Michigan Camp-Meeting by A. Smith

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 10, 1872

Michigan Camp-Meeting.

By A. Smith

THE Michigan Camp-meeting at Battle Creek is, perhaps, the largest gathering of Seventh-day Adventists ever convened. There are sixty-one family, and the two large Michigan, tents on the ground, pitched round a circle of about thirty rods in diameter.

The remarkable cleanliness of the grounds, the quiet that reigns throughout the camp, and the deep solemnity that characterizes the religious exercises, witnesses to the conviction that the Spirit of God is here, and that the heavenly angels are in waiting to convey a record of our conduct to the sanctuary above.

It is due the Committee to say, that every proper effort has been made on their part to contribute to the comfort and convenience of all on the grounds. One can scarcely contemplate a point of interest that does not impress a sense of harmony in proportion and arrangement.

Considerable disappointment is expressed at being deprived of the labors of Bro. and sister White at this meeting. But they will be rejoiced to learn, that in many respects, the present meeting marks a point of giant growth in the history of camp-meetings among us. There seems to be a settled and abiding conviction among us that the work is a success, and that it is of God. A. SMITH.