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Colored Camp Meeting in Cumberland Mission

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 19, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 52.

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Colored Camp Meeting in Cumberland Mission

By H. N. Gemon

THE first camp meeting to be held in the Cumberland Mission proved a spiritual awakening to the believers who attended. The date of the meeting was set for September 7-17, and the camp was pitched on a large lot in the western part of Chattanooga. There were sixteen family tents, besides the dining tent and the large pavilion. About fifty campers were on the ground from Chattanooga, Knoxville, Bakewell, and Morristown, Tenn.; Huntsville, Ala.; and Nashville and Dalton, Ga.
The Spirit of the Lord was manifested in a marked manner during the meetings. Elder C. B. Stephenson preached several sermons on Faith, and the Lord used these to impress hearts. Other workers who gave much help and instruction were Elder R. W. Parmele, the president of the conference, Elders B. M. Heald and G. E. Peters, Sister Anna Knight, Prof. C. J. Boyd of Oakwood Manual Training School, and Brother L. L. Lawrence, the field missionary agent.
The closing day of the meeting was one of rejoicing. Eighteen persons were baptized in the waters of the Tennessee River. In all, twenty-five were added to the several churches as the result of the tent and camp meeting.
The Spirit of the Lord was present to help us enjoy the spiritual sermons, and the believers gave liberally to the cause of missions. Fifty-five dollars was given to the foreign fields through the Sabbath school the two Sabbaths of the camp meeting.
On leaving, many expressed the thought that surely it was good to be here, for the Lord was in this place. All the believers are determined to work energetically for the Harvest Ingathering campaign. H. N. GEMON.