THE TENNESSEE CAMP-MEETING.
By S. Osborn
WE think our recent camp-meeting the best ever held in our Conference. Those who stayed away for secular purposes have surely sustained a great loss. There were seventy-three Sabbath-keepers on the ground, and these camped within a radius of three hundred yards. Thus all were enabled to attend the prayer and social meetings, which accounts largely for our success. Though our Conference is small, union and love prevail throughout the entire field, and there is a healthy growth. We had a session of the Conference, and T. and M. society the first day of the meeting, and the greater part of the business was accomplished before the Sabbath. One new church was added to the Conference. We now have five churches, with about seventy members, and quite a number of outside Sabbath-keepers. There have been twelve additions to these churches by baptism during the past year, and fourteen others are keeping the Sabbath. The financial condition is much better than last year. Then we were in debt about $130. After the ministers were settled with this year, there was a deficiency of only $26.50. Our tithes amounted to about $335.00. We do not despise the day of small things. We have now two ordained ministers and one licentiate, who expect to give their time to the cause. We have no reason to be discouraged. Cross Plains, Tenn., Oct. 13, 1881.