North Missouri Camp-Meeting by H. R. Salisbury

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 23, 1909

North Missouri Camp-Meeting

By H. R. Salisbury

THIS meeting was held at Chillicothe, August 5-15. Last year the Missouri Conference was divided into the North Missouri and the Southern Missouri conferences; and as the division did not leave a sufficient number of family tents, the brethren planned this year to have many of the Sabbath-keepers take rooms near the grounds. While this may have some disadvantages, it also has its advantages, as was proved at this meeting; for our brethren and sisters living about the town with different families became personally acquainted with them, and not only took them to the meetings, but were also able to do missionary work in the homes where they were lodging. The result at Chillicothe was a splendid attendance from the outside, and the brethren were hopeful that the tent-meeting which was to follow the camp-meeting would result in establishing a good church at that place.

There was an earnest spirit of devotion at all the meetings, and also a spirit of liberality when the needs of the work were made known, especially when foreign missions were presented. While the division of territory left this conference to struggle with finances, yet all expenses had been met, and the members had given to missions more than ten cents a member each week; and although the conference committee have had to plan with the greatest care during the past year, they unanimously voted to appropriate to foreign missions five hundred dollars from their small surplus, as they felt anxious to share with the other conferences in America in sending a portion of the tithe to the needy fields beyond.

Two new churches were admitted to the conference. At the business sessions Elder A. R. Ogden was re-elected president, and broad plans were laid for an aggressive year's work.

Elders E. T. Russell and J. S. Wightman, Mrs. J. S. Wightman, Prof. C. C. Lewis, and C. G. Bellah were the union conference laborers, and Elders H. H. Votaw and J. W. Westphal, and the writer were the laborers from abroad.

H. R. SALISBURY.