East Jordan (Mich.) Camp-Meeting
By K. C. Russell
The evening after the Sabbath, September 2, I left the Hutchinson (Kan.) camp-ground for East Jordan, Mich., to attend the North Michigan camp-meeting and conference. I stopped in Kansas City, Sunday, September 3, and spent a day with Elder E. A. Merrill and family, who had formerly labored in the Pennsylvania Conference, where I also spent several years in the work. I spoke that evening for Elder Merrill at his tent on the subject of the millennium, to a tent well filled with earnest listeners. Monday forenoon Elder G. B. Thompson joined me in Kansas City, and we journeyed on to Chicago together. From there he went to attend the Wisconsin Conference, and I went on to East Jordan. I found on my arrival that Brethren A. Moon, W. D. Curtis, J. B. Blosser, and F. C. Gilbert had left, but was pleased to find Brother Luther Warren and his wife there; also Brother S. M. Butler, the principal of the Cedar Lake Academy, and Brother A. W. Spaulding, of Berrien Springs. Brother Warren thinks he has improved physically during the summer, although, in harmony with the instructions of his physicians, he is not engaging actively in preaching as heretofore. He spoke once at the camp-meeting with great freedom, and rendered valuable assistance in the other services of the conference. This meeting was attended by a marked manifestation of the Holy Spirit's presence from the beginning to its close. As a result of the different revival services which were held from time to time during the meeting, every one upon the grounds, with the exception of three or four persons, responded to the earnest calls to repentance. Although the attendance was not large, yet there was a most liberal spirit manifested toward the different calls for funds. The outside attendance was excellent at the evening services at nearly every meeting. At the last service the tent was filled, and many people stood outside. The location of the tent was ideal, within easy walking distance of the beautiful town. We believe that those who obtained a new experience at this meeting will find great enjoyment in living out the truth as they return to their homes, and they will also be a blessing to their families, and to the neighbors where they reside. Elder S. E. Wight was unanimously re-elected as president of the conference. Great harmony prevailed in all the business deliberations. In short, everything bespeaks prosperity for the work in the North Michigan Conference.