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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 9, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 2.

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CALIFORNIA

By W. T. Knox

The twenty-eighth session of the California Conference was held at Stockton, May 30 to June 11, a report of which has appeared in the REVIEW AND HERALD. Since then four local camp-meetings have been held in the Conference. The first was at Arcata, Humboldt County, beginning July 13, with an attendance of about two hundred, which was much larger than any previous meeting held in this part of the Conference. This was followed, August 10-27, by the southern California meeting at Santa Ana. Here, we had an excellent interest among the people of the town and surrounding country. The meeting at Santa Rosa was a profitable one for our people, and here also the people seemed glad to hear the message. October 26 to November 5, at Visalia, we held our last camp-meeting for this year; but the time was not convenient for the people, and the weather was such as seriously to interfere with attendance from the city. The latter portion of the meeting was better attended, however. After this meeting, as well as the previous ones, it seemed necessary to leave Conference laborers further to develop and bind off the interest. From this work good results are being seen.
The Spirit of God was present in all these gatherings, working with power for the uplifting of Zion. Several gave their hearts to the Lord for the first time. About sixty persons were baptized, while other candidates were referred to the churches with which they would unite.
An effort was begun at the Stockton camp-meeting to provide for the indebtedness of the Healdsburg College by contributions and pledges. This work was continued at the local camp-meetings, and over twenty thousand dollars has been thus provided, and hopes are entertained that we will soon see provision made for the entire amount.
The existing conditions in the Conference are encouraging. The Lord has been blessing his people, both spiritually and financially. Several church schools have been started, and are meeting with success. The attendance at the college is better than for several years, and the prospects for a good year at the institution are encouraging, for all of which our hearts go out in gratitude to God. W. T. KNOX.