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Camp-Meetings in the Lake Union Conference

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Oct 25, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 43.

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Camp-Meetings in the Lake Union Conference

By Allen Moon

THE camp-meeting season in the Lake Union Conference is over, and it has been a very successful one. The per cent of attendance of our people was much larger than last year, and the increase in attendance of young people was an especial feature of these meetings.
At nearly all the camp-meetings there was a large outside attendance, and in most cases a good interest was manifested, inasmuch that it was found necessary in several conferences to follow up the camp-meeting with tent-meetings. Good results are reported from several of these meetings, and not a few souls have accepted the truth through this instrumentality.
The spiritual interest at all the meetings has been unusually good, and unity and harmony have prevailed in all the business meetings to a degree that was truly refreshing. The universal testimony was, We have never before attended such excellent camp-meetings.
A great deal of attention was given to the work for the young people, and these efforts were crowned with success, as is shown by the unusual number of young people that went forward in baptism at the close of each meeting; and also by the many new recruits to the ranks of those attending the various schools in the union conference. The large attendance of students at the opening of all our schools is an indication of the true missionary spirit that prevails in the minds of the youth, as a result of the good instruction given in all the camp-meetings.
The watchword, “The gospel to the world in this generation,” was a special feature of the camp-meeting work; and the educational work, or the work of preparation for the carrying of the message, came in for its share of consideration. Attention was given to all lines of work, and the instruction given was both interesting and profitable.
All seemed to realize that the time for labor is growing short, and a deep feeling of responsibility seemed to rest upon all minds, as the various features of the great message were reviewed. May the good work go on in all hearts, while we continue the study of these truths in our homes. ALLEN MOON.