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Southern Missouri Camp-Meeting

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 21, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 42.

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Southern Missouri Camp-Meeting

By H. R. Salisbury

THIS meeting was held at Springfield, Mo., August 12-22. There were eighty tents pitched, and every one was full, and many of our people had to take rooms in the houses near by. More than four hundred were in attendance.
The meeting was held in a beautiful grove just at the edge of Springfield, and the location lent itself to the making of an ideal camp-ground. The workers at the meeting were cheered as they saw the people come in, filling all the tents, and making a larger camp than they had planned for. The neat arrangement of the tents, the dining-room service, and the care of the grounds were all an excellent object-lesson for our camp-meetings.
The Spirit of the Lord was in all the meetings, and there was desire on the part of our brethren and sisters to take advantage of this occasion to put away sin, and gain spiritual strength for the year before us.
The spirit of liberality came into the camp, such as had not been witnessed before in Missouri, and our people willingly gave of their offerings for the work abroad, and for the needs at home. The different departments of the work were well carried on; the young people's and children's meetings were planned so that they proved of great interest and help to the children and youth.
For the coming year, Elder D. U. Hale was re-elected president of the conference, and Brother E. R. Allen secretary and treasurer.
Many feared, because the camp was some distance from the center of the city, that the outside attendance would be small, but from the very beginning, there was a splendid attendance, and at the evening meetings, the large tent was always full to overflowing, many of our people having to bring seats from their tents and sit on the outside, in order that the strangers could occupy the large tent. The workers from outside of the union conference were Dr. W. A. Ruble, Elder H. H. Votaw, and the writer.
H. R. SALISBURY.