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Mississippi Camp Meeting (Colored)

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 15, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 35.

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Mississippi Camp Meeting (Colored)

By A. C. Chatman

Let us draw near with a true heart and a full assurance of faith, “not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is.” It is required that we meet together and bear testimony to the truth. The angel of the Lord said, “Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.”
It is therefore to our advantage to make use of the privileges that are within our reach, even at a sacrifice, and assemble ourselves with those who fear God, and speak for him; for he is represented as hearkening to the testimonies, while angels write them in a book of remembrance. We have the assurance that the Lord will remember those who meet and think upon his name, and will spare them in the day of the great conflagration. See Ex. 34: 24.
From the voice of the prophet we hear this message, “Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.” Joel 2: 15-18.
Let every believer in this field use all his God-given energy, concentrate his forces, and begin even now to seek the Lord in a special manner, praying and working to the end that this meeting may be one of unprecedented interest, and the greatest from the point of attendance. “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; . . . for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”
A. C. CHATMAN.