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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 19, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 42.

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The Chesapeake Conference

By K. C. Russell

THE Chesapeake Conference camp-meeting was held in Dover, the capital city of Delaware, September 14-24. The camp was located on a beautiful, grassy plot of ground only two blocks back of the capital building.
The attendance of our people was fairly representative, and the Sunday services were largely attended by the citizens of Dover. One of the most gratifying features in connection with this meeting was the securing of a daily publication of excellent reports of the services in the leading newspapers of Dover and neighboring cities. The importance of this work in connection with our camp-meetings and other gatherings can not be overestimated.
Besides the regular union and local conference laborers, there were in attendance Elders A. G. Daniells, J. H. Schilling, F. C. Gilbert, S. B. Horton, and the writer. The addresses given by Elder Daniells, especially the one giving a report of the European Council and describing his trip through Russia, elicited unusual interest on the part of the campers. Elder Schilling’s visit, although brief, was greatly appreciated by the people. It will be remembered that, at the recent biennial council at Friedensau, it was voted that Elder Schilling should be released from the presidency of the West German Union Conference to take the supervision of the German work in the United States and Canada. The labors of Elder Gilbert were also a source of inspiration to our own people, and of interest to the citizens of Dover who were in attendance.
On the last Sunday afternoon of the meeting seventeen willing souls were buried with Christ in baptism. The delegates of the conference heartily responded to the various calls that were made from time to time to advance the work in their own territory and in the regions beyond. The business of the conference passed off harmoniously. Elder R. T. Baer was elected to serve another term as president of the conference. K. C. RUSSELL.