p. 18 | The Cumberland Camp-Meeting by W. A. Westworth

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 30, 1909

The Cumberland Camp-Meeting

By W. A. Westworth

This annual gathering was held at Athens, Tenn., and in some respects was the most remarkable gathering of its kind in the history of the conference. At first there seemed to be decided opposition to the holding of the camp-meeting in the town, and no place was available; but when the committee was about to look elsewhere for a favorable location, the way was opened. From the first, the attendance from the outside was good, and it steadily increased till the close of the meeting, when all available seating room was in use, and many were unable to find accommodations. Several became much interested in the truth as the result of the meetings.

At the beginning of the meeting it was necessary for Elder J. F. Pogue, the president of the conference, to leave for the Graysville Sanitarium on account of illness, and the brethren asked the writer to take charge of conference matters in the president's inability to act. Elders K. C. Russell and J. W. Christian, with the writer, took the public work chiefly, and Elder R. T. Dowsett led out in a successful work for the youth.

Elder Pogue, with practically the same committee, was elected to serve another year. The conference is in a prosperous condition, and is pressing forward in the cause of God. Between six and seven hundred dollars was pledged to the foreign mission field, besides a goodly sum for home enterprises.

By urgent request of the brethren here, the writer will remain for a limited time to follow up the interest awakened by the camp-meeting, and the attendance and interest manifested seem to indicate a goodly harvest to the praise of God. The cause is onward in the Cumberland Conference. W. A. WESTWORTH.