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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 12, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 40.

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Northwestern California Conference Camp Meeting

By J. Adams Stevens

THE first annual camp meeting of the Northwestern California Conference was held at Santa Rosa, June 17-27. Santa Rosa is a city of 12,000 inhabitants, and the camp was located in the residence section, on a plot covered with large trees. Family tents to the number of 110 were pitched, and quite a number secured rooms near by.
Everything was in readiness for first service, and the people came with an earnest purpose to get nearer to God. The Holy Spirit was very markedly present from the beginning. Elder A. G. Daniells had just returned from the Orient, and was with us during the first four days of the meeting. At the eleven o'clock hour on Sabbath he gave a stirring account of the progress of the truth in heathen lands. He told of the imperative need of men and means, and showed that now is the opportune time to gather a glorious harvest. When he made a call for those who were willing to consecrate all, to go or to help others to go, nearly the whole congregation arose.
More than one thousand persons were present at the last Sabbath services. Elder E. E. Andross made an earnest plea for all to surrender wholly to God, and a large part of the audience came forward, many for the first time. Brother C. S. Prout was set apart to the sacred work of the gospel ministry. Elder E. W. Farnsworth offered the prayer, and Elder Andross gave the charge.
Every phase of the work was presented and received appreciative attention. The various calls for offerings met with a generous response. The bookstand reports $646.95 sales. Twenty-eight persons were baptized, and a good interest was aroused in the city. The evening attendance was six to eight hundred. Visiting workers included Elders A. G. Daniells, E. E. Andross, E. W. Farnsworth, J. L. McElhany, W. S. Holbrook, G. W. Reaser, and F. E. Painter, Brother Ernest Lloyd, and Sister Petra Tunheim of Java.
J. ADAMS STEVENS.