Maine, Camp-Meeting by P. F. Bicknell

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Aug 18, 1904

Maine, Camp-Meeting

By P. F. Bicknell

THE annual conference and camp-meeting will be held at Caribou, Maine, August 25 to September 5. The railroads have made lower rates this year than formerly, which will be appreciated by our brethren, many of whom have to travel a great distance to reach Caribou. We trust that a strong effort will be made by all to attend. This will be the first annual camp-meeting ever held in Aroostook County, and it will be real missionary work to attend this gathering. Our annual camp-meetings should continually increase in interest and power.

We profess to believe that our Saviour is soon coming, and that we have a special message to give. This being true, we must have power which only God can give to proclaim this truth in our life. Our camp-meetings are appointed for a definite purpose, and the seeking of God should be made the one object of these gatherings. The question is not, What will it cost to attend? but, Can we afford to be absent? An abundance of good help has been promised. Many important changes are taking place among us as a people. Men of experience will be present to tell us of these things. Before making a decision in regard to the matter, let every one earnestly seek God.

Each church should elect and send the proper number of delegates,—one for organization and one for every fifteen members. Surely in this generation the Lord will come; therefore there can not be many more annual gatherings. Let there be a determination to improve this one.

P. F. BICKNELL.