Camp-Meeting for Colored Believers in Florida by M. C. Strachan

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 16, 1913

Camp-Meeting for Colored Believers in Florida

By M. C. Strachan

THIS year we have decided to hold our camp at Lakeland, a health resort and railroad center. Every possible arrangement is being made for the comfort and convenience of all who may attend. An ideal spot has been chosen for the camp-ground, and sufficient tents and rooms will be provided for all who are fortunate enough to be present. It is always a special pleasure to see the faces of new believers at our annual gatherings, and this year will be no exception to the rule. New believers from many points write that they expect to attend their first Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting this year at Lakeland.

The camp-meeting for the white people will be held at the same time in the same city. This will insure us good outside help from the union and North American Division conferences. Strong colored workers will come in from other States to help in the instruction. Plans and programs have been made for a church officers' council, a young people's convention, and a Sabbath-school convention. A well-defined course of lectures will be given for the instruction of parents. Meetings for the benefit of children will be conducted each day. Special instruction will be given to our canvassers and Bible workers. We are planning on two good sermons each day, at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M.

The date of the Florida camp-meeting has been changed to October 30 to November 9. Those wishing to engage either room or tent should write immediately to the undersigned, addressing him at the office in Orlando, Drawer 28. A dining department will be operated, and meal tickets sold at the rate of seven meals for a dollar; single meals, fifteen cents each. Let all bring the usual camp-meeting requisites, and be sure to bring heavy quilts and wraps, because the nights and mornings may be cool.

Let all plan to be on the grounds the first day of the camp. We should not miss a single service, for the meetings are all designed to promote our spiritual life. What a blessed privilege it is to meet together each year at our camp-meeting to receive instruction to better prepare us to perform the work that God has committed to our hands. Come, bring the loved ones, bring the children, bring the gray-haired fathers and mothers. Interest your neighbors and friends if possible, and bring them. Come praying, and God will richly bless you. M. C. STRACHAN.