the first Sunday afternoon, temperance workers from Petoskey participating. Some of the citizens expressed their satisfaction that the cause of temperance had gained a victory.
Many of the readers of the REVIEW know of Petoskey as a great summer resort. Many of the summer visitors attended the afternoon and evening meetings, and some became so interested they purchased books and tracts in order to become informed further in regard to the truth.
The meeting was favored during all or part of the time with the labors of Elders Allen Moon, W. A. Spicer, C. P. Bollman, E. K. Slade, and A. R. Sandborn, Profs. Frederick Griggs and O. J. Graf, and Brethren J. B. Blosser and W. A. Straw. The people donated liberally to foreign missions, for the work among the colored people in the South, and for the work at home.
Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President, J. J. Irwin; secretary, Edith McClellan; treasurer, E. A. Bristol; educational superintendent, Mrs. Jennie M. Willaman; field secretary, H. W. Johnson. Executive committee: J. J. Irwin, M. C. Guild, E. A. Bristol, R. J. Bellows, M. Stephens.
S. E. WIGHT.