Minnesota Camp Meeting by Chas. Thompson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 9, 1915

Minnesota Camp Meeting

By Chas. Thompson

THE fifty-fourth annual conference and camp meeting of the Minnesota Conference was held in the village of Anoka, June 3-13. There was present one of the largest companies of believers composing the local membership of the churches, that has assembled upon like occasions in this conference since I have been connected with the work in the Northern Union.

While from the human viewpoint the weather was most unfavorable, yet the universal testimony was that the meeting was the most spiritual and uplifting enjoyed for many years.

The reports read by the president, treasurer, and departmental secretaries showed that substantial gains had been made in all lines of the work. All were encouraged to learn that about two hundred persons had been led from darkness to light during the year, as a result of the evangelistic and other missionary endeavor.

The tithe of the conference for 1914 was $40,939, an increase of $3,500 over the previous year. The offerings for the past year amounted to $46,990, an increase of $4,000 over 1913. At the time of this meeting the record showed that the conference was more than $2,000 ahead on her twenty-cent-a-week offering for 1915. Of this surplus fund they voted to give $1,000 to the mission fields, in addition to the regular per cent they gave.

The record of the output of literature in this conference showed that Minnesota led the entire Pacific Press territory, its sales amounting to about twenty thousand dollars.

The Sabbath School Department showed its regular annual increase of schools organized, membership gained, and offerings received. The offerings for the year amounted to $9,321.74, an increase of about two thousand dollars over the year before.

The laborers present from abroad who assisted the regular local and union conference workers were: Elders M. C. Wilcox, C. L. Taylor, P. E. Brodersen, and S. Mortenson. All of these brethren did what they could for the spiritual uplift of the people.

Elder G. W. Wells, who has stood at the head of this conference for the past three years, and under whose wise management

the conference has developed such encouraging increase, was reelected president, with practically the same staff of secretaries and executive committee men as last year.

About fifty souls were baptized. Two were ordained to the gospel ministry, and before the camp closed plans were laid for an aggressive campaign for souls during the summer months.

We are glad for the growth of this conference, and the strength it can be to our world-wide missionary endeavor. We trust it may continue to be blessed to this end. CHAS. THOMPSON.