Western Colorado Camp-Meeting by J. W. Christian

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 24, 1912

Western Colorado Camp-Meeting

By J. W. Christian

The fifth annual conference and camp-meeting of the Western Colorado Conference convened at Delta, Colo., September 26 to October 6. From the first, an excellent spirit was manifested. The attendance was not large; it was estimated that about two hundred fifty believers were in attendance all or part of the time. The delegates were wide-awake to the many items of local and general interest that were brought before the conference, and the interesting discussion on the various items showed the spirit of the people assembled.

Elder E. A. Curtis, who has the full confidence of all the believers, was re-elected president, with practically no changes in the other offices. Brother J. A. Neilson will act as conference treasurer and secretary, and Brother J. L. Humbert will enter the field in the interest of the missionary work among the churches. The finances of the conference are encouraging, and the conference, though small, has determined to reach the fifteen-cent-a-week standard for foreign missions.

Aside from the conference workers, there were present Elders A. T. Robinson, C. G. Bellah, and M. B. Van Kirk, and the writer. Elder Robinson gave a very valuable series of studies on the secret of Christian living. These studies were much appreciated. It was a feast to sit and listen to this tried servant of the Lord as he brought from the storehouse of God things new and old. Brother Van Kirk labored successfully for the young people and in the interests of the educational work. Brother Bellah, with his old-time interest in the book work, gave splendid service, and with Brother Surber, the new State agent, worked up a large interest in the canvassing work. Quite a number of volunteers enlisted in the grand army to carry the printed page to the dwellers in the mountains.

On the last Sabbath, near the close, thirteen dear souls followed their Lord in baptism. It was a solemn scene, and the Lord bore witness to the occasion. The offerings for foreign missions were fairly good. All went from the meeting to their homes with renewed zeal and devotion to the Lord’s work.

Personally, it was a spiritual feast to me to be permitted to attend this meeting. The Lord came near in the many services that were held, and we shall look for results of this meeting in the coming of God.

J. W. CHRISTIAN.