p. 22 | Northern Illinois Camp-Meeting by Wm. Covert

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 27, 1911

Northern Illinois Camp-Meeting

By Wm. Covert

WE are favored with the free use of the city park at Aurora for our annual gathering. This park is situated at the terminal of the Fifth Avenue street-car line, and is about two miles from the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy station in the southeastern part of the city. The place is well adapted for our purpose, and the time, August 24 to September 3, is ideal for our people in this conference. Let there be a general rally from all the churches. We do not expect that everybody will come from every church, but we should like to see at least five hundred of our brethren and sisters encamped on the grounds. Arrange your business affairs so that you can attend the meetings, come at the beginning, and stay until the conclusion.

If God's people in ancient times needed three meetings annually to keep them alive in Christian experience, we certainly need to attend one general meeting a year. Nearly every church in the conference is directly connected by transportation lines with Aurora, and this makes it favorable for all.

Family tents will be pitched upon the grounds for campers, and we would like to correspond with those who wish to rent tents. The tents are in excellent condition, and most of them are 12 x 14 feet, with five-foot wall. Where they are in first-class condition, the price will be three dollars for the meeting. If the tents are not the very best, the price will be made to suit. We prefer not to furnish lumber for floors, but will provide it if those desiring it will pay what it costs us. We may be able to rent some lumber and return it. Send orders for tents to the conference office, 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Wm. COVERT.