p. 20 | Chicago English Camp-Meeting and Tent Work

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 20, 1906

Chicago English Camp-Meeting and Tent Work

By Wm. Covert

THE Chicago camp-meeting began June 21, and services continued in the same pavilion used during the camp-meeting until September 3. The attendance fell off some, yet the interest with several score of persons continued good till the close. Of these probably forty are keeping the Sabbath. Thirty-six have signed the covenant to obey the Lord in all things required in his Word. As many as thirty of these have taken their stand as a result of these meetings. It is known that twelve or more not counted in the foregoing statement have entered upon a life of obedience to the commandments.

A hall has been rented on the corner of Orchard Street and Lincoln Avenue, being within the same block where the camp-meeting was held, and meetings are now being held in this hall. Our meeting and Sabbath-school held Sabbath, September 8, was an occasion of unusual interest. Probably forty persons were present who have lately decided to yield obedience to the whole truth. The West Side English church will for a time unite with the new Sabbath-keepers in their Sabbath meetings. Preaching services are appointed for three evenings each week, with the understanding that this arrangement will continue until the new members have time to become established in the present truth, then a new course of meetings is to follow. There is yet a vast unworked field easy of access from this place. The good order preserved during our long-continued series of meetings has been a matter of remark by many. It really seems wonderful to note the kindness manifested toward our workers by the large number of people who meet them. We know it is of the Lord, to the end that the message may be given to this great city.

Wm. COVERT.