p. 14 | The Florida Camp-Meeting by W. A. Westworth

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 25, 1909

The Florida Camp-Meeting

By W. A. Westworth

The last camp-meeting for 1909 was held at Orlando, Fla., October 20-30, and was a most enjoyable and encouraging season. Following a tent effort, and very easy of access to the people, it afforded a good opportunity to press home the truths of the message to a good attendance of the citizens. The conference session was marked with a unanimity and spirit of progress which was encouraging for this field, and the harmony of effort to press forward along advance lines shows the hand of the Lord at work.

For the first time in the history of the Southland, as far as we are aware, Florida set the pace in donating of her surplus tithe to the General Conference; and while the amount was small, it was so only comparatively. The past has seen only the calls from the weak Southern conferences to the General Conference for aid; and as this conference voted two hundred fifty dollars to missions, we thanked God that the tide has started to turn just the way it ought to go, and we confidently expect this good work to go on, and we long for the time when every conference in the Southeastern Union Conference can join in the good work. Besides this, Florida raised over eight hundred dollars for missions.

We were favored with the help of Elder A. G. Daniells, who, together with Brethren R. T. Dowsett and V. O. Cole and the writer, constituted the help from outside the conference. We were pleased to have from within the borders of the conference itself the assistance of Brother G. I. Butler, who still, with no small vigor, presses forward the good work of the third angel’s message.

Elder R. W. Parmele, with a strong committee, was chosen to lead in the work for the coming year, and the prosperous condition of the conference bespeaks a year of advancement ahead.

The sanitarium work had a prominent place in the considerations, and the people rallied around this latest proposition of Florida in a commendable way. As many of our people and their acquaintances as may need the advantages of the delightful climatic conditions which prevail during the winter months in Florida should investigate the advantages of the Orlando Sanitarium, and we bespeak for this institution a general support; for here, in a special and peculiar way, are advantages offered for restoration to health.

The camp-meeting for the white people is now being followed by one for the colored brethren at Winter Park, a few miles north of the Orlando site, report of which will appear later.

W. A. Westworth.