More Southern Camp-Meetings

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 10, 1907

More Southern Camp-Meetings

North Carolina

THE North Carolina meeting was held in Thomasville, a manufacturing town near the center of the State. There was a most encouraging public interest, which is to be followed up.

Our brethren of North Carolina came to the meeting to seek the Lord, and truly he was found of them. There were most blessed seasons, and decisive victories were gained that cheered all hearts. A devoted and united body of field workers and people—all of whom are to be workers also—are pressing on in North Carolina.

There has been growth in this conference. The book work is forging ahead. The sales for 1905 were $1,300, and for 1906, $3,860. Notwithstanding the necessity of raising a considerable amount on local issues, the meeting raised $200 on the large fund, and by the end of the year there is prospect that the conference will have raised its share, though the sentiment was that they meant to keep lifting till the whole enterprise is completed.

Three industrial schools are being operated, by Brethren Beach, Johnston, and Shireman, and there are young people in the conference growing into the work. Elder T. H. Jeyes was re-elected to the presidency of the conference.

Cumberland

The Cumberland Conference (eastern Tennessee and Kentucky) held its meeting in Cleveland, Tenn., another manufacturing town. There was a large attendance and a deep interest on the part of the public. It was the largest of the camp-meetings in the South. The conference business session preceded the camp-meeting. There was reported encouraging growth during the year. The brethren in the churches seem to be especially active, and good interests have been developed for ministerial laborers to follow up. The Bible work has also been an important factor in bringing people into the truth.

The Lord blessed in the meetings. One family, that of a German brother whose father is a believer in Wisconsin, took a stand for the truth during the meetings, and this brother, his wife, and two daughters were baptized with others during the meetings. There will surely be further fruit as the interest is followed up. The camp-meeting raised $1,700 for conference work and general work, including $358 on the large fund. Elder J. H. Pogue was again elected president.

Georgia

This meeting was held in a beautiful part of Atlanta, close to a residential section, and the public interest was good. The Georgia Conference is the smallest in membership of any of the Southern conferences, except South Carolina, just organized, while Georgia's population is the largest of any State in the South.

The believers in Georgia are earnestly at work, and their testimonies have the old-time ring of the blessed hope. The tithe shows a healthy increase. The book work is coming up. As we met with these Georgia brethren, we felt an earnest longing to see more workers come into this empire State of the South to scatter the literature, and more people to engage perhaps in other business.

The sanitarium work in Atlanta is getting a start, though still needing funds to complete its equipment. Every inch of advantage that the brethren find, they are making the most of. The service conducted by the young people at the camp, one afternoon, touched all hearts, and showed that the Georgia young people are a good resource for the work of the future.

The blessed Spirit of God was in the camp day by day.

Notes

In all these meetings Elders Butler and Parmele have borne a special burden as representing union conference work. Elder Butler has carried daily studies in the fundamentals of the message and the experiences of the past which have special lessons for our own time, Elder Parmele has represented publishing interests and borne a leading part in the public preaching. Wherever these camp-meetings are held, there is a friendly and hospitable reception by the public. The South is full of beautifully situated towns and cities where a hearing can be had for this message. As far and as fast as the brethren can enter, they are pushing forward, and fruit of their labor is appearing. But everywhere more laborers are needed.