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The New Mexico Conference

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 26, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 53.

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The New Mexico Conference

By C. M. Sorenson

THE annual session of the New Mexico Conference was held in connection with the camp meeting at Clovis. Owing to the drouth prevailing over the conference territory, the attendance was not so good as in previous years.
The camp was well located in the residential part of the city, and during the early part of the meeting the attendance from the town was good, and there seemed to be some real interest. During the latter half of the meeting, the rain came down in torrents. While this was a great blessing to the people in the State, it materially interfered with the attendance at the services.
The Spirit of the Lord was manifested in a marked degree. The people were able to return to their churches with hearts filled with hope and joy in God. The laborers showed an eagerness to seek the blessing that belongs to God’s servants at this time, and they left the conference with renewed determination to press close to one another and to the Lord.
The president’s report showed progress. Several church schools had been maintained in the conference, and some bright young people were preparing to enter the Junior College at Keene. Notwithstanding the fact that some of our people had left the State because of conditions unfavorable for agriculture, the conference has a membership of three hundred. One hundred and twenty-nine were added during the twenty-three months since Elder Coberly became president. The gain in membership for this year was forty-two. The conference and tract society have erected a neat office building in Clovis.
No change was made in the officers of the conference. Elder R. B. Coberly is the president, Brother L. J. Black is the treasurer, and Brother E. H. Wilcox is the field missionary agent.
The laborers who were in attendance during portions of the meeting were: Elder J. W. Christian and Brethren A. F. Harrison and W. L. Adams, from the Southwestern Union; and Prof. J. L. Shaw and the writer, of the General Conference and the North American Division Conference.
C. M. SORENSON.